The Feminist Me says that a woman’s right to her own body should be inviolate at all times, free from fear of peeping paps.

Burchill frames the statement as an internal dialogue—“The Feminist Me”—to dramatize a clash between principle and the messy realities of celebrity culture. The core claim is bodily autonomy: a woman’s control over her body should be “inviolate,” not contingent on fame, clothing, or public visibility. The phrase “peeping paps” targets paparazzi as a quasi-voyeuristic force that turns women’s bodies into public property through surveillance and commodified images. The line implicitly critiques a culture that normalizes intrusion and then blames women for being seen, insisting instead that privacy and consent remain rights even in public-facing contexts.