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>>> IF BRIGITTE JONES HAD A
GLORIA STEINAM ALTER EGO MAY
SOUND LIKE THIS WOMAN HERE.
>> HER IRREVERENT AND FUNNY
MEMOIR "HOW TO BE A WOMAN" IS A
RUN-AWAY HIT ACROSS THE POND.
>> AND HERE.
NUMBER EIGHT ON "THE NEW YORK
TIMES."
>> IT SAYS HERE THE BRITISH
VERSION OF TINA FEY'S BOSSY
PANTS.
>> I WANT HER TO BECOME MY
FRIEND.
>> YOU STILL DO HAVE DREAMS.
>> I WANT HER, ME, MICHELLE
OBAMA AND OPRAH TO GO OUT
TOGETHER.
THAT IS MY IDEA OF AMERICAN
LADIES, AND ROSEANNE BARR.
>> SOME WAYS FEMINISMS THAT
BECOME A DIRTY WORD, WHY?
>> THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IT
MEANS.
>> WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
>> THEY THINK IT'S WEARING A
VERY BAD OUTFIT.
SECONDLY BEING VERY ANGRY,
HATING MEN AND NEVER WANTING TO
HAVE SEX.
THAT IS NOT WHAT FEMINISM MEANS
AT ALL.
IN THE BOOK I DO A TEST.
IF YOU PUT YOUR HAND INSIDE YOUR
UNDERWEAR AND YOU SEE THAT YOU
HAVE A ***, YOU CHECK THAT SO
YOU'RE A LADY.
THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION, IF
YOU'RE A LADY, YES.
IF YOU WANT TO BE IN CHARGE OF
YOUR ***, THE ANSWER IS YES.
CONGRATULATIONS, YOU'RE A
FEMINIST.
>> I TOLD YOU THE OTHER DAY.
>> THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT IT
MEANS.
IT MEANS BEING EQUAL TO MEN.
NOT BETTER OR WORSE.
I'M NOT ANTI-MEN OR PRO-WOMEN.
WE'VE GOT TO GET ON WITH EACH
OTHER.
>> I CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF YOUR
EYE SHADOW.
REMINDS ME OF AMY WINEHOUSE.
>> I LOVE AND MISS HER.
GOD BLESS YOU.
>> I HAVE MILLIONS OF FRIENDS
NOW.
I'M VERY POPULAR.
AS A CHILD, I WAS BADLY SHUNNED
BY SOCIETY.
>> WHY?
>> I WAS BROUGHT UP BY MAD
HIPPIES WHO BELIEVED IN THE
APOCALYPSE, EIGHT CHILDREN, WE
WERE VERY POOR AND ON GOVERNMENT
ASSISTANCE IN THE GHETTO.
I DRESSED POORLY AND WAS VERY
FAT.
>> YOU WRITE ABOUT THAT VERY
POIGNANTLY.
IT'S NOT ALL FUNNY.
WAS YOUR MOTHER, THE
HAND-ME-DOWNS YOU WORE WERE YOUR
MOMS?
>> YES.
I IN EVER HAD ANY ***, AS I
BELIEVE YOU AMERICANS SAY.
I NEVER HAD MY OWN UNDERWEAR.
I HAD TO WEAR MY MOTHER.
SHE HAD BEEN PREGNANT EIGHT
TIMES AT THAT POINT.
IT WAS BADLY STRETCHED.
>> VERY FUNNY HOW YOU DESCRIBE
YOUR MOTHER CAME BACK A
DIFFERENT PERSON.
>> YES.