In my family, my fat family, none of us ever say the word 'fat.' 'Fat' is the word you hear shouted on the playground or in the street - it's never allowed over the threshold of the house. My mum won't have that filth in her house. At home together, we are safe. ... There will be no harm to our feelings here because we never acknowledge fat exists. We never refer to our size. We are the elephants in the room.

Life divides into amazing enjoyable times and appalling experiences that will make future amazing anecdotes.

You can always tell when a woman is with the wrong man, because she has so much to say about the fact that nothing's happening.

Why on earth have I, because I'm a woman, got to be nice to everyone?

Flyaway, problem hair is the enemy of feminism, and was probably invented by the Man to crush Susan Sontag.

Never love someone whom you think you need to mend – or who makes you feel like you should be mended. There are boys out there who look for shining girls; they will stand next to you and say quiet things in your ear that only you can hear and that will slowly drain the joy out of your heart. The books about vampires are true, baby. Drive a stake through their hearts and run away.

I want a Zero Tolerance policy on All The Patriarchal Bullshit.