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Germaine Greer

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IamTheWhoreofBabylon · 23/10/2015 22:57

i never post here but I'm watching Germaine Greer on newsnight
Crazy, the woman is not allowed to discuss feminist issues without being forced to discuss transgender issues
Disclaimer- I really like GG
Am I reading this correctly? Why does she have to fight for a different groups issues

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limitedperiodonly · 24/10/2015 17:35

What a shame Germaine Greer's proposed lecture about feminism has become yet another debate about men.

But how very predictable.

whatdoIget · 24/10/2015 17:34

Ok I'll link

Egosumquisum · 24/10/2015 17:33

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EnthusiasmDisturbed · 24/10/2015 17:32

I agree nothing is going to shut GG up and thank fuck for that

ask people to name a living feminist and most would probably name her first her work is amazing no one has to agree with all that she has said but no one can deny the changes that she has helped to come about and the awareness of how women are silenced

its the same old thing a woman speaks about women/girls issues and is questioned about other issues, she replies well actually I just want to talk about women/girls issues no no what about .......

almondpudding · 24/10/2015 17:31

Yes! Loads of people.

And then various feminists and other people wrote a letter complaining about her and Julie Bindel being no platformed and were harassed online by trans activists.

It was a massive big deal and extensively discussed on here. Some of the people who signed even came on to MN and discussed the problems of trans activism.

slugseatlettuce · 24/10/2015 17:30

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whatdoIget · 24/10/2015 17:30

Of course they did ego, you can see for yourself by doing a search

Egosumquisum · 24/10/2015 17:27

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almondpudding · 24/10/2015 17:24

Mythical, I agree that she has been and continues to be hugely inspirational.

almondpudding · 24/10/2015 17:22

UBIK just made her position clear. Did you not see that?
Why are you asking the same question?

MythicalKings · 24/10/2015 17:21

I'm a feminist because I heard Germaine speak way back in the 60s. Everything clicked into place. I was lucky enough to meet her and chat with her several times and my admiration for her and gratitude to her remains.

I haven't always agreed with everything she's said and written but am disgusted at attempts to silence her. I was in the 60s and I am now. It's misogyny - it was then and it is now.

She will stand tall in the history of women's rights when those whiners who criticise her are long forgotten.

Germaine rocks.

Egosumquisum · 24/10/2015 17:20

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Ubik1 · 24/10/2015 17:17

and yes

Men should be criminalised for buying sex. Absolutely they should.

Ubik1 · 24/10/2015 17:15

When I was a journalist we 'no platformed' the BNP. Until they were elected as local councillors - then we couldn't.

But deciding your newspaper was not going to be used to promote ultra right wing views that harm many, by people who are basically criminal pond life is different to no platforming someone like GG, and even fucking George Galloway and the pro lifers.

In the same way that Islamic radicals/ fundamentalists are different too. They should be no platformed. Their rhetoric feeds in to real life conflicts where people are murdered, raped, maimed and tortured.
Thst is very different situation to the identity politics circus which consumes so much time and energy these days.

whatdoIget · 24/10/2015 17:13

It doesn't seem to be very counterproductive in this case, because once again we're talking about trans issues instead of feminist topics, which is presumably what the no platformers want

HedgehogAtHome · 24/10/2015 17:11

It does seem ironic that it is feminists who no platformed those speakers, a feminist who started the petition about Germaine Greer and feminists who think that she should not be allowed to speak.

Feminists not a homogeneous group shocker. Hardly ironic. Some women are scared to show support for an unpopular view point, some aren't.

I agree. It shows how much women are closed down in speaking and listening to other views.

^This.

almondpudding · 24/10/2015 17:11

Then I disagree. The NUS no platform list includes terrorist organisations.

Egosumquisum · 24/10/2015 17:07

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whatdoIget · 24/10/2015 17:06

Sorry that question mark was meant to be on the end of my previous post

Mide7 · 24/10/2015 17:06

No worries slug Grin

whatdoIget · 24/10/2015 17:05

?

Egosumquisum · 24/10/2015 17:05

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whatdoIget · 24/10/2015 17:05

Do you think it was the right thing to do, Ego

almondpudding · 24/10/2015 17:04

Why are you asking? What do you think about it?

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