Society prizes a girl for being thin more than anything else she might bring to the table.

Statistically, if you have ever dieted you are extremely likely not only to regain any weight you lose, but to go on to gain even more. Dieting makes you fat.

I don't think I've got the expertise with which to nit-pick, and I freely admit that my motivation to support charities has been emotional, rather than as a result of being particularly well informed as to how the money is used.

If I'm hunting down gifts, I like to buy locally.

My theory is that one needs to be loved completely, unconditionally, and unfettered by parental disapproval, if one is to get happily through life which, after all, presents its own hurdles.

Despotism isn't nearly as bad as it's cracked up to be.

The real me now may not be thin but she's got the cake and, if she likes, can eat it too.