Margaret Atwood Today Programme Radio 4

[gardenbird48]

I can’t listen to the full thing yet but someone might be interested. On this morning.

My husband has just told me that the person speaking (Margaret?) apparently was discussing JKR and mentioned the ‘people who menstruate’ quote and said ‘I’m 81 and I don’t menstruate, am I not a woman?’ We might have the wrong end of the stick here but I can’t imagine there being two 81 yr old ladies on this prog so Margaret is currently chief suspect.

Unfortunately I am not sure of the full context of this yet but it does sound intriguing.

She’s always been one to court favourable publicity and use her name and fame for ill. Not the first time, won’t be the last. Atwood is no ally of women or their rights if it interferes with her glorious reputation. Lost faith with her well over twenty years ago and not seen anything to persuade me otherwise. As Canadians go, and the ruling matriarch of CanLit, she’s extremely unlikely to do anything as tawdry as admit biology exists.