The parents' job is to be there for their kids, not the other way round. Troubles between parents need to be talked through with friends and not visited on the children.

In general, the Western body has become a global brand.

If I were afraid of wrinkles, I'd probably be hiding in a cupboard, because I have a lot of them.

We know that ever woman wants to be thin. Our images of womanhood are almost synonymous with thinness.

I wish we could treat our bodies as the place we live from, rather than regard it as a place to be worked on, as though it were a disagreeable old kitchen in need of renovation and update.

Fat is a way of saying no to powerlessness and self-denial.

Bodies are becoming our personal mission to tame, extend and perfect.