“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.”

English writer and novelist

Julie Burchill is an English writer and novelist. She began as a staff writer at the New Musical Express at 17, and later wrote for newspapers including The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Times and The Guardian. She is known for writing in a sharply outspoken style, which has at times drawn criticism and legal action. Her 2004 novel Sugar Rush was adapted for television.