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Germaine Greer (/ ɡ r ɪər /; born 29 January 1939) is an Australian writer and public intellectual, regarded as one of the major voices of the second-wave feminism movement in the latter half of the 20th century.
Apr 30, 2024 · Germaine Greer, Australian-born English writer and feminist who championed the sexual freedom of women. Among her notable books were The Female Eunuch (1970), The Obstacle Race: The Fortunes of Women Painters and Their Work (1979), The Whole Woman (1999), and Shakespeare’s Wife (2007).
Mar 20, 2024 · Whatever she talks about and whenever she does it, Germaine Greer is impressive. Her latest media outing is an interview for British-American journalist Louis Theroux’s podcast, recorded at the end of 2023 when Greer was still 84.
Oct 8, 2020 · Germaine Greer’s The Female Eunuch changed lives. Published 50 years ago in October 1970, it exists in the popular imagination as a kind of shorthand for that world-historic moment when women...
The Female Eunuch is a 1970 book by Germaine Greer that became an international bestseller and an important text in the feminist movement. Greer's thesis is that the "traditional" suburban, consumerist, nuclear family represses women sexually, and that this devitalises them, rendering them eunuchs. The book was published in London in October 1970.
Australian scholar and public intellectual Germaine Greer is one of the major voices of second wave feminism, and on her 80th birthday controversy still swirls around her.
Germaine Greer is an Australian-born writer, who is an influential feminist and social critic. Her abrasive style and criticism of patriarchal structures have placed her frequently in the public eye.
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