Anybody who has had the pleasure of reading an article about themselves in the press, knows that on the whole, there is a huge amount of inaccuracy, value judgment and the use of a crowbar to insert editorial bias that reflects the current political leaning of that particular paper.

Jo Brand

Categorized in : Use Reading Political

I have big friends who won't go swimming because they're too embarrassed about it. I feel that's such a shame, because actually people should be encouraging fat people who are exercising to do it, not pointing and laughing.

swimming exercise people

I read that book Fat is a Feminist issue, got a bit desperate halfway through and ate it.

issues feminist book

I never think, 'Where am I going to be in a year's time?' That seems to be a sure way of missing the fact that you might be quite happy now.

missing years thinking

I took my husband to the hospital yesterday to have 17 stitches out - that'll teach him to buy me a sewing kit for my birthday.

my-birthday husband yesterday

School was great. There were no boys there, which didn't really bother me at the time because I had two brothers, so I was quite pleased not to spend any more time with boys.

brother boys school

I have two brothers and we basically spent our lives playing in the woods, falling in ponds, getting chased by wasps and riding donkeys that we shouldn't have been riding.

brother two fall

I tend to think the world is a bit of a miserable place, so anyone who can add to people's optimistic, cheerful side is doing a good job, which is what I hope I'm doing.

optimistic jobs thinking

There are 10-20 times more male comics than female comics; it's something to do with the social structure of society.

males female social

You know it's time for a New Year's resolution to lose weight when you step on a talking scale and it says, "One at a time, please.

new-year talking years

When I was a nurse my favourite assignment was the anorexic ward. I sometimes ate as many as seventeen dinners

dinner nurse sometimes

My mum always felt that women deserved as much as men, and should have as much power, so I suppose I opted to go into a very male-dominated arena to try and prove that.

should-have trying men

When I was at school you got an overall general education, on many things, even just basic facts.

general-education facts school

I've never trained as an actor. I've always thought I'm not a good actor. I've been told I'm not a good actor by a lot of people.

good-actors actors people

Men are fantastic - as a concept.

fantastic concepts men

Having done a normal job for 10 years, as a psychiatric nurse dealing with emergencies, I know what terrible, hopeless lives some people have. So in many ways, it's great to be able to wield the financial power that I can, and do gigs, fundraisers or give money. I feel lucky I can help out.

nurse jobs years

When you get to know someone, you find there's something nasty in their woodshed.

nasty knows

I cannot abide anyone treating another human being like a piece of dirt, whatever the context.

dirt pieces humans

The way to a man's heart is through his hanky pocket with a breadknife.

heart food sex

Some men are deeply likable but have attitudes I don't like. Does that mean I should completely dismiss them? It's like saying: if someone votes Tory can you like them? And, yes, I can. I have friends who vote Tory, and I'm appalled, but that's not to say they're not great people in so many other ways. We have a tendency to oversimplify things.

attitude men mean

When I got married, the Sun ran the headline: "Here comes the bride, all fat and wide." Luckily, it was a few days after the wedding - but it was still hideous to read at a great romantic moment.

married moments sun