Being able to provoke a different point of view to the standard current ideological or political perspective as played out in conventional newspaper or radio reportage is what a public intellectual does. But it's not merely about being oppositional, because that's too negative.

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

Not that it was Twiggy's fault, but the ubiquity of her image created a sense in young women that to be stylish meant to be skinny, flat-chested with an ingenue face and straight hair.

Fat is a social disease, and fat is a feminist issue.

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

When I was growing up, one or two girls were beautiful, but it was not an aspiration, right?

I'm the sort of person who likes to undo everything.