In My Mum's Day, You

The Insistence That The Commercialisation Of The Body Is A Fit Subject For Political Discussion And Intervention Is Well Overdue.

Being Able To Provoke A Different Point Of View To The Standard Current Ideological Or Political Perspective As Played Out In Conventional Newspaper Or Radio Reportage Is What A Public Intellectual Does. But It's Not Merely About Being Oppositional, Because That's Too Negative.

Bodies Are Becoming Our Personal Mission To Tame, Extend And Perfect.

In My Mum's Day, You Needed To Be Beautiful For A Very Short Time To Catch Your Man. It Didn't Start At Six And Go On Until You're 75, Right?

If I Were Afraid Of Wrinkles, I'd Probably Be Hiding In A Cupboard, Because I Have A Lot Of Them.