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What men don't want, in fact what anyone who's any sort of thrill-seeking, intelligent adult doesn't want, is some crushing bore describing their emotions in real time every waking hour.

Julie Burchill

Crush, Real, Intelligent

"What I know about men". www.theguardian.com. September 9, 2007.

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I've never been nostalgic, personally or politically - if the past was so great, how come it's history?

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Past, Nostalgic, Ifs

"Patriotism is for reactionaries ... nationalism is the way forward" by Julie Burchill, www.theguardian.com. September 8, 2012.

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I believe, literally, in the God of the Old Testament, whom I understand as the Lord of the Jews and the Protestants. I'm a Christian Zionist, as well as a Christian feminist and a Christian socialist.

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Christian, Believe, Feminist

"For the love of Christ" by Julie Burchill, www.theguardian.com. August 14, 2008.

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I almost choke on my popcorn when I hear film stars, who walk on red carpets as much as the rest of us do on zebra crossings, criticising youngsters who crave fame.

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Stars, Zebras, Popcorn

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Here in Barcelona, it's the architects who built the buildings that made the city iconic who are the objects of admiration - not a bunch of half-witted monarchs.

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Cities, Half, Barcelona

"Patriotism is for reactionaries ... nationalism is the way forward". www.theguardian.com. September 8, 2012.

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Being a monarchist, and fawning over those 'above' you, you must naturally despise those 'below' or on the same socioeconomic level as yourself, because that is how hierarchy worship works.

Julie Burchill

Levels, Hierarchy, Worship

"Once we had anarchy in the UK. Now all we have is monarchy in the UK". www.theguardian.com. April 7, 2012.

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As a kid, I grew to define what I didn't want my life to be like by sitting behind moaning women on the bus, hearing them bang on about their aches and pains, both real and imagined.

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Pain, Real, Kids

"Spare me from the whining women who are giving feminism a bad name". www.theguardian.com. January 28, 2012.

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I know that Brighton is famously a mixture of the seedy and the elegant, but in the summer of 2001 seediness swamped elegance hands down.

Julie Burchill

Summer, Hands, Mixtures

Julie Burchill, Daniel Raven (2007). “Made in Brighton: From the Grand to the Gutter: Modern Britain as Seen from Beside the Sea”, Virgin Books Limited

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I wouldn't know how to fool a man any more. My deceiving days seem so long ago.

Julie Burchill

Men, Long Ago, Fool

"What I know about men ..." by Julie Burchill, www.theguardian.com. September 9, 2007.

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When a man wants to relax, he will slob out and really relax. Or he will pursue a hobby - anything from building models to watching sport.

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Sports, Men, Relax

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I'll declare my own interest right here at the start and admit that, like the vast majority of people, I find youthful looks appealing.

Julie Burchill

People, Majority, Looks

"Attracting men is child's play, ladies - just grow up and act your age" by Julie Burchill, www.theguardian.com. May 12, 2012.

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Some say that Cusk has no sense of humour, but expecting giggles from this writer would be akin to expecting sonnets from Benny Hill.

Julie Burchill

Would Be, Hills, Expecting

"Aftermath: On Marriage and Separation by Rachel Cusk - review". www.theguardian.com. February 25, 2012.

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It's very hard to imagine the phrase "consumer society" used so cheerfully, and interpreted so enthusiastically, in England.

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Phrases, England, Imagine

"Patriotism is for reactionaries ... nationalism is the way forward" by Julie Burchill, www.theguardian.com. September 8, 2012.

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I didn't cry when I left free-booting, smash-and-grab papers that would have appeared to be far more natural homes for me and, at the risk of being vulgar, paid far better for my services.

Julie Burchill

Home, Risk, Paper

"The long goodbye" by Julie Burchill, www.theguardian.com. December 26, 2003.

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My second husband believed I had such a fickle attitude to friendship that each Friday he would update the list of my 'Top Ten' friends in the manner of a Top Of The Pops chart countdown.

Julie Burchill

Friday, Husband, Attitude

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The allegedly 'classy' magazines often seem to be in an endless, undeclared competition to see who can climb furthest up the fundament of Gwyneth Paltrow or Jennifer Lopez.

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Competition, Magazines, Endless

"Unvarnished versus airbrushed". www.theguardian.com. January 30, 2008.

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Nicole Kidman in particular seems to bring out the butt-kisser in the sassiest of hackettes, as they ceaselessly strive to portray her as some sort of cross between Mother Teresa and Marilyn Monroe.

Julie Burchill

Mother, Strive, Crosses

"Unvarnished versus airbrushed" by Julie Burchill, www.theguardian.com. January 30, 2008.

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Make no mistake, most women are well aware that they've 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.

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Fun, Mistake, Hair

"A suitable case for treatment". www.theguardian.com. February 22, 2008.

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Knowing that the 'Sex and the City' chicks now rack up almost two centuries between them, why do some of us fuss and hiss about a bit of retouching on their forthcoming film poster?

Julie Burchill

Sex, Cities, Two

"Why Photoshop is a feminist's best friend". www.theguardian.com. May 10, 2008.

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It must be said that Brighton, unlike London, makes driving seem very appealing. Instead of glowering faces and angry horns on all sides, we have the coast road in front of us and the Sussex Downs just 10 minutes behind us.

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London, Faces, Sides

"Things I've never done before: My first time driving" by Julie Burchill, www.theguardian.com. March 7, 2008.

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These women whose antics we smirk at good-naturedly in the pap-traps put themselves out there at least partly on their beauty; they are in showbiz, and showing what they've got is part of their business as much as it is for male show-ponies from the Chippendales to George Clooney.

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Males, Smirk, Ponies

"Unvarnished versus airbrushed" by Julie Burchill, www.theguardian.com. January 30, 2008.

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It is also interesting to note that the original supermodels are now making a comeback after being dismissed in the Nineties as being 'greedy' by a gaggle of male designers who lived like Sun Kings.

Julie Burchill

Kings, Interesting, Males

"Do women really need life tips from gay men?" by Julie Burchill, www.theguardian.com. September 6, 2008.

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What I find most upsetting about this new all-consuming beauty culture is that the obsession with good looks, and how you can supposedly attain them, is almost entirely female-driven.

Julie Burchill

Upset, Female, Culture

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It seems that one moment I was this little kid only caring about animals and flowers and stuff, and then the next minute I was this raging stew of hormones. I don't know if you've ever been a raging stew of anything, but I wouldn't particularly recommend it.

Julie Burchill

Flower, Kids, Caring

Julie Burchill (2016). “Sugar Rush”, p.4, Pan Macmillan

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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

Running, Believe, Mean

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