The freedom that women were supposed to have found in the Sixties largely boiled down to easy contraception and abortion; things to make life easier for men, in fact.
Julie BurchillBeing 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 BurchillWhat sort of sap doesn't know by now that picture-perfect beauty is all done with smoke and mirrors anyway?
Julie BurchillIt seems that one moment I was this little kid only caring about animals and flowers and stuff, and then the next minute I was this raging stew of hormones. I don't know if you've ever been a raging stew of anything, but I wouldn't particularly recommend it.
Julie Burchill