Caitlin Moran Explained

Caitlin Moran
Birth Date:5 April 1975
Birth Place:Brighton, England
Education:Wolverhampton Girls' High School
Children:2
Occupation:Journalist, author, broadcaster

Catherine Elizabeth Moran (;[1] born 5 April 1975) is an English journalist, broadcaster,[2] and author at The Times, where she writes two columns a week: one for the Saturday Magazine, and the satirical Friday column "Celebrity Watch".

Moran was named British Press Awards (BPA) Columnist of the Year for 2010, and both BPA Critic of the Year 2011 and Interviewer of the Year 2011.[3] In 2012, she was named Columnist of the Year by the London Press Club,[4] and Culture Commentator at the Comment Awards in 2013.[5]

Early life

Moran was born in Brighton, the eldest of eight children; she has four sisters and three brothers. She has described her father, who is of Irish extraction, as a "psychedelic rock pioneer" drummer who "did session work with many well-known bands in the Sixties"[6] later "confined to the sofa by osteoarthritis".[7] Moran lived in a three-bedroom council house in Wolverhampton with her parents and siblings, an experience she described as akin to The Hunger Games.[8]

Moran attended Springdale Junior School and was then educated at home from the age of 11, having attended Wolverhampton Girls' High School[6] for only three weeks.[9] She and her siblings received no formal education from their parents; the local council allowed this, as home education is legal in England. Moreover, according to Ms Moran, they were "the only hippies in Wolverhampton".[8] The children frequently occupied their time with simple games, such as throwing mud at their house.[8] Moran describes her childhood as happy, but revealed she left home as soon as she was able to do so at the age of 18.[8]

Journalism and writing career

Throughout her adolescence, Moran was certain that she would pursue a career as a writer.[8] At the age of 13 in October 1988 she won a Dillons young readers' contest for an essay on Why I Like Books and was awarded £250 of book tokens. At the age of 15, she won The Observers Young Reporter of the Year.[10] She began her career as a journalist for Melody Maker, the weekly music publication, at the age of 16.[11] Moran also wrote a novel called The Chronicles of Narmo at the age of 16, inspired by having been part of a home-schooled family.

In 1992, she launched her television career, hosting the Channel 4 music show Naked City,[12] which ran for two series and featured a number of then up-and-coming British bands such as Blur, Manic Street Preachers and the Boo Radleys.

Moran's upbringing inspired her TV drama/comedy series, Raised by Wolves, which began airing in the UK on Channel 4 in December 2013.[13]

In July 2012, Moran became a Fellow of the University of Aberystwyth.[14] In April 2014, she was named as one of Britain's most influential women in the BBC Woman's Hour power list 2014.[15]

Moran's semi-autobiographical novel, How to Build a Girl, is set in Wolverhampton in the early 1990s. It is the first of a planned trilogy, to be followed by How to Be Famous, and concluding with How To Change The World.[16] Moran co-wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation of the same name alongside John Niven. She also served as an executive producer on the film, directed by Coky Giedroyc, and starring Beanie Feldstein, Alfie Allen, Paddy Considine and Sarah Solemani.[17]

Feminism

Moran recalls becoming a feminist after reading The Female Eunuch as a child.[18]

In 2011, Ebury Press published Moran's book How to Be a Woman in the UK, which details her early life including her views on feminism. As of July 2012, it had sold over 400,000 copies in 16 countries.[19] In September 2020 Ebury Press published its sequel, More Than a Woman, which explores middle age.

Twitter

In August 2013, she organised a 24-hour boycott of Twitter in protest against the organisation's perceived failure to deal adequately with offensive content posted, sometimes anonymously, on public figures' Twitter feeds.[20]

In 2014, her Twitter feed became a controversial addition to the list of English A-Level set texts.[21] In June 2014 the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism reported she was the most influential British journalist on Twitter.[22]

Personal life

In December 1999, Moran married The Times rock critic Peter Paphides in Coventry; they have two daughters, born in 2001 and 2003.[23]

Awards and honours

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Caitlin Moran - How To Be a Woman. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/FQ4DzEJ8ax4 . 2021-12-22 . live. Penguin Random House UK. 13 December 2011. 18 June 2018.
  2. Web site: PopMatters. Caitlin Moran: Lady Sex Pirate and Working Class Hero. Hans. Rollman. 12 November 2014.
  3. Web site: Press Awards 2011: Caitlin Moran's speech. 6 April 2011. The Guardian.
  4. Web site: BBC Newsnight journalists win award for spiked Jimmy Savile investigation . TheGuardian.com. 22 May 2013.
  5. Web site: 2013 Winners . https://web.archive.org/web/20131204232748/http://www.commentawards.com/winners2013.htm . dead . 2013-12-04 . The Comment Awards
  6. Web site: INTERVIEW / Atrocious mess, precocious mind: Meet Caitlin Moran. 17 May 1994. The Independent.
  7. Aida Edemariam "The Saturday interview: Caitlin Moran", The Guardian, 18 June 2011.
  8. [BBC Radio 4]
  9. The Times 2, p. 2. 28 December 2011.
  10. News: Caitlin . Moran . My glorious career? I won it in a competition . 26 November 2007 . The Times . 24 April 2009 . London.
  11. Web site: Pop on trial. BBC Online. 13 January 2010.
  12. News: Davies. Huer. Atrocious mess, precocious mind: Meet Caitlin Moran, newspaper columnist, television presenter, novelist, screenwriter, pop music pundit … and typical teenage slob. The Independent. 17 May 1994. London.
  13. http://www.channel4.com/programmes/raised-by-wolves/ "Raised by Wolves" page on Channel 4
  14. Web site: Novelist and columnist honoured - Aberystwyth University. www.aber.ac.uk.
  15. Web site: Woman's Hour Power List 2014 – Game Changers. BBC Radio 4.
  16. 11 July 2014. Caitlin Moran explores taboo subjects in her new book 'How to build a girl'. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/8ebD9ISX4NQ . 2021-12-22 . live. BBC Newsnight.
  17. Web site: Beanie Feldstein Comedy 'How To Build A Girl' Adds Cast, Lionsgate With Shoot Under Way. Deadline Hollywood. Andreas. Wiseman. 16 July 2018.
  18. Web site: Caitlin Moran: what I know about men. Robyn. Doreian . 15 December 2012 . The Sydney Morning Herald . 31 August 2021.
  19. Web site: Doll . Jen . Caitlin Moran on How to Be a Woman, How to Be a Feminist . https://web.archive.org/web/20120718015304/http://www.theatlanticwire.com/entertainment/2012/07/caitlin-moran-how-be-woman-how-be-feminist/54619/ . dead . 18 July 2012 . 16 July 2012 . .
  20. News: #TwitterSilence: Was Caitlin Moran's Twitter boycott an effective form of protest? . London . The Independent . 5 August 2013.
  21. News: English A-Level with Russell Brand and Dizzee Rascal on reading list under fire . London . The Guardian . 6 May 2014.
  22. News: Mainstream media 'still dominate online news'. BBC News. 11 June 2014. 12 June 2014.
  23. Book: Moran, Caitlin. How To Be a Woman. 2011. HarperCollins. 9780062124296. 275. registration.
  24. Cosmo's Ultimate Women of the Year Awards 2011 announced!. Cosmopolitan UK. 4 November 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131206043454/http://www.cosmopolitan.co.uk/celebs/ultimate-women-of-the-year/Cosmos_Ultimate_Women_of_the_Year_Awards_2011_winners_announced. 6 December 2013. dmy-all.
  25. Book: Moran, Caitlin . The Chronicles of Narmo . Corgi . 1992 . 0-552-52724-6 . registration .
  26. Book: Moran, Caitlin . How to Be a Woman . Ebury Press . 2011 . 978-0-09-194073-7 . How to Be a Woman .
  27. Book: Moran, Caitlin . Moranthology . Ebury Press . 2012 . 978-0-09-194088-1 .
  28. Book: Moran, Caitlin . How to Build a Girl . Ebury Press . 2014 . 978-0-09-194900-6 . registration .
  29. Book: Moran, Caitlin . Moranifesto . Ebury Press . 2016 . 978-0091949044 .
  30. Book: Moran, Caitlin . How to be Famous . Harper . 2018 . 978-0062433770.
  31. Book: Moran, Caitlin . More Than a Woman . Harper . 2020 . 978-0062893710. "“social media is a hostile environment for women” (chapter 20)".
  32. News: Heritage . Stuart . 2023-07-03 . What About Men? by Caitlin Moran review — eavesdropping on women’s ‘boy talk’ . en . 2023-07-03 . 0140-0460.

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