I think it is one of the capacities of human beings, to create style.

Many young girls are constantly consumed by controlling and managing their body image to the extent that they are much more involved in the production of the self than in living.

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.

There are so many young women who tip over into being a facsimile: they don't really inhabit their lives or their bodies.

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

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

Beauty has been democratised. No longer the preserve of movie stars and models but available to all. But while the invitation to beauty is welcomed, it has become not so much an option as an imperative.