Talk:Julie Burchill

message: Never seen a Bio like it for Any Other Columnist/jounalist. Focusing so much on a personal life.
Is it because she abandoned the Leftist Rag Guardian and is pro-Israel/Pro-Jewish?
:It's simply factual. Mike Godwin may well have had her in mind when he tweeted his second law. -- Jibal (talk) 18:17, 5 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title: This Wiki Entry reads like a Tabloid Smear Piece

message: and until 2003 wrote a weekly column in The Guardian. Her departure was caused by disagreements with the editorial staff caused by her pro-Israel views in the Israeli-Palestinian crisis?. She currently writes for The Times. 
Jumping the gun a bit as she is still writing in the Grauniard at present until her contract finishes, but i read that she's gone to write for the times because they offered her more money than the guardian. Not that I'll miss her pro-war on iraq ranting. quercus robur 13:39, 21 Dec 2003 (UTC)
thread_title: Guardian

message: Maybe it should be mentioned that she seems to be anti-German (which does not only include the third reich - a position which I can understand - , but also all Germans born after 1945) and to condemn every German living today for the second world war and the holocaust. In my opinion some of her articles in the Guardian leave no doubt in this matter. Because I don't want to violate the neutrality of this wikipedia article (well, I'm a German born in 1975), I won't add this aspect of Burchill's world view. But it might be worth a discussion. 84.60.233.141 10:25, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Anti-German 

message: I really don't think her Judaism is worth mentioning and certainly not in the first line. If it's relevent anywhere then it would be in the section on her Israel/Palestine views. If you can put it there in NPOV language then i could live with that.--Cherry blossom tree 23:47, 15 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Burchill is not Jewish. This claim was made by the user responsible for similar assertions concerning Mark Lawson, and others, a while ago. I added your IP/posting details, BTW. Philip Cross 07:44, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

text: Burchill was Lutheran in 2004, apparently. Philip Cross (talk) 19:17, 3 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: This entry on Julie Burchill is a joke - saying that she is a convert to Christianity but not saying from what.  No wonder Wikipedia is not a respectable source.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.143.158.108 (talk) 21:51, 23 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Wikipedia is a respectable and highly respected online encyclopedia. It's not a "source" ... it channels reliable sources. Jibal (talk) 18:22, 5 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Religion 

message: The article has been stable for some time now, and so has this page. I'm proposing to delete the 'disputed neutrality' notice at the head of the article in a few days' time, unless someone objects. The banns have been read. Notreallydavid 03:08, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I have no problem with the article content as it stands - I can see nothing that doesn't fit with NPOV. --Cherry blossom tree 20:24, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

text: Thanks - it's good to be agreed with by someone with a brain. Notreallydavid 21:04, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Ha! --Cherry blossom tree 13:11, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Proposed removal of {{tl|POV}}

message: To whoever made the image request above: a photo of La Burchill would not improve the article, believe me. Or, if you are brave, do a google image search and convince yourself. 88888 18:09, 17 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Photo request

message: This article was automatically  assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 23:00, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  WikiProject class rating

message: I have made some major changes to the article, largely in an attempt to improve the chronology. Burchill's life and career are so entwined that it difficult to separate them. The last section on her recent history still seems to be a mess, and the details about her current commitments viz-a-viz her commissions seem out of date; the Ben Dowell article from 4 August 2008 suggests that some of them have fallen through. The available information regarding her theology degree appear vague. Does anyone know if the theology degree is a figment of her imagination? Philip Cross (talk) 20:35, 5 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Rearrangement

message: ... of the weeks singles at the NME she dismissed all popular music apart from early Motown and the Sex Pistols, describing all else as "rock's rich tapestry" In her time at the NME she slagged off every single and album and she ever reviewed with the notable exception of Malcolm McLaren's Duck Rock. It was quite amusing at the time. (She has relented somewhat these days, admitting a liking for Girls Aloud.) I am writing from memory - I am almost as old as she is - and I don't have a source but I would quite like to include this in the article as an example of her iconoclasm. What do other people think?  SmokeyTheCat  •TALK• 14:46, 23 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It absolutely needs a proper reference if it's to go in. We really can't have information included on WP based on people's memories, since (going by mine) they're certainly not reliable sources! 86.136.250.154 (talk) 00:48, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  In an early review ... 

message: She was a lesbian for a short period, but what orientation is she now - bi? The article implies she now identifies as / considers herself ex-gay, but it doesn't make it clear. It is very relevant considering the content of her book Sugar Rush. Nietzsche 2 (talk) 23:11, 25 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I cited articles where Burchill asserts enjoyment of her lesbian period of six weeks/months. Since she has married again, and we are without evidence of any further 'experimentations', it is unreasonable to assume she is now anything other than heterosexual. Philip Cross (talk) 15:26, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Orientation?

message: is the 'pheasant in a fish tank' comment unsourced ? I suspect that it was added by a fan of hers.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.65.215.26 (talk) 21:15, 28 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Why

message: I removed some text about Burchill's 1990s exchanges with Paglia because it was sourced to a dead link. Since then it has been restored. I would like to see some evidence that this website http://homepage.ntlworld.com/jonsimmons/julie/paglia.htm is a reliable source, because otherwise, per BLP, it simply should not be used. Even if can be shown that this is a reliable source, it does not support the claim that Burchill is "perhaps best known in America" for the exchange in question, which is simply speculation/original research and thus clearly doesn't belong in a BLP. Born Gay (talk) 22:43, 24 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Burchill/Paglia 

message: Her first novel 'Ambition' is twice mentioned as a best-seller, but nothing is said about it. The book made a deep impact at the time, and was considered a symbolic novel of the age. Some reference to the characters and plot would be appropriate, if not a page of its own. It would be good to have some verdict on how far it is autobiographical. And it is perhaps worth recalling that the author claimed she had written the whole novel while high on certain substances. 109.157.233.148 (talk) 19:08, 30 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  'Ambition' 

message: On 13 January 2013 she wrote an article in the observer which was perhaps a little inflammatory. There is currently a sentence in this wiki about this, but it could do with more explanation and a continuation of the unbiased tone. I fear lots of less-than-objective edits may be coming. Scunner3rd (talk) 14:58, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I love the art of understatement :-) I agree more edits may be incoming; perhaps semi-protection might be wise. I'm not sure we need much more content at the moment. It's just one article, after all. Of course, more notable information might be generated in its wake, in which case that should be covered too. Alexbrn talk|contribs|COI 15:06, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text:  Would it be appropriate and balanced to say that the article she wrote violates a number of the UK Press Complaints Commission's Editor's Code of Practice? I think I can write that in an objective way. Scunner3rd (talk) 15:22, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text:  We'd need a reliable source offering that view. Obviously one could write quite a bit about Burchill's appalling piece, but I'm concerned about keeping its treatment proportionate within the article here. My strong hunch is that there will be plenty of "response" that will be notable before long, which will usefully be added here, making this into a more substantial paragraph. I have requested semi-protection for this article too, BTW. Alexbrn talk|contribs|COI 15:29, 13 January 2013 (UTC)
replies: text:  Here are some articles that may be cited to flesh out the story. Gay Star News. The Independent. The Guardian.  I will try and keep this up to date with reputable sources as the story develops. Scunner3rd (talk) 15:53, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

text:  The Observer's Reader's Editor reported back on this on 18 January. I'm offering it as the paper's own account of why it took the article down. While I have my own views on the matter, it's not intended as an endorsement of the Observer's decision or indeed whether Burchill's article was 'needlessly offensive'      Rebecca Shaw 04:25, 19 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Transsexuals should cut it out" 

message: According to the Wikipedia article on Steven Berkoff:
In 1996, Berkoff won Berkoff v. Burchill, a libel civil action that he brought against Sunday Times journalist Julie Burchill after she published comments suggesting that he was "hideously ugly". The judge ruled for Berkoff, finding that Burchill's actions "held him to ridicule and contempt."[31]
This is certainly a notable omission from this article, and I feel that it should be added as soon as possible in the interest of balance.
86.180.17.118 (talk) 19:01, 30 March 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Steven Berkoff Defamation Lawsuit 

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message: This piece of information is only mentioned three times in the article.  Perhaps it warrants more weight.
: While this assertion may well be accurate, the only source previously used to substantiate it turned out to be an article by Julie Burchill herself. If this Irish Times review from 2013 is typical, any reference to the novel in the main text may give the book undue weight. I removed the three references you mention. Philip Cross (talk) 21:08, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: According to the Telegraph in 2002, Burchill: "wrote one of the first (and best-selling) sex-and-shopping novels, Ambition, in 1989". So Burchill's 2011 assertion in The Independent, she described it as a "No 1 bestselling novel", is at least partly correct. A 2005 profile by Ian Burrell in the same title would seem to imply that her novels are not otherwise of much note: "although her attempts to establish herself as a novelist have met with distinctly mixed success since her best-selling debut Ambition". Philip Cross (talk) 21:26, 19 April 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Her novel Ambition (1989) was a best-seller" 

message: # https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/dec/15/julie-burchill-publisher-cancels-book-contract-islam-tweet-little-brown
# https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9058903/Publisher-cancels-Julie-Burchills-book-contract-Islamophobic-Twitter-row.html
# https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-55331063
I have to add a section about her Islamophobic tweets. Any suggestions? -- Eatcha 02:13, 23 December 2020 (UTC)
replies: text: She has now paid 'substantial' damages to Sakar and published a formal apology (only here apology available so far).  John Cummings (talk) 09:08, 16 March 2021 (UTC)
replies: text: Reference: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/mar/16/julie-burchill-muslim-islamophobic John Cummings (talk) 14:02, 16 March 2021 (UTC)

text: Another https://www.pressgazette.co.uk/julie-burchill-novara-ash-sarkar-libel-twitter-abuse/ John Cummings (talk) 15:09, 16 March 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:   Book about cancel culture cancelled over Julie's [[Islamophobic]] tweets 

message: Was this error in the original quoted material? If so, add "sic". If not, fix the spelling. Thanks. Equinox ◑ 15:12, 29 October 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Typo "Lilbet" for "Lilibet"