Every day brings a new story. And each day contributes to the art of story telling -- in prose and poetry, in music, on the stage, on the screen, and, of course, in books.
Today is the story of January 29th.
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It is the 29th day of the year, leaving 336 days remaining in 2022.
Greer, a champion of individual female sexuality, told that story in her first book, The Female Eunuch. The theory that she explored was that both men and women worked to oppress women. Instead of seeking reform or equality in a male-dominated society that set aside specific roles for women and men, women need to look inside themselves for their own, personal liberation.
She said neither the traditional nuclear family, nor the idea of a passive, feminine woman was good for men, women, children, or society,
Privileged women will pluck at your sleeve and seek to enlist you in the "fight" for reforms, but reforms are retrogressive. The old process must be broken, not made new. Bitter women will call you to rebellions, but you have too much to do. What will you do?
The book was immediately popular, has never been out of print, and is one of the most important texts in modern feminism. Greer has continued to speak out in her own unique way, and criticize others -- including some of the stalwarts of the movement -- on their ideas of feminism.
Greer attended and graduated from universities in Australia before moving to Cambridge, England, for her doctorate. She lectured and lived in Italy for a time, has traveled frequently through the United States, but has lived mostly in England.
In addition to The Female Eunuch, Greer has written other books on feminism, including Sex and Destiny and The Whole Woman. Other books include Wife of Shakespeare, a revisionist biography of Anne Hathaway; White Beech: The Rainforest Years, dealing with her efforst to restore part of a rainforest she bought; and Whitefella Jump Up, about aboriginals in Australia.
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