Germaine Bloody Greer

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One of my top heroes. (Though she might hate being called that).

The documentary of her life and times is on BBC iPlayer and finishes this Monday. So last chance to see!

Its really amazing on so many levels.

AIBU to remind people?

Bloody love bloody Greer- thanks OP

GG is a fucking legend. Love her.

Loved this documentary. Though a serialisation of a few of them would have been better

Great film. Who knew she was such a rock chick back in the day. I don't know everything she's said, but what i have heard resonates. 'Women have no idea how much men hate them'

Thanks OP - fantastic piece!

Thanks @LonelyPlanetStreet, loved it.

Just finished housework & about to relax for a bit. Wondered what to watch, and this pops up. Thanks OP

I think she's boss, love her.

She is full of her own self importance and exceptionally rude. One of the most awful people I have ever had the misfortune to meet.

Finished watching it this afternoon. Agree with most of the positive posters above, and glad a few people found it before it finished.

Some of the quotes/exchanges towards the end:

"Did you get grief from feminists?" (Interviewer)
"What else do you get from feminists?" totally pan-faced , then "I don't expect them to be mindless followers of mine" (GG)

"You were never an 'equality feminist'?" (Interviewer)
"I think equality is a profoundly conservative aim; it would change nothing". (GG)

"Do you think women are better off today than in the 1970s?" (Interviewer)
"Well I wonder" (GG) ...

she then goes on to list some of the negative things happening ... anorexia, constant nakedness of women from singers to ice skaters (she cites this nakedness as a submissive act).

On giving up her books to Oxfam now she is moving house "People don't want books anymore ... they have entertainment centres" she says rather pointedly (GG).

The footage of Olivia Newton John singing "If Not For You" was wonderful - and an inspired hoot.

Germaine Greer. One of a kind.

Love her and loved the programme. I was lucky enough to see her at a local theatre last summer. She talked mainly about ecology. Such a clever and unique woman.

The thing that strikes me (as I watch it) is that as an older woman she sounds exactly like my grandma - gives no fucks and says exactly what she thinks because she's old enough to have seen it all before.

What's amazing though, is that she's said all that since she was young, before she'd seen anything and still had very perky boobs. Remarkable. I'm 46 and only just starting to have thoughts of my own now.

Got some catching up to do.

Great program. I've seen her live too, talking about the invisible woman. The Stereotype chapter of The Female Eunuch was a life changing experience for me. I love her.

She's amazing.
I hope as I grow older and shed my final few fucks I shall become more like her.

Absolutely adore GG. Read The Female Eunuch as a teen and it totally changed how I thought about things.