Dingo has the heart of a lion Aug 3, 2008
The Sydney Morning Herald Sport: Australian and international sports news, results: AFL, Rugby League, Rugby Union, Golf, Athens Olympics, Soccer, Tennis, Cricket, Basketball, Motorsport, Horse Racing, Rugby Heaven Skip directly to. Dexter Dunworth is living the dream - at an age when other fighters have long since hung up their gloves, writes Daniel Lane. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
The storm within Aug 2, 2008
Germaine Greer explores the murderous emotion that drives individuals - and communities - to the brink ... Professor Germaine Greer gives the keynote address "On Rage" at the Melbourne Writers Festival at 7pm on August 22 ... On Rage by Germaine Greer is published by MUP. The Age is a sponsor of The Melbourne Writers' Festival. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Dash for cash Aug 2, 2008
The Sydney Morning Herald Sport: Australian and international sports news, results: AFL, Rugby League, Rugby Union, Golf, Athens Olympics, Soccer, Tennis, Cricket, Basketball, Motorsport, Horse Racing, Rugby Heaven Skip directly to. When national borders fall to sport's globalisation, more than loyalty goes out the door, argues Roy Masters. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Sport)
Hope for polish and less spit Aug 2, 2008
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. Lijia ZhangAugust 2, 2008. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
The rage epidemic Aug 2, 2008
Common to the world's indigenous peoples are the traumas that contribute to self-harm, writes Germaine Greer ... Germaine Greer contributed On Rage to a series of essays published by Melbourne University Press, and will be the keynote speaker at the Melbourne Writers' Festival on August 22 ... Common to world's indigenous peoples are traumas that contribute to self-harm, writes Germaine Greer. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Deported refugee shot dead Aug 2, 2008
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. Paul Bibby, Jason Koutsoukis in Gaza, Mark Metherell and Jordan BakerAugust 2, 2008. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Painting prize shortlist revealed Jul 25, 2008
Previous judges have included singer Jarvis Cocker, feminist writer Germaine Greer and artist Tracey Emin. Bookmark with. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
And it's On for young and old Jul 19, 2008
GERMAINE GREER knows what it is to feel rage. At her 50th birthday party, one of the guests, "a smug bastard", started to rile her with his comments about Australian Aborigines. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Books of revelation Jul 19, 2008
GERMAINE GREER KNOWS what it is to feel rage ... On Longing by Blanche D'Alpuget; On Rage by Germaine Greer; On Ecstasy by Barrie Kosky; and On Experience by David Malouf. (The Age)
The Female of the species, Vaudeville Theatre, London Jul 18, 2008
That banshee wail you hear when the wind is in the northeast is the sound of the biter bit Germaine Greer is very, very angry at the author of this play about a sixty-ish feminist scribbler (played by Eileen Atkins). Its action is inspired by the time Greer was, briefly, held hostage by a devotee. (Independent)
The Female of the Species Jul 18, 2008
Germaine Greer is not best pleased with Joanna Murray-Smith. But while the latter's new play was inspired by the hostage-taking of Dr Greer, it is clearly about something even bigger: the confusion faced by men and women in the post-feminist age. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Greer attacks Australian playwright Jul 17, 2008
FEMINIST academic Germaine Greer has branded Australian playwright Joanna Murray-Smith an "insane reactionary" for attempting to portray aspects of her life in a new comedy ... "Why do the production team and the writer keep on referring to me, Germaine Greer, if they say it is not Germaine Greer they are writing about," Greer told Britain's Sunday Times newspaper. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Germaine Greer's outrage at play Jul 16, 2008
Germaine Greer's outrage at play ... GERMAINE Greer has lashed out at Melbourne playwright Joanna Murray-Smith over a satirical play about feminism, calling her an "insane reactionary" ... Greer, 69, said: "Why do the production team and the writer keep referring to me if they say it is not Germaine Greer they are writing about?". (Melbourne Herald Sun)
Greer slams Britain for slashing scholarships Jul 15, 2008
Germaine Greer has criticised the decision to slash a university scholarship program which has brought hundreds of Australian students to the UK.Photo: David Mariuz. Outspoken feminist academic and writer Germaine Greer has attacked Britain for slashing a university scholarship program which has drawn hundreds of Australian students to England. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Greer slams axing of UK scholarship Jul 15, 2008
Outspoken feminist academic and writer Germaine Greer has attacked Britain for slashing a university scholarship program which has drawn hundreds of Australian students to England. From next year, Britain will no longer fund prestigious Commonwealth scholarships for students from developed countries such as Australia, New Zealand and Canada. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Van Gogh's Sunflowers have become monsters. But I'd rather have them than 'botanical art' Jul 14, 2008
Germaine Greer Monday July 14, 2008. The great tradition of flower painting in western art seems to have ended more than a century ago, in a series of tremendous bangs amid an obbligato of whimpers. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Why do people think Bob Dylan was a great lyricist? That creep couldn't even write doggerel Jun 30, 2008
Germaine Greer Monday June 30, 2008. Great lyricists. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Australia's PM has hit out at an artist's pictures of naked adolescents. Would he ban Botticelli? Jun 16, 2008
Germaine Greer Monday June 16, 2008. When New South Wales police removed half the work from photographer Bill Henson's show at a Sydney gallery last month, they were responding to a complaint by a child protection campaigner, who had seen an invitation to the opening featuring a nude 13-year-old girl. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Girl talk from a feminist firebrand Jun 9, 2008
But Germaine Greer also has opinions to spare on Hillary Clinton, Carrie Bradshaw, Ian McKellen's private parts, and what she calls 'the stupidest people on Earth ... " His irritation seems to have impaired his sense of direction. He finally finds the farmhouse, where the chatelaine is waiting, not altogether patiently, and where the feeling of scorn is clearly mutual. "That one must be missing a synapse," says Germaine Greer as the car rumbles back down the driveway. "He's the only taxi driver... (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
A muse's job is to penetrate the male artist and bring forth a work from the womb of his mind Jun 2, 2008
Germaine Greer Monday June 2, 2008. The thrilling news that Lucian Freud's Benefits Supervisor Sleeping had fetched 17. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
A spirited and speculative defense of Ann Hathaway Shakespeare May 28, 2008
Shakespeare's WifeBy Germaine GreerHarper, 406 pp ... In "Shakespeare's Wife," Germaine Greer strikes back against centuries of defamation, producing a spirited defense of Ann Hathaway Shakespeare as a loving (and loved) wife who possibly helped rescue the Shakespeare family's fading fortunes. (Boston Globe)
A novel look at Clough's reign at Leeds May 10, 2008
After all, sport seems increasingly to interest artists and intellectuals, from Peace himself to Turner prize winner Douglas Gordon's film on Zinedine Zidane, to a recent rant from Germaine Greer on the blurred lines between "high" and popular culture. Football, said Greer, is just as valid and meaningful a cultural activity as the opera, before going on to claim that the quality of writing on the sports pages frequently knocks the socks off the stuff that appears elsewhere in newspapers. (Scotsman)
All Men Are Liars May 2, 2008
- Sam" By all accounts, it's his TV persona that is the put-on: the swearing the attitude, the lot. No written evidence to back this up of course, but does anyone think he'd be that successful a chef and boss if he treated his employees with the level of respect we see on TV? Ramsey is cultured and it's what we see on TV that is rougher-around-the-edges than his real personality. So in fact, he was bunging on the sexism, just like the swearing, for the cameras. It's just icing on the cake.... (Sydney Morning Herald)
Book review: "Shakespeare's Wife" by Germaine Greer May 2, 2008
Book review: "Shakespeare's Wife" by Germaine Greer - International Herald Tribune ... Book review: "Shakespeare's Wife" by Germaine Greer ... Shakespeare's Wife By Germaine Greer 406 pages Harper/HarperCollins. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Shakespeare for Everyone Apr 19, 2008
and waste time on such evidence-deprived controversies as the recent dust-up between Germaine Greer in and Stephen Greenblatt (initially in over the unanswerable question: Did Shakespeare love his wife. (Greer: Yes. (Slate)
Cross-cultural masterclass Apr 12, 2008
While Rushdie was being guarded round the clock, fellow writers Roald Dahl and Germaine Greer were lambasting him for his hubris. (Greer called him a "megalomaniac, an Englishman with dark skin", sparking a feud that was reignited in 2006 after Greer supported Bangladeshi activists attempting to block the filming of Monica Ali's novel Brick Lane. (The Australian)
Her naked narcissism Apr 12, 2008
Germaine Greer, who owns this issue, touched on it again recently in an essay titled "Why do so many female artists put themselves in their work - often with no clothes on?". Greer herself was never backward in coming forward, as often naked as clad, when young. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Critics' Picks Apr 12, 2008
Riding to her rescue comes Germaine Greer, who, when she's not windmilling at demons, can be a redoubtable scholar. "Shakespeare's Wife" makes the provocative case that Hathaway was not the ball and chain of popular myth but an active and influential partner in her husband's life and work. (Salon)
Germaine Greer cancels Apr 8, 2008
Germaine Greer, who was scheduled to appear at Burlingame Hall in Sonoma to read from her new book, "Shakespeare's Wife," on Saturday, April 12, has cancelled all of her events due to illness. This event was co-sponsored by Readers' Books and the Sonoma Community Center. (Sonoma Index-Tribune, CA)
Readers' picks Apr 8, 2008
In Shakespeare's Wife Germaine Greer challenges scholars who have demeaned Anne Hathaway. Using social history and town records, Greer infers that Anne was a successful parent, a money-earner, and an all-around competent human being. (Christian Science Monitor)
The Booker's favourite Apr 6, 2008
And a number of writers, among them Germaine Greer, John Berger and John Le Carr;, came down on the cultural relativist side of the argument. Their feeling was that, in not showing sufficient cultural sensitivity, Rushdie was the author of his troubles. (Guardian Unlimited)
Greer Tames the Shrew Mar 31, 2008
Germaine Greer's Shakespeare's Wife ... And there the matter might have restedif Germaine Greer hadn't just galloped onto the field to defend the honor of the most reviled woman in the Shakespeare industry. (Slate)
WOMEN'S LIBERATION Mar 30, 2008
Pinker began her intellectual journey as a classic '70s style feminist exhilarated by the teachings of Simone de Beauvoir ("One is not born, but rather becomes a woman") and Germaine Greer (from whose book "The Female Eunuch" Pinker drew the idea that "Only when women dumped their female personae and took on men's roles would they truly be equal.") Theory turned out to be a weak defense against fact, though, and today Pinker says, "Thirty-odd years after my first summer job, I wondered whether... (New York Post -- Opinions)
The hot flush gets cooler for glowing baby boomers Mar 22, 2008
Notwithstanding Germaine Greer, who tried to turn the word "crone" into a term of endearment for menopausal women only to re-enforce their image as hags, and Gail Sheehy, the author of The Silent Passage, who depicted menopausal women as seriously derailed, the news is usually upbeat. This week the latest instalment from the long-running Melbourne Women's Midlife Health project was delivered to an international conference. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
It's all in the delivery Mar 16, 2008
Has Germaine Greer ditched pederasty for sado-masochism. How else could one explain the desire to have Paris Hilton's sexual antics on endless repeat. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
It's the clever way to power - part 2 Mar 16, 2008
Germaine Greer (Newnham). Joanne Harris (St Catharine's). (Guardian Unlimited -- UK)
Unleashing our inner demons, site by sickening site Mar 15, 2008
to Germaine Greer as veiled women moiled around their limo). Snuff films, argue theorists like Laura Kipnis, are an invention of the right, to scare people away from pornography. (Globe and Mail)
I am not a mocker, says feted Greer Mar 6, 2008
Germaine Greer at a women's liberation march in 1972. THE writer and feminist Germaine Greer has defended herself against accusations of sneering at Australia, spoken of being spat on in public following her criticism of Steve Irwin after his death, and denounced academic feminism and the print media, and called for anger over the mismanagement of Australia's river systems ... Before a huge, sweltering crowd only marginally smaller than the record-breaking audience of 2500 attracted by the... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
God, the Coetzee effect and the Carey gang Mar 3, 2008
Germaine Greer against God ... Germaine Greer took on Shakespeare academics, the Pope and God in a talk about her latest book, Shakespeare's Wife, on the opening day of Adelaide Writers' Week ... Germaine Greer … against God. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Polka dots and Ray-bans Feb 23, 2008
I'm reluctant to agree with her that Germaine Greer has moved on from The Female Eunuch or that Vogue is a better read these days. I also feel she is underinformed when she scoffs at the idea that the cult of the model causes anorexia among our youth. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
C--- does not have to be the dirtiest word Feb 19, 2008
There's something so prim about vagina as Germaine Greer once pointed out, it refers only to an internal section of the female anatomy, without the "fun bits". And anyway, it means "sword sheath" in Latin. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Aussies enter Ledger 'selfish' debate Feb 9, 2008
Other Australians compared Peyser to Australian writer Germaine Greer, who criticised Steve Irwin soon after his death. "You and Germaine Greer should get together - you are well suited (she made badmouthing the dead an artform, too) - just stay away from Australia though!" Rhonda wrote. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Dame Edna shows her artistic side Jan 29, 2008
Germaine Greer: Most people believe that motorways are hideous by nature ... Germaine Greer : When Nolan's paintings of the outback were exhibited at David Jones's department store in Sydney in 1949, according to Cynthia Nolan, 'old ladies from central Queensland carrying string bags' came up with tears in their eyes and said: 'It's so true, so real. (Guardian Unlimited)
Going boldly into the minefield that is health Dec 29, 2007
Lillian Roxon, who died in 1973 in New York, was a member of the Sydney anti-establishment movement known as the Push, along with Germaine Greer, Clive James and Robert Hughes. A journalist, she was christened the "mother of rock'n'roll journalism" after writing the first Encyclopedia of Rock in 1969, and Greer's The Female Eunuch was dedicated in her honour (half-bitchily, Lillian thought). (The Age, Australia -- Breaking News)
A year of fear and loathing and failed prophets Dec 27, 2007
August: The ABC personality Margaret Pomeranz decries the "cultural genocide" at her alma mater SBS. Interviewed in Justinian online magazine, the High Court judge Michael Kirby is asked: "Who or what do you fantasise about?" He responds: "A dinner party with Janet Albrechtsen." Writing in the London Sunday Times, the Australian expatriate Germaine Greer theorises that "by the end of the year [Prince] William will be bald". The academic Gregory Pemberton suggests that "Australia's political and... (Sydney Morning Herald)
Capello appointment gets England talking Dec 16, 2007
But the author and academic Germaine Greer warned success-starved England fans that Capello might not be all they expect, using a vocabulary rarely, if ever, heard on the terraces. "The English like to think that Italian men are volatile, fiery and impulsive; in reality they are more likely to be stolid, pernickety and valetudinarian," she wrote in the Independent on Sunday. (Yahoo! Asia News)
BBC aims to buy out Virgin's UKTV share Dec 10, 2007
Germaine Greer recalls a Led Zeppelin gig in 1970. BEST BUYS. (Telegraph.co.uk)
Greer nonsense? Dec 3, 2007
Aside from being a spiteful old prune I don't see what Germaine Greer has done to make the world a better place for anyone ... Germaine Greer calling someone a media whore ... The dictionary definition of the term "old trout" should say "see Germaine Greer". (The Age)
Contest heats up for Bad Sex awards Nov 23, 2007
Previous presenters have included Mick Jagger, Jerry Hall, Sting and Germaine Greer. Guardian Unlimited. (Guardian Unlimited)
Hippie hippie shock, in technicolour Nov 18, 2007
But many of Oz's other luminaries and protagonists, including Germaine Greer, the Sydney artist Martin Sharp and the film director Philippe Mora, have questioned their former colleagues' decision to allow their personal lives - and history - to be rewritten in a movie funded by General Electric, produced by a Universal Studios-owned British production house and played by non-Australian actors. Greer, portrayed in early drafts of the script as a joint-smoking nymphomaniac, fired the first salvo... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Pride and perseverance Nov 17, 2007
Jane Austen's heroines fight "the battles of every day," writes Germaine Greer ... Germaine Greer charts an emotional terrain still all too familiar ... Jane Austen's heroines fight "the battles of every day," writes Germaine Greer. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Farewell to a literary great, with chutzpah Nov 12, 2007
A personal appreciation of the American novelist and journalist Norman Mailer, who died on Saturday after renal failure, aged 84. Christopher HitchensMonday November 12, 2007. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Sheilas put the mockers on ockers* Nov 11, 2007
Roddy Meagher, retired judge: 'Looking at the shrivelled old parsnip Germaine Greer has now become, I can hardly believe she was the comparatively beautiful young woman I once knew. . (Guardian Unlimited -- World)
Author Norman Mailer dies aged 84 Nov 11, 2007
Feminists like Germaine Greer and Kate Millett considered him the quintessential male chauvinist pig. Some of the feuds even turned physical for the former college boxer, who stabbed one of his six wives at a party and also decked writer Gore Vidal. (Yahoo News -- Top Stories)
Mailer's works made impression Nov 11, 2007
He engaged in a rolling series of debates with people like Germaine Greer, tried to explicate his position in several books, and never quite succeeded. This was a man, his critics delighted in reminding him, who had once stabbed his wife. (The Palm Beach Post)
Embodiment of honour Nov 4, 2007
Among the "1000 terrible things Australian men have said about women", there is Radio 2GB's Ray Hadley saying of Germaine Greer: "I bet she's sorry she burnt her bra all those years ago.". Eddie McGuire is immortalised for the words: "When should we bone her?". (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Virtual princess, designed to fit the story Oct 31, 2007
Welcome to The Sydney Morning Herald. Elizabeth FarrellyOctober 31, 2007. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
McEwan booked to head writers' festival line-up Oct 26, 2007
And perhaps Australia's most famous expat of all, Germaine Greer, is to make her first appearance at the festival, with her new book, Shakespeare's Wife, under her arm. "We also have a strong contingent coming from the United States, like Paul Auster and his wife Siri Hustvedt, and Patrick McGrath, which I am very pleased about, because we have found it difficult sometimes to attract American writers," Wight said. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Immodest proposals Oct 13, 2007
Germaine Greer explains why women artists started taking their clothes off for their art. Saturday October 13, 2007. (Guardian Unlimited)
Bad Hair Days Oct 4, 2007
Put Pamela Bone and Germaine Greer in the same room and you might question the unitary nature of the human species. There is an old-fashioned propriety about her ("I'm a conventional, law-abiding person") such that one is not surprised when she confides that she once dropped a boyfriend who insisted on telling her about his constipation. (The Age)
'I kept her book by my bed for 18 years' Oct 3, 2007
And Germaine Greer is going to set them straight. That is basically the tone in which it is written, and for a deeply insecure girl, that kind of verve is intoxicating. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Critics face loss of raison d'etre Oct 2, 2007
The works of Manning Clark, Germaine Greer, Robert Hughes, Philip Knightley and John Pilger come immediately to mind. It's much the same with journalism. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Talk of the town Sep 30, 2007
Perhaps you could measure a city's greatness by the spores it releases to the global breeze: Germaine Greer, Neighbours, Percy Grainger, the bionic ear, the secret ballot. World class or what. (Sydney Morning Herald)
Camera obscura Sep 23, 2007
Germaine Greer introduces 'Unknown Bown, 1947 to 1967' - a book and exhibition of her most timeless work. Sunday September 23, 2007. (Guardian Unlimited)
Shakespeare's Wife Sep 17, 2007
Germaine GreerPhoto: Illustration by Rocco Fazzari ... In simpler words: has age mellowed the famously sharp-tongued Germaine Greer ... Society/Politics History Literature Germaine Greer Bloomsbury 2007 406 35. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
