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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Germaine Greer nailing it.

68 replies

sashh · 11/03/2023 10:44

twitter.com/i/status/1634464766096965634

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AggieTop · 11/03/2023 16:40

Adding my name to the GG ❤

Fairislefandango · 11/03/2023 16:46

Fantastic- she is so clear and fearless.

RestingMurderousFace · 11/03/2023 16:50

Going to be one hell of a crater left behind when she departs this realm.

Aphrathestorm · 11/03/2023 17:06

Love her.

nepeta · 11/03/2023 17:13

Her book on women in art is still worth reading! Partly because it was well researched, but mostly because the problems she outlines have not been entirely solved.

determinedtomakethiswork · 11/03/2023 17:17

She is absolutely fantastic and always has been. Completely right too about how middle-aged and older women are demonised.

Verite1 · 11/03/2023 17:22

That was a fantastic listen

Darhon · 11/03/2023 17:32

Krishnan just can’t interject. She has a fabulous mind. She massively ignited the second wave in the U.K.

AlwaysFoldingWashing · 11/03/2023 17:41

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

SerendipityJane · 11/03/2023 17:53

51%. Surely that gives a right to trample all over the 49% losers ?

mach2 · 11/03/2023 18:02

In 2021 Greer had returned to Australia to sell her home and put herself into aged care [wiki]

Ah, shame. Hope it's a kind place and that she's still bolshy.

MrsOvertonsWindow · 11/03/2023 18:22

mach2 · 11/03/2023 18:02

In 2021 Greer had returned to Australia to sell her home and put herself into aged care [wiki]

Ah, shame. Hope it's a kind place and that she's still bolshy.

She owned a wonderful house in Essex that she sold some years ago as it was too much for her to manage.

SharonEllis · 11/03/2023 18:39

Perfect. She's a legend.

Cleebope2 · 11/03/2023 18:40

Long live Germaine!

mach2 · 11/03/2023 18:42

I love that clip - no messing about.

Deadringer · 11/03/2023 18:53

Such a clever woman. Just a thought inspired by GG saying that she was often admonished for not being ladylike enough, maybe trans women would like to use the term 'lady'. Its nice and feminine sounding and most women don't seem to really care for it, so it's up for grabs so to speak?

WomenCantBeBulliedOutOfResistance · 11/03/2023 20:28

Female

Is not sugar and spice

And all things nice

Nor lipstick and dresses

And long curled tresses

Not sexy, not demure,

Not pink, not pure

Not giggles, not weeping

Nor fucking housekeeping

Not feminine

Despite all the din

Female

Is girl and is woman

A fully-fledged human

Whose brain and

Personality

Matter more than

Her body -
Which is, merely

A vessel of life

And pleasure, pain, strife

From which blood or milk can leak

Even its hair up for critique

From which she can't exit

And often a target

To abuse, censor, control

Reduced to breasts and a hole

Whatever her choices

Whatever she voices.

Non-females could not ever know

The journey to womanhood, no.

MavisMcMinty · 11/03/2023 20:39

Love that, @WomenCantBeBulliedOutOfResistance - is it your work?

Fullyhuman · 11/03/2023 21:27

Brava, Germaine! I saw you at London Victoria station a few years ago and wanted to run to the florist and bring you flowers - you were busy with someone and I didn’t want to freak you out but 💐💐💐💐

HopRockers · 11/03/2023 21:31

WomenCantBeBulliedOutOfResistance · 11/03/2023 20:28

Female

Is not sugar and spice

And all things nice

Nor lipstick and dresses

And long curled tresses

Not sexy, not demure,

Not pink, not pure

Not giggles, not weeping

Nor fucking housekeeping

Not feminine

Despite all the din

Female

Is girl and is woman

A fully-fledged human

Whose brain and

Personality

Matter more than

Her body -
Which is, merely

A vessel of life

And pleasure, pain, strife

From which blood or milk can leak

Even its hair up for critique

From which she can't exit

And often a target

To abuse, censor, control

Reduced to breasts and a hole

Whatever her choices

Whatever she voices.

Non-females could not ever know

The journey to womanhood, no.

Love it!

WomenCantBeBulliedOutOfResistance · 11/03/2023 21:44

Yes @MavisMcMinty bit unpolished but GG inspired me! Thanks.

Yellowdays · 11/03/2023 22:47

What the hell is the matter with Greer, that she can say that women are not affected by violent rape??

MenopausalMe · 12/03/2023 11:05

Love her, reading ‘The Female Enunch’ changed my life. Just ordered her book on menopause Grin

Grammarnut · 13/03/2023 11:37

JustGotToKeepOnKeepingOn · 11/03/2023 16:37

Just wish we could people to listen to her... she talks complete and utter sense!

Agree.

twitterexile · 13/03/2023 19:13

Yellowdays · 11/03/2023 22:47

What the hell is the matter with Greer, that she can say that women are not affected by violent rape??

If you are harking back to her Hay Festival talk, I was there. She did not say that at all.

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