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.
About Julie Burchill
Julie Burchillis an English writer. Beginning as a staff writer at the New Musical Express at the age of 17, she has since contributed to newspapers such as The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Times and The Guardian.
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It has been said that a pretty face is a passport. But it’s not, it’s a visa, and it runs out fast.
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Tears are sometimes an inappropriate response to death. When a life has been lived completely honestly, completely successfully, or just completely, the correct response to death’s perfect punctuation mark is a smile.
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Whenever I am sent a new book on the lively arts, the first thing I do is look for myself in the index.
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Fame is no sanctuary from the passing of youth… suicide is much easier and more acceptable in Hollywood than growing old gracefully.
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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.
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A woman who looks like a girl and thinks like a man is the best sort, the most enjoyable to be and the most pleasurable to have and to hold.
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A good part – and definitely the most fun part – of being a feminist is about frightening men.
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As with most liberal sexual ideas, what makes the world a better place for men invariably makes it a duller and more dangerous place for women.
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Show me a frigid women and, nine times out of ten, I’ll show you a little man.
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