Caitlin Moran

The idea that I might not– in an earlier era, or a different country– have a choice in the matter seems both emotionally and physically barbaric.

The idea that I might not– in an earlier era, or a different country– have a choice in the matter seems both emotionally and physically barbaric.

– Caitlin Moran –

How to Be a Woman

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