Big women do themselves a disservice when they attempt to become the Righteous Fat (the Righteous Thin are bad enough, all that running around and sweating, somehow believing it means anything). – Julie Burchill
We are used to female writers who use their private lives as unmitigated material being somewhat hormonal this somehow excuses what might be seen as a highly unfeminine ability to turn their personal upsets into money. – Julie Burchill