Being a monarchist - saying that one small group is born more worthy of respect than another - is just as warped and strange as being a racist.
Julie BurchillCovering up, so far as I can see, is often the accompaniment to far more truly shameful behaviour than stripping off.
Julie BurchillPeople - and I include myself - get fat because they choose pleasure over self-denial.
Julie BurchillI am firmly of the opinion that women who make a lot of effort to hang onto their looks in middle age (unless they are beauties, entertainers or prostitutes) are rather sad, as one should surely have something more substantial to recommend one by this time, such as kindness or cleverness.
Julie Burchill