Comments on: Clive and the Evil Feminist jackboot of Doom!

By: Helen

Helen — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:40:46 +0000

I found someone’s comment in moderation and went to approve it – now I can’t see it, so being 5.30 AM here, I may have deleted it by mistake. I’ll check it out when I get home from work and see if I can restore it Ken!

By: derrida derider

derrida derider — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:52:56 +0000

Poor old Clive really has lost it, hasn’t he? I suggest pity rather than anger is now the appropriate response.

But OTOH the senile old fool is occupying column-inches that could be occupied by people whose opinions are still worth reacting to. On second thoughts, I say send the has-been off into retirement.

By: Helen

Helen — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:19:42 +0000

Hi Linda! Yes, the track record of privileged white blokes in suits, taken as a group, is not good, although there are some gooduns (although you can’t always suss out suit wearing or not on the internet.). Thanks for reminding me to go over to the latest Carnival.

By: Linda Radfem

Linda Radfem — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:17:06 +0000

Hey there, I’ve just found this blog via the latest carnival page. Excellent take-down. I used to be such a fan of his back in the day, too.
Where do all these privileged white blokes in suits get off thinking they can comment on feminism at all?

By: gee

gee — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:46:45 +0000

The Saddam Hussein reference probably referred to Gulf War mark 1, when Iraq was (briefly) in control of Kuwait

By: Femmostroppo Reader - June 1, 2009 — Hoyden About Town

Femmostroppo Reader - June 1, 2009 — Hoyden About Town — Sun, 31 May 2009 23:14:12 +0000

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By: Femmostroppo Reader - June 1, 2009 — Hoyden About Town

Femmostroppo Reader - June 1, 2009 — Hoyden About Town — Sun, 31 May 2009 23:13:53 +0000

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By: Ann oDyne

Ann oDyne — Sun, 31 May 2009 03:59:44 +0000

if you didn’t go back there -
I thought you would enjoy the comment after yours at The Australian -

“Chris Oliver Sat 30 May 09 (03:54pm)
I am a Clive James fan. His radio discussions with Peter Porter leave me in no doubt that he is the real deal and not just some facile wordsmith in love with the sound of his own voice. He would be perfect as an Oxford professor of poetry, not least because, like Richard Dawkins in the Oxford Professor for the Communication of Science role, he would raise the university’s and the discipline’s public profile and be a drawcard for benefactors and students alike.
“I think that I shall never see
A billboard lovely as a tree.
Perhaps, unless the billboards fall,
I’ll never see a tree at all.”
Ogden Nash pleases me in a way the Clive James poem quoted by trusty bones doesn’t.

By: Kath Lockett

Kath Lockett — Thu, 28 May 2009 01:29:13 +0000

It just makes me more relieved and proud that the UGG boot is my footwear of choice!

By: M-H

M-H — Thu, 28 May 2009 00:25:39 +0000

Why do critiques of ‘feminism’ never seem to be related to what I believe? Maybe I’m not really a feminist then… oh noes…