Germaine Greer

[newstart2380]

Have just been listening to an interview on ABC 24 and she called Juliar Gillard an organ grinders monkey the way she dressed. Here was this wrinkled stick with a head of hair that looked like she had put her hand in the power socket critisizing how another person looked. I personally have never admired this loud, overbearing feminist.

[darksideofthemoon]

This is worth repeating... thanks freshwater 

Yes Poddy, reading The Female Eunuch  women finally realised that they could be self sufficient and self supporting, instead of remaining in a bad relationship.

That women could be more than they were.

They didn't need to follow the expectations of the day.....marriage and 3 children with a triple front red brick house.

Until Greer came along the wimmen folk kept they place.

She was a trail blazer for the free choice for women.

I have never heard her criticise women for choosing marriage, children and the brick house.

She was all about choice.

I don't understand your comments about femininity and her wanting to be a man.

Maybe her monumental intellect put you off.

She is her own woman....always has been.

I celebrate what she has achieved in her life.

I asked my OH what he thought of her (he was at Uni with her).

He adores her.....maybr because he doesn't feel threatened by her as so many 'men' are.

[amber-eyed-girl]

Yes Darki, some of us won't reach 75. Displaying sensitivity there, since you could not possibly know the circumstances of each and every one of us here.

[i-need-a-martini]

I didn't realise whe was 75. Well she looks damned good for that age, 'beer stomach' and all.

[i-need-a-martini]

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@amber-eyed-girl wrote:
Yes Darki, some of us won't reach 75. Displaying sensitivity there, since you could not possibly know the circumstances of each and every one of us here.

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Again, you seem to have a problem keeping things in context.

[polksaladallie]

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@***super_nova*** wrote:

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@freddie*rooster wrote:

Not so long after her comments about JG, Greer appeared on TV on another programme,   her full body was shown, OMG she looked 9 months pregnant, it made me wonder if she had a mirror in her home.

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The woman is 75!!!  What do you expect?  Body of a super model? 

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It might be possible that she might have an illness.  

Let all of us who are in the vicinity of that age (or younger) take our clothes off and look in the mirror, then come back here and repost.

[polksaladallie]

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@icyfroth wrote:

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@polksaladallie wrote:

There seem to be some here who know very little about her.  I'd suggest they read some or all of her books.

https://www.google.com.au/#q=germaine+greer+books+list&revid=1476676623

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God who'd be interested enough?

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Anyone who is fond of good literature, the plight of Australian aborigines, art, the human psyche, genealogy, menopause and how the world's women deal with it, women's whole life, etc. 

[***super_nova***]

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@poddster wrote:

In 1968, she (Greer) married Paul du Feu, a British remodeler and carpenter. They separated after three weeks, as he cheated on her and they finally divorced in 1973.

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Paul du Feu was a  Realtor in Berkeley for many years, but started as a teacher, journalist & writer, he is an  author of "In Good Company" as well as “Let's Hear It For The Long-Legged Women”(1973), he was the first nude centrefold in British Cosmo !  He was a very clever man and a free spirit. His attraction for powerful women is no surprise - he was married 3 times. 

As far as "cheating" goes, the open marriage was a condition Paul agreed to before Germaine married him, when he started to object she dumped him.  It was the 60s for god's sake, time of free love and unlimited freedom.  It all sounded exciting, but it was not all that much fun when it was your wife having it off with somebody else 🙂

[freddie*rooster]

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@polksaladallie wrote:

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@***super_nova*** wrote:

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@freddie*rooster wrote:

Not so long after her comments about JG, Greer appeared on TV on another programme,   her full body was shown, OMG she looked 9 months pregnant, it made me wonder if she had a mirror in her home.

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The woman is 75!!!  What do you expect?  Body of a super model? 

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It might be possible that she might have an illness.  Did this unkind poster think of that? 

Let all of us who are in the vicinity of that age (or younger) take our clothes off and look in the mirror, then come back here and repost.

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Did she think of the consequences of her rude comments about the figure of our former Prime Minister when she scathingly attacked her figure and dress attire.

[***super_nova***]

...and according to Sunday Times, some of her lovers:

 George Best, Martin Amis, Julian Barnes, Jonathan Aitken, Warren Beatty and the late John Peel

[polksaladallie]

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@freddie*rooster wrote:

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Did she think of the consequences of her rude comments about the figure of our former Prime Minister when she scathingly attacked her figure and dress attire.

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As has been stated before, she was making "rude comments" about the Labor machine, not the woman.