I sat next to...

[ShackUp]

...Germaine Greer in Victoria Station this evening. Really wanted to tell her I supported her gender critical stance, but was too scared

[Writersblock2]

Ah damn! So lucky!

[DancelikeEmmaGoldman]

Germaine Greer has been one of my heroes forever. She's an fierce, erratic gadfly at times, but such a serious and sustained thinker.

I'm sorry you didn't speak to her - I think she would have been happy to engage in a conversation, or possibly a robust exchange of opinions.

I met someone once who had been at university with her, and described Germs sweeping into lectures with an entourage of young men scurrying along behind her. I do love that image.

[AssassinatedBeauty]

Wow, I'd have been too scared, too. She was truly an inspiration when I was a weirdo teenager and helped me make sense of my feelings about being a girl/woman.

[Greymisty]

I think I might of been an embarrassment and somewhat stereotypical fangirl

[CircleSquareCircleSquare]

Oh wow, I would have made a fool of myself.

[MrsTerryPratchett]

I like to think I could have muttered, "thank you" but I would probably have cried or thrown up.

[ShackUp]

I did really want to say something but was looking after a rabble of schoolkids on a trip so couldn't get my head together She was also having a serious tete-a-tete with a friend of hers and looked really cross!

[0phelia]

and looked really cross I'd have found that very scary. Not surprised you couldn't say anything.

[ChickenMe]

SO Jealous. I wonder where she travels up from if she takes the train. Will have to stalk now

[KittyKlaws]

I don't think I have ever been more jealous. Mind you I would have been utterly starstruck. I don't care at all about famous people but I love Germaine, even when I disagree with her.

[Cindie943811A]

I think cross is her default expression

[Springnowplease]

I love Germaine. She was a lecturer at Warwick when I was a student there. I'm a feminist because of her.

[G1ngerpig]

She's turned into a TERF though? Not good.

[UrsulaPandress]

I don't think she turned into a TERF.

[Bi11yOneMate]

G1ngerpig - what's your definition of a TERF though, and what is bad with it?

[dianebrewster]

She's a TERF in the same way I am

Tosser Excluding Real Feminist.

[Beyond11cisRetinol]

Was there some sort of chrysalis involved in her metamorphosis into a terf...?

Shack, I'm jealous. Though if I was there, I'd probably embarrass myself somehow

[terryleather]

GG is an icon.

I don't always agree with what she says, in fact I'm very often but I love the uncompromising way she says it.

About 10 years ago I went to a talk she gave.

When she walked onto the stage all the hairs on the back of my neck stood up and I was clapping and cheering like I did as a teen at a gig - I surprised myself at my fangirl over reaction so I can understand where you're coming from OP!

[TheRagingGirl]

@G1ngerPig, please don't use the term "TERF" - it's offensive, an insult, and usually totally inaccurate.

[anonymousbird]

GG is a near neighbour of mine. Just selling her house, so not for much longer...

[SirGawain]

Some years ago I was involved with a university event at which GG was the guest speaker. She treated the students detailed to look after her like dirt. Seriously unimpressed. As far as I know she has not been invited back.

[TomRavenscroft]

Oh, I thought this was going to be a general 'who have you seen on a train?' thread.

With many appearances from Anthony Head and much enthusing about how nice he is.

[FeckinCrunchiesInTheCar]

She came into a closed (after lunch) restaurant I was working in years ago, demanding a table and tried to pull rank saying that they were the BBC. She was really rude and obnoxious.
Tosser.

[SheGotBetteDavisEyes]

With many appearances from Anthony Head and much enthusing about how nice he is

I feel a little disappointment that I'm in the minority of MNers who have never met Anthony Head and discovered how lovely he is.

I think at last count, there was only 43 people left who hadn't met him.

[TomRavenscroft]

Me too, Bette!

Hashtag I'm the 43