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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

I sat next to...

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ShackUp · 25/04/2018 00:47

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

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Writersblock2 · 25/04/2018 00:52

Ah damn! So lucky!

DancelikeEmmaGoldman · 25/04/2018 00:54

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. Grin

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 · 25/04/2018 01:00

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 · 25/04/2018 01:06

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

CircleSquareCircleSquare · 25/04/2018 01:18

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

MrsTerryPratchett · 25/04/2018 01:27

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

ShackUp · 25/04/2018 05:52

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 Blush She was also having a serious tete-a-tete with a friend of hers and looked really cross!

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0phelia · 25/04/2018 07:03

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

ChickenMe · 25/04/2018 11:16

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

KittyKlaws · 25/04/2018 11:22

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 · 25/04/2018 12:06

I think cross is her default expression

Springnowplease · 25/04/2018 12:09

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

G1ngerpig · 25/04/2018 12:27

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

UrsulaPandress · 25/04/2018 12:30

I don't think she turned into a TERF.

Bi11yOneMate · 25/04/2018 12:30

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

dianebrewster · 25/04/2018 12:36

She's a TERF in the same way I am

Tosser Excluding Real Feminist.

Beyond11cisRetinol · 25/04/2018 12:53

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 Grin

terryleather · 25/04/2018 13:00

GG is an icon.

I don't always agree with what she says, in fact I'm very often Hmm 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 · 25/04/2018 13:01

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

anonymousbird · 25/04/2018 13:54

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

SirGawain · 25/04/2018 14:01

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 · 25/04/2018 14:56

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. Grin

FeckinCrunchiesInTheCar · 25/04/2018 17:14

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 · 25/04/2018 17:24

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 · 25/04/2018 17:29

Me too, Bette!

Hashtag I'm the 43 Grin

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