From The New Scotsman: “What I know about women: Tim Minchin”
I’m a ladies’ man, no question. Not in the Russell Brand kind of way, quite the contrary in fact. But I love women; always have. I like warm, laughing, open women because they hug me and I like that because their skin is soft and they have boobs.
I like cold, aloof women who are hard to impress because it’s so satisfying when they smile, eventually. I like little petite women because unlike little petite men, they tend to be totally happy in their littleness. I like big curvy women because, well, because they’re curvy and big and for some reason such geometry seems correlated (dare I say) with ease of laughter and sharpness of wit.
I like really old women because they were nurses in wars and you think they are all pruney and conservative but then they call someone a f***ing idiot for changing lanes without indicating. I like female lawyers because they wear suits and know how to argue. Nice. I like women who dress up in heels and illogically short dresses and lots of make-up, because why not? I like women who refuse to wear make-up and refuse to shave their legs and only ever wear jeans. There were a lot more of them in the 90s. Where did they go? They’re probably the lawyers in suits now…
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That was really sweet.
I like the way that he’s acknowledging his range of experiences and the diversity. Looking forward to the interview the Skeptic Zone will do! 
Seriously cool. He clearly is a sensitive-new-age guy who doesn’t put up with the New Age. Makes a nice change!
i love him even more… pity he’s married
Yes, he is a comedian, and after seeing the documentary about him, learned more about how much he values women.
There’s someone online who said they’re trying to spam this and Minchin;s site with faux-feminist, violent, abusive language efforts about how much they hate him — thankfully, Twitter has a feature that blocks anti-free-speech-for-women morons.
Love the site. 
I suggest you check the doco, Catherine! Once you see him prior to his make-up / funny hair efforts, you end up seeing him as that over-eager, keen comedian who is just trying to get a break, for the rest of the film? Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t find the get-up he wears as attractive, but his attitude remains the same. Very hard-working guy.
The thing I like best about this is the end, that you didn’t include?
I think I like women because I grew up surrounded by the bloody things: a mother who told it as she saw it, who laughed at funny stuff and fought annoying stuff and freaked out at scary stuff; smart, funny sisters who looked up to me and hounded me and laughed and laughed and laughed; cousins who played music and wore bikinis and looked beautiful in ball dresses; grandmothers who danced comically and taught me tapestry; aunts with critical eyes and sparkling eyes and folk bands; a godmother with envelopes of $20 bills and buckets of silliness.
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Maybe more than anything else, I probably love women because they’ve always been nice to me. Which is nice of them.
Now I’ve got a new woman. She wakes me at night and I go into her room grumpy and tired but glad for the opportunity to see her. She’s a mystery to me, but I’ll figure her out. “
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