Comments on: Girl Germs at the Capitol

By: Blogger on the Cast Iron Balcony » Blog Archive » Holidays

Blogger on the Cast Iron Balcony » Blog Archive » Holidays — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 01:46:03 +0000

[...] Reading Mansfield Park, inspired by this. (I was going to post on the Holiday Reading thread over there, but my God, so bloody interlecktuwal. That’s their holiday reading? I’m embarrassed to fess up to my fiction and lesser non-fiction reading, deadset. The Coetzee sounds like a good read but.) [...]

By: blue milk

blue milk — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 11:47:21 +0000

Yeah isn’t Germaine Greer fantastic as a speaker, I’ve loved hearing her speak and you’re right she is so much less prickly than everyone is expecting. She is incredibly inspiring.

By: A project for the Decents « Larvatus Prodeo in exile

A project for the Decents « Larvatus Prodeo in exile — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 02:51:05 +0000

[...] A project for the Decents Filed under: Middle East, activism, blogosphere, feminism, media, religion — kimberella @ 1:50 pm Predictably, I guess, Pamela Bone’s question to Germaine Greer on behalf of ALL DECENT LEFTIES EVERYWHERE (discussed in this post from me and by Helen at the Balcony) didn’t just get play on Andrew Bolt’s blog, but also resulted in… (drum roll) the inevitable op/ed!!! [...]

By: Helen

Helen — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 10:11:59 +0000

*snort*

By: Alison

Alison — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 05:51:51 +0000

And the irony keeps on coming... http://www.theonion.com/content/news/man_finally_put_in_charge_of?utm_source=onion_rss_daily

By: Nicholas Gruen

Nicholas Gruen — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 08:01:26 +0000

I was there too. It was a good lecture. Pity about the gender imbalance in the audience. I also thought Greer answered the question about Darfur very well.

By: Hattie

Hattie — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 03:09:04 +0000

Gosh, from the comments on Bolt’s column it sounds to me as if Australian men hate women even more than American men do.
I like Germaine Greer a lot. We were born in the same year, not exactly a claim to fame, I guess, but having something in common with her makes me feel good.

By: tigtog

tigtog — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:43:29 +0000

Honestly, what a numpty Pamela Bone is. Hijacking a conference on comedy that every other attendee had paid good money for to attempt to drag it down into the culture wars. Greer’s response sounds perfect.

Off to read Bolt now. I feel certain that he won’t disappoint me with a lack of numptiness either.

By: Laura

Laura — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 21:55:56 +0000

Top post Helen, as usual. That Bolt IS hilarious, isn’t he? Should have asked him to contribute his ideas about comedy. A roomful of English-teaching women with inquiring minds desperately want to know.

By: another outspoken female

another outspoken female — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:43:41 +0000

Thanks for such a coherent round up of the lecture content – much appreciated as it all got a bit of a blurry for me in the light of the pre and post lecture drinks!