Germaine Greer, Bee Rowlatt | Beyond the Female Eunuch | Jaipur Literature Festival

[@HaFannyHa]

I love Germaine! No one is as articulate or has her wit. Female Eunuch still knocks me out when I return to it - shocking, truthful and (of course) hilarious. Only Germaine could've created such a masterpiece!

[@4-dman464]

Germaine Greer - - always wonderful to listen to.

[@MrRichDavid]

A brilliant intellectual and fun one ! ❤

[@lynnebarnes5645]

Germaine has often said she is not interested in being an icon, if people are disappointed in her they are probably just too stupid to understand her.

[@upendasana7857]

yes,thats right "we must be too stupid..how dare anyone disgree with Germaine Greer and if they do they must be stupid!!! really what an ignorant remark

[@ohiunku]

@@upendasana7857 that’s not what she meant. She said if people were disappointed in her, that is not entirely the same as disagreeing. Disappointment is a judgemental view on someone, disagreeing is usually based on having a different view on someone. If someone has a different view and you are disappointed in them then you are the one with the issue. Who are you to look down or judge someone because your think your views are right? So in that case Germaine Greer is correct

[@lynnebarnes3840]

​@@ohiunku So, you are inside Germaine's mind, how lovely for you.

[@chagal3299]

Germaine Bloody Greer! Love her!

[@Vidyut_Gore]

They didn't really need an interviewer. She ended up ensuring a range of subjects being discussed, but also prevented Greer from digging into the depths of them. Every time she interrupts, Greer is in full flow of a different idea.

[@pamg2628]

Never tire of hearing Germaine Greer! A marvelous woman of our times. Great to see Camille Paglia in the audience.

[@luizaribeiro2141]

is she there? could you indicate pls?

[@liberosisnow]

3:13 priceless! Germaine's face after: "tornato of ideas and provocations for more years than many of us have been alive" xD

[@Qkat2000]

So glad to hear Ms Greer address the transgender movement as she does. It is uninteresting to most and does not make one special. The decision to mutilate is an individual decision. It’s the activists that stir this up. Leave the rest of us out of it.

[@carolsnook4659]

It's Narcissism taken to another level..

[@inkajoo]

But they're so VULNERABLE! Have you no COMPASSION ?!?!?!

[@jocelynconvery3462]

She is still such an invaluable spirit in our time. Thank-you Germaine!

[@christopherkelley1664]

She's so cool

[@user-xy4ff5yp7b]

What is most fascinating about this woman is that she’s her own entity. She doesn’t jump on bandwagons and she has no reservations about speaking her mind even if it goes against the grain. Her insights are unpredictable and nuanced.

[@robertdoherty2001]

Literally had to place a piece of cardboard over the screen to block that pushy moderator; but it was no use - you can still hear her.

[@normahull448]

Bravo Germaine. Such clarity!

[@sanjithmenon7976]

Thank you Germaine Greer for the positive comments on Kerala. We are ahead because we are a matriarchal society.

[@umwha]

Matriarchal or just matrilineal ?

[@zephyrr914]

“And why is it THIS shape”... lmfao

[@lynnebarnes5645]

NewZealand was the first country in the world where women voted. Yay Kiwi!!!

[@martinvanburensleftsidebur5329]

Do you just mean for national elections? I ask because the state of Wyoming in the USA granted women the right to vote in 1869, well before it was actually even a state.

[@bealtainecottage]

Bee who? Appalling interviewer! Germaine is superb!

[@minnaroseahlers2758]

Who wound the interviewer up and let her go. She she hopeless. Thw worst of this is she doesn't appear to have any listening skills.

[@Evie170]

Love Germaine Greer. A true pioneer and classic Aquarian revolutionary. ❤

[@slavicadamjanovic9535]

Live Germaine Greer❤

[@KaliMaaaaa]

The hand maiden "moderator" is atrocious and clearly not knowledgeable enough to interview Greer.

[@beerowlatt8353]

@Angry Young man Vanqisher of tyranny May I ask, are you a feminist?

[@RapidBlindfolds]

Germaine sounds more like a handmaiden, blaming women for the faults of MeToo

[@emmabradford0137]

@@RapidBlindfolds drink your beer, tricks

[@RapidBlindfolds]

@@emmabradford0137 I mean how am I wrong? the moderator is more straightforwardly pro woman. I like GG but she has aged into such a cynical curmudgeon

[@PeterShieldsukcatstripey]

Yes a man's words can really hurt deeply.

[@hello-mynameis]

I ❤ the goddess greer!!!

[@ericalexander2720]

The moderator is not just fake and full of herself, she is totally useless for this position. Maybe in 50 years when she has some life experience we can talk again. Also, why could they not find an 'Indian' woman for this job??

[@anne-marieloughnane6775]

Likes the sound of her own voice and totally disconnected

[@upendasana7857]

@@anne-marieloughnane6775 how does she like the sound of her own voice ? she is questioning Germaine and calling her to account for some of her opinions and I for one am glad she is,honestly the comments about the interviewer here are vicious and critical for no reason.Germaine is not just there to speak freely about her own opinions but to be asked about some of her rather controversial opinions,there is nothing wrong with the interviewer interupting her and asking her to clarify or hold her to account.germaine may have been around a long time and done alot of fine work for the feminist cause but it doesn't give her license to bulldose her way through and think she has the right to give an ongoing monologue.This is a conversation not a lecture.I think the interviewer does a good job....but yes I might have liked to see Germaine interviewed by an Indian woman who has herself been active in women rights issues in India.

[@anne-marieloughnane6775]

@@upendasana7857 Yes I agree with that suggestion. I think that would have made all the difference!! I found it a little uncomfortable to watch as it was a bit disjointed. Perhaps it wasn't the interviewer......but the wrong interviewer as you pointed out (in this situation/location). An Indian woman would have been perfect.

[@hello-mynameis]

here here - she's lovely but worthless, yes

[@lynnebarnes5645]

New Zealand women got the vote in1893.

[@RapidBlindfolds]

as a GG fan - the interviewer was based for actually holding her feet to the fire instead of mindlessly fawning over her. I find there's a contradiction in GG's false modesty and insistence that the spotlight should be on contemporary feminists (my book is past its time, move on, write your own books) and her relentless cynicism of contemporary feminism (intersectional feminism is a load of crock, the metoo movement is a failure)

[@viyau10]

Not everyone agreed w her but were sincere and kind

[@usmannrana335]

Mad respect to the girl who asked about her views on intersectional feminism and the girl who stood her ground on Greer’s Me Too comments. It takes actual balls to stand up against the grain the person on stage is surrounded by half the people who are unable to understand her casually patronising undertones about India in some of her comments.

[@upendasana7857]

they weren't girls actually,they were full grown women,one of them was well into middle age in fact

[@usmannrana335]

@@upendasana7857 fair enough. I should have said women.

[@barbarajones9385]

@@roslindale She is elderly, true. But she is also quite powerful still not to say revered in many quarters. She has been a pivotal n figure in feminism for decades and to some extent remains so. However, it is well past time that she be seriously challenged on her views. She is no shrinking violet when it comes to asserting her views (which have meandered quite a bit iver the years). By the same token, 'ganging up' against her or preventing her from speaking is not acceptable.

[@hello-mynameis]

so brilliant!! xo

[@denisehughes2898]

“Kissing the rod” isn’t in the Bible. I’ve never heard of it and it doesn’t sound like the Bible.

[@ParArdua]

Psalm 119.

[@kikeheebchinkjigaboo6631]

Safe place?

[@laylaali5977]

Germaine is a extraordinarily

[@emmabradford0137]

Woman in red dress made up for a fashion show: Your dress is nice but it doesn't make up for your monstrous fashion choices of interrupting and talking nonsense

[@graysonwalker]

Yes, lol..I think red dress is trying to appeal to her Indian audience, but she's forgetting Indians are the most racist in the world...she'd be raped in 5 min. on an Indian train...

[@stephzinsmeister662]

Omg the woman budding in

[@georgep.simmonds8636]

Did they really need to discuss me too and trans rights at a literature festival? Greer clearly didn’t want to go there

[@ellebarratt5522]

Germaine is great. The interviewer, not so great

[@ANKITPANDEY-vm8kx]

Germaine Greer's sass is the Indian version of Arundhati Roy sass. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@PeterShieldsukcatstripey]

Other form of passion yes.

[@cutitoutmatisse8815]

the interwiewer was appalling. She was bullying, arrogant, and did not allow Germaine to continue her flow of thought

[@upendasana7857]

Rubbish,Germaine had every opportunity to respond.The interviewer was concise,kept to the point and moved on when Germaine had or hadn't at times fully answered the question...can't help but feel there is some unfair unfounded judgements of the interviewer because Germaine Greer is seen as beyond question by some feminists and this means it is OK to put down other women especially if they are younger ? or attractive ? is this this tendency that some women have to pull down other women especially those they are jealous of ? yes,we all know this one

[@cutitoutmatisse8815]

@@upendasana7857 As you will see from the posts below, the interviewer was spoiling the interview. Do you have an interest to declare. A friend? Because it's a case of the worst interviewer I've seen in a very long time

[@jodypritchard5425]

Yes the British take the credit for railways, the civil service, the inventions that enabled Indians to become billionaires.... Oh actually we don't take the credit but we should demand it instead of endless ingratitude.

[@nunosantos989]

What a really sad moderator, and she talk about anything but literature, sad to watch!

[@paullewis6298]

Disappointing that Germaine didn't respond to the question on intersectional feminism, except to say she didn't really know what it was.

[@francinehorner2792]

Why do these interviews keep asking the same questions Germaine has clearly made her point and is entitled to her own astute point regarding the me too movement She’s right they accepted payment and continued to be famous At that point they didn’t care about themselves or other women I don’t agree with everything she says as nobody does with anybody Please stop trying to either railroad or demonise her Remember how many male prime ministers and presidents who have been forgiven for their behaviour in favour of policies that might have worked for a little while

[@upendasana7857]

The comments on here criticising the moderator are yet just another example of female misogyny and hatred of other women..honestly women are better at bringing other women down better than anyone.They really do the patriarch's work."..the moderator is just fake and full of herself," "likes the sound of her own voice"," if people are too disappointed in her then they are too stupid.." honestly what sort of comments are those when people are not allowed to criticise Germaine,a woman who many of us have looked up to.Her comparison of what happened to the poor women in India and the Rotherham cases ...I really don't know what kind of point she is making here.I don't think any of question that violence is the question and rape is another form of that violence that often goes along with other forms of violence which shes describes both psychological and physical.I really don't see what point she is trying to make here.It would be nice of the women who were responsible for trying to bring justice to the Rotherham girls could be interviewed more.She is right it has been all too easily forgotton and what happened to thousands of girls and still does on many cities and towns through the UK and elsewhere was included the most brutal sexual violence,there was torture and the most horreondous continual degradations.She is correct that it has just been forgotton too easily but whose fault is this Germaine ? honestly she really does seem to be blaming women for their own assaults.I think Germiane seems to be doing very little to support the up and coming generations of feminists and wishes just to keep her own status.I agree with many many of Germaines observations and analysis and think she dares to say the things that many do not and with real force and gravitasse but that does not give her license to bulldose anyone who challlenges her.

[@artgurrl]

So women are so sacred that they are beyond criticism?

[@graysonwalker]

Divorce destroyed American families...it's consequences are dire for children....

[@ajarnwordsmith628]

Oh boy...er...oh girl...er...oh whatever...Yessss! Germaine rocks...

[@zephyrr914]

A safe space 🙄

[@upendasana7857]

I also don't think it was Germaine Greers place to call India or Indian women to prove to her anything just because they have Goddess figures,so do many other cultures especially in ancient tradtions.It was arrogant of her to assume things about Indian culture when she does not live there or have to survive as a woman,it would have been nice if she would have allowed Indian women to give their own experiences of being a woman in India.I would have liked to see an interview or discussion between Germaine and a Indian womens right activist,now that would have been interesting.I liked the woman who said "we want to be human,not to be worshipped or slutted"

[@ritus.9651]

Perhaps it's time to stop prodding Greer on her problematic provocations. This hardly added any nuance to her arguments. And she herself seems eager for the world to move on from her...Kudos to the moderator though, for her attempts at salvaging Greer, while also not letting her get off that easily.

[@kikeheebchinkjigaboo6631]

Ritu S. Post modernism and Contemporary Art is an example of Cultural Marxism

[@lynnebarnes5645]

Ffs are you kidding? I'm viewing this in spite of the mediator.

[@briandelaney9710]

I think Germaine has long since entered her second childhood

[@lynnebarnes5645]

And even in her dotage she makes you look as if you have the mental agility of a small plastic soap dish.

[@adelinediallo7775]

good for her

[@PeterShieldsukcatstripey]

Being trapped with a narcissistic father isn't fun for anyone.

[@cvsoriano1369]

interviewer is very annoying.. god bless her

[@francinehorner2792]

The transgender movement isn’t so vulnerable now is it ? Having infiltrated women’s sports and private spaces and made a mockery of the Equality Act 2010 In addition it seems to have given rise to a pure fantasy foisted on children that you can do and be anything you want This tripe was fed to me a woman now when I was a child And from beginning to end career family life looks lifestyle and gender No you can’t!! But you can be what the patriarchy want if you’re conditioned to be railroaded in that direction

[@kikeheebchinkjigaboo6631]

The hermaphrodite

[@lynnebarnes5645]

What is your point?