154 quotes found
Writer · English · 1975
English writer (born 1975)
“David Cameron is a C-3P0 made of ham.”
“Galaxies of nothing are going onin her eyes.”
“I'm so glad I spent 10 years being sad and lonely.”
“Watching 'Girls' has just given me renewed courage.”
“First world babies are eating this planet like termites.”
“But as the years went on, I realised that what I really want to be, all told, is a human. Just a productive, honest, courteously treated human.”
“But, of course, you might be asking yourself, 'Am I a feminist? I might not be. I don't know! I still don't know what it is! I'm too knackered and confused to work it out. That curtain pole really ...”
“It's difficult to see the glass ceiling because it's made of glass. Virtually invisible. What we need is for more birds to fly above it and shit all over it, so we can see it properly.”
“And yet, despite the multiplicity of times we've done it, it is still a funny, exultant, true thing - where for a short time you turn into something else and fly; where you stop fretting and wantin...”
“The problem with battling yourself is that even if you win, you lose.”
“Keith Richards is a man without regret. When I ask him ifgiven the chance to do it all over againhed start taking heroin, he doesnt pause. Oh yes. Yes. There was a lot of experience in thereyou mee...”
“I am eating this noise like mouthfuls of freezing, glittering fog. I am filling with it. I am using it as energy. Because what you are, as a teenager, is a small, silver, empty rocket. And you use ...”
“But I am, personally, not a gambler. I wouldnt spend 1 on the lottery, let alone take a punt on a pregnancy. The stakes are far, far too high. I cant agree with a society that would force me to bet...”
“You can tell whether some misogynistic societal pressure is being exerted on women by calmly enquiring, And are the men doing this, as well? If they arent, chances are youre dealing with what we st...”
“For throughout history, you can read the stories of women who - against all the odds - got being a woman right, but ended up being compromised, unhappy, hobbled or ruined, because all around them, ...”
“What is feminism? Simply the belief that women should be as free as men, however nuts, dim, deluded, badly dressed, fat, receding, lazy and smug they might be. Are you a feminist? Hahaha. Of course...”
“Because the purpose of feminism isnt to make a particular type of woman. The idea that there are inherently wrong and inherently right types of women is whats screwed feminism for so longthis belie...”
“Batman doesnt want a baby in order to feel hes done everything. Hes just saved Gotham again! If this means that Batman must be a feminist role model above, say, Nicola Horlick, then so be it.”
“We need to reclaim the word 'feminism'. We need the word 'feminism' back real bad. When statistics come in saying that only 29% of American women would describe themselves as feminist - and only 42...”
“I want a Zero Tolerance policy on All The Patriarchal Bullshit.”
“Your key hobbies need to be long country walks (get some fresh air in those lungs!), masturbation, and the revolution. Between those three, you should, in the long term, stay relatively sane.”
“Ladies, we are at a massive disadvantage in the workplace. Your male peers are flirting with their male bosses constantly. The average workplace is like f*cking Bromancing the Stone. Thats basicall...”
“It was the 'Are the boys doing it?' basis on which I finally decided I was against women wearing burkas. Yes, the idea is that it protects your modesty, and ensures that people regard you as a huma...”
“In fact, in recent years I have become more and more didactic about pubic hair - to the point where I now believe that there are only four things a grown, modern woman should have: a pair of yellow...”
