I sat next to...

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

My DH once asked this guy for directions just near Covent Garden and it turned out to be Anthony Head. I had no idea he was in such good company- I shall tell him when I get home!

Also, on topic, I am going to see Germaine Greer speak at the Hay Festival in a few weeks!

I am quite excited!!

My DH once asked this guy for directions just near Covent Garden and it turned out to be Anthony Head

See? That should've been me. Go on, I bet he was Really Nice, wasn't he?

44. Haven’t encountered Nick Knowles either. I don’t get out much.

I wouldn't have cared less. Can't stand the woman.

I once sat in between Germaine Greer and Anthony Head on a flight to New York!

Ok, I didn't...but that'd be all kinds of aces!

@SheGotBetteDavisEyes

Apparently he was really helpful and very nice, yes!

How did you guess????

How dare GG not be nice! Didn’t she read the memo?

I am entirely unsurprised that GG may be a diva. I am also eternally grateful to her for writing The Female Eunuch, which I read at 16 and which - literally, not metaphorically - changed my life. I'd had a mild eating disorder for some years (like too many pre-teen and teenage girls), and I can pinpoint The Female Eunuch as the point where I consciously thought "it doesn't always have to be like this", and stopped obsessively dieting. It didn't fix my relationship with food by any means, but it made me aware of it in a broader context.

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

I think I would have blurted out 'I'm reading your book' far too loudly and asked her to sign it before remembering a) she has written more than one book and b) I dont carry it around

I went to see GG in a debate in Cambridge many moons ago. I remember her having enormous presence and authority. She could have said practically anything and people would have agreed with her. Just as well she decided use her power for good!

I too have never met Anthony Head ( probably because he doesn’t come to Yorkshire much) but I’m happy to report that Gregg Wallace is a twat

Send her a note via her agent:

[email protected]

I am sure she would be delighted to hear from you.

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

I have met Anthony Head. On a train. It broke down and we all ended up at a rough pub next to Newport station waiting for a replacement. He was lovely.

I too have never met Anthony Head

Yin

I have met Anthony Head.... He was lovely

Yan

How dare GG not be nice! Didn’t she read the memo?

This made me Positively.

GG could be the biggest evilbitchcowfromhell as a person and that wouldn't change her contribution to feminism or her status as a cultural icon imao, but other opinions are available!

I’m happy to report that Gregg Wallace is a twat

I knew it!!!!

GW gives me the heave but I adore AH because he is Giles and can therefore do no wrong in my eyes.

terryleather

I totally agree with your last comment. We have enough ‘nice’ females and they’re not well known because they get ignored. Does anyone really think GG would be as well known and influential if she had played ‘nice’? She had to be a ball buster to get past all the mansplaining and misogynistic bullshit, in order to get heard. I’ve never met her and might dislike her as a person, if I did, but by fuck I respect her.

I would've been scared too, she's a fearsome but fucking fabulous woman.

There's a saying that's on lots of cards and mugs etc at the moment

'Well behaved women rarely make history'.

I think this applies to Ms Greer!

I only came on this thread to say I once sat next to....

Antony Head

I can't believe that even on a thread in Feminist chat, we're talking about whether or not Germaine Greer is a nice person.

MN linking to FWR in 'Discussions of the Day' - embargo lifted?