Stress was the catch-all every pamper-pedlar I spoke to used to explain why healthy women feel the need to be regularly patted, petted and preened into a state of babyish beatification. – Julie Burchill
It may be a cliche, but its true – the build-up to Christmas is so much more pleasurable than the actual day itself. – Julie Burchill
Make no mistake, most women are well aware that theyve never had it so good when they enter a spa or salon, it is purely a hair/nails thing, a prelude to an evening of guilt-free fun. – Julie Burchill
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 Burchill