Podcasts about The Female Eunuch

Charlotte and Jo enthuse briefly but ardently about friend of the pod's Tony Tulathimutte's Rejection and Helen Humphreys' Followed By The Lark before the powerhouse Shon Faye joins for a rollicking take on Germaine Greer's The Female Eunuch.Shon Faye is an advice columnist for Vogue dot com and the author of two books The Transgender Issue published by Verso in 2022 and the forthcoming Love in Exile a memoir to be published by FSG in May 2025.Send questions, requests, recommendations, and your own thoughts about any of the books discussed today to readingwriterspod at gmail dot com. Charlotte's most recent book is An Honest Woman: A Memoir of Love and Sex Work. Learn more at charoshane.comJo co-edits The Stopgap and their writing lives at jolivingstone.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Wer sich mit der Geschichte der Frauenbewegung des 20. Jahrhunderts beschäftigt und feministisch gebildet ist, für den/die sollte Germaine Greer ein Begriff ein. Wir würden uns zu diesen Menschen zählen. Umso erstaunter waren wir, dass wir hier ordentlich Nachholbedarf haben. Am 29. Januar 1939 im australischen Melbourne hat Germaine Greer in Europa bzw. England ihre besonders aktive Zeit gehabt. Sie gilt als eine der wichtigsten Feministinnen des 20. Jahrhunderts und ist neben ihren kontroversen und bisweilen provokanten Thesen als Autorin und Publizistin bekannt.Ihr wichtigstes Werk ist das 1970 veröffentlichte Buch The Female Eunuch, das stellvertretend für ihre Haltung steht. Darin geht sie der zentralen Frage nach, was typisch weiblich sei in Bezug auf Körperbau, Intelligenz, Psyche und Sexualität? Sie diskutiert, welche Merkmale bestehen von Natur aus und welche das Ergebnis gesellschaftlicher Konditionierung. Im Deutschen trägt das Buch den Untertitel „Aufruf zur Befreiung der Frau“, den Greer vor allem an Frauen selbst richtet. Es geht um die Befreiung von der gesellschaftlicher Kategorisierung und um Selbstermächtigung. In dieser Episode beziehen wir selbst auch Stellung – zu diesem Werk aber auch zu einigen anderen seit den 1970er-Jahren lebhaft und kontrovers diskutierten Thesen einer wirklich interessanten Persönlichkeit. Wir laden euch ein, mitzudiskutieren. Schreibt uns also gern, was ihr denkt, schickt uns Feedback, teilt, liked, ihr wisst doch Bescheid: starkefrauenpodcast@gmail.comAuswahl der Quellen: https://biographyhost.com/p/germaine-greer.htmlhttps://www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/vergewaltigung-prozess-frankreich-gisele-pelicot-100.htmlhttps://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/feminismus-eine-frau-ueber-die-sich-ungeheuer-viele-menschen-ungeheuer-aufregen-1.4139272https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/sep/07/germaine-greers-on-provocative-victim-shaming-compelling-ambivalenthttps://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/germaine-greer-life-as-an-agedcare-inmate/news-story/d8072017b7701420a65b498d275dd357https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/commentators/germaine-greer-the-best-year-of-my-life-517050.htmlTeam: Hosts & Redaktion: Kim Seidler & Cathrin JacobRecherche & Script: Daniel JacobSchnitt: Luca BradleyAlle Informationen zu unserem Podcast, Episoden, Workshops etc.: Podcaststarkefrauen.de #femaleempowerment #feminism #germainegreer #thefemaleeunuch Photo Credit: Helen Morgan licensed under CC BY 2.0 Möchtest Du Cathrin oder Kim auf einen Kaffee einladen und dafür die Episoden werbefrei hören? Dann klicke auf den folgenden Link: https://plus.acast.com/s/starke-frauen. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the early 1970s many women had two books on their shelves: The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan and The Female Eunuch by Germaine Greer. That was the then-31-year-old's first book and virtually overnight turned her into an international celebrity A leader of the feminist movement In this 1987 interview Greer reflects on her life and career since The Female Eunuch. Get The Madwoman's Underclothes by Germaine GreerAs an Amazon Associate, Now I've Heard Everything earns from qualifying purchases.You may also enjoy my interviews with Betty Friedan and Gloria Steinem For more vintage interviews with celebrities, leaders, and influencers, subscribe to Now I've Heard Everything on Spotify, Apple Podcasts. and now on YouTube #feminism #1970s #womensmovement #sexualrevolution

Australian feminist author Dr Germaine Greer became "the high priestess of feminism" with her 1972 book ‘The Female Eunuch'. Throughout the 50 years since then, she hasn't been far from the headlines. Kim Hill spoke with her in 2007 about her life and career.

Bestselling author Isabel Allende on her experiences of love, loss, gratitude and why we need to stay optimistic in uncertain times.  Isabel Allende is an author, philanthropist and activist. She is one of the most widely-read authors in the world, having sold more than 77 million books internationally. Born in Peru to Chilean parents, Isabel won worldwide acclaim in 1982 with the publication of her first novel, The House of the Spirits, which began as a letter to her dying grandfather.  Since then, she has authored more than twenty six bestsellers including Daughter of Fortune, Paula, and City of the Beasts. And her latest book The Wind Knows My Name is out now. Her writing blends magical realism with political and social commentary, exploring themes of family, love, loss, and social justice. She has been recognized with numerous awards and honours, including the Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Book Foundation. Isabel's book choices are: **The Female Eunuch by Germaine Greer **Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite Yourcenar **Enrique's Journey by Sonia Nazario **Broken Open by Elizabeth Lesser **Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood Vick Hope, multi-award winning TV and BBC Radio 1 presenter, author and journalist, is the host of season six of the Women's Prize for Fiction Podcast. Every week, Vick will be joined by another inspirational woman to discuss the work of incredible female authors. The Women's Prize is one of the most prestigious literary awards in the world, and they continue to champion the very best books written by women. Don't want to miss the rest of Season Six? Listen and subscribe now! This podcast is sponsored by Baileys and produced by Bird Lime Media.

In this episode Mariella talks to comedian and presenter Jo Brand about the books that shaped her life and personality, including The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert Tressell, Germaine Greer's The Female Eunuch and the poetry anthology Staying Alive Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“Digital women and the new technoculture: Zeros and ones is a provocative and inspiring manifesto on the relationship between women and machines not since “The Female Eunuch” has there been a book so radical in its scope so persuasive in its detail so exhilarating in its polemical energy.” --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/yesitsyanyan/support

The Sexual Revolution? Yes. Liberation? Maybe. Penis Envy? NO!   *Youth culture in the sixties was progressive in so many ways but when it came to the relations between the sexes, it was perhaps much more traditional than it liked to admit.   *Sleeping around, Syd Barret, Pink Floyd, Groupies, Frigidity, the Pill, abortion, Oz magazine and of course The Female Eunuch make their appearance as we dig deep into what it was like growing up as a young woman in the underground scene of swinging sixties London.   *Author Jill Drower, once a member of The Exploding Galaxy experimental dance commune returns to the Bureau along with beat traveller, model and singer Jenny Spires as we ask if the story of counterculture has largely been one told by men about men.   *For Jill's book: The Exploding Galaxy: Performance Art, LSD and Bent Coppers in the Sixties Counterculture'    *Sign up for The Bureau Newsletter: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/su/N0ZYoFu/BOLC  #SydBarrett #Pink Floyd #Groupies #Frigidity #abortion #Ozmagazine #TheFemaleEunuch #germainegreer #jennyspires #theexplodinggalaxy

Michelle from ‘Being More Human' joins us for an insightful and invigorating discussion about: the prevailing goodness of human beings, chaos theory as it applies to organisations,  the failings of command and control leadership, diversity and inclusion and being motivated by Love (not fear) and a whole lot more!Whilst Geordie and Bill bid farewell to 2021 our discussion with Michelle is a positive and inspirational way to prepare us all for the inevitable change and evolution which will present itself in 2022.NGUBADI MARRI (Big Love)LINKS TO MICHELLE'S CONTENT:Website: https://www.beingmorehuman.com.auResources: https://www.beingmorehuman.com.au/storeBook: https://www.beingmorehuman.com.au/offers/xiHbWkFL/checkoutLinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/in/michellecrawford163MUSIC:Old River Boat by Lobo LocoLicensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licensehttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lobo_Loco/who-made-you/old-river-boat-id-1368Welcome Home by Silicon TransmitterLicensed under an Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike Licensehttps://freemusicarchive.org/music/Silicon_Transmitter/Additives/Welcome_Home_1073Secret Service by DadalaLicensed under an Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike Licensehttps://www.panyrosasdiscos.org/pyr210-dadala-the-executive-suite/SOUND BITES USED:Internet ArchiveEmma Bauer: "Why I Need Feminism"Licensed under an Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike LicenseInternet ArchiveGermaine Greer in debate after publication of 'Female Eunuch', 1971Licensed under an Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike License

Learn from the Irish IE Business School professor and entrepreneur Joe Haslam how to scale your business.In today's GROW B2B FASTER episode, our host Sammy, Managing Partner and founder of SAWOO catches up with Joe Haslam, Professor at IE Business School and Executive Director of the Owners Scaleup Program.That's in it for you1. Joe's inspiring entrepreneurial journey from schoolyard salesman to teaching at IE Business School and starting businesses2. Joe's opinion on chasing new customers vs. expanding with existing customers3. How to excel at cultivating existing customer relationships by going above and beyond the basic requirements4. The benefits and challenges of running a growing business and finding product-market fit5. How the pandemic led to useful insights about the exponential nature of scaling, experimenting, and sticking with what works bestAbout JoeJoe is an aspiring global entrepreneur with strong business expertise, especially in the field of scaling companies. He is a professor at IE Business School and Executive Director of the Owner's Scale-up Program in his chosen hometown of Madrid. Besides, he has co-founded five companies and serves in roles such as an investor, board member, coach and speaker. His first company Marrakech raised over $75m in Venture Capital and scaled up to 250 employees. He is now the co-founder and Chairman of Hot Hotels, the first company from Spain to be accelerated by the Techstars program in the USA (Boston, summer 2015). Along with Professor Daniel Corsten, he is currently writing a book “The Scale-up Checklist”. Throughout his life, Joe has lived in 6 countries and is passionate about mountaineering - he has climbed 3 of the 7 summits. About Owners Scaleup Program at IE Business SchoolIE Business School is a graduate and undergraduate school of business located in Madrid, Spain. It was founded in 1973 and has been part of IE University since 2009. At IE, the Owners Scaleup Program (OSP) is structured to refresh business management skills, identify market growth opportunities and investment readiness, and discuss concepts and strategies to sustain and grow your business in a changing economy. IE was ranked the #3 business school in Europe by the Financial Times in 2017. The 2019 QS Global MBA Rankings ranked IE in the same 8th place.Shownotes JoeFind Joe on LinkedIn Joe's Owners Scale-up program at IE Business SchoolFind more about IE University on their websiteJoe's favorite Business book: White Teeth by Zadie Smith, The Female Eunuch by Germaine GreerJoe's favorite business leader: John O'Shea and his organisation Goal  

In 1970, Germaine Greer published the Female Eunuch which went on to shake American society and bring new energy into the feminist movement. Calling on women to "taste their menstrual blood", and with a confident energy rarely seen on mainstream TV, Greer convinced many women to resist all types of repression and oppression and to not be content with the status quo. We also talk about films again. 

The past week has seen some spectacular leadership fails in Australia.

The past week has seen some spectacular leadership fails in Australia.

Germaine Greer, writing in The Female Eunuch half a century ago, argued the idolatrous behaviour of men robbed women of their chance to make an equal contribution to the world and those same, or similar, idols exist today contributing to the worsening of the climate crisis. The idols she was concerned about then are relevant today in relation to the climate crisis and are discussed in Exploring Degrowth, a book for which Anitra Nelson was the co-author and who will be a guest on a later episode of 'Climate Conversations'. Those same idols are considered through a pschologist's eye by Sally Gillespie in her 2019 book "Climate Crisis and Consciousness: Reimaging our world and ourselves". Sally also made some observations about the climate crisis in an article published on the "Pearls and Irritations" website. Sally will also be a guest soon on 'Climate Conversations'.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Fifty years ago this month, a book - The Female Eunuch - and its author - Germaine Greer - took the world by storm, changing the very notion of liberation.

Rev. Bill Crews chats to feminist author Eva Cox about the 50 year anniversary of  Germaine Greer's  "The Female Eunuch" and how society still has a long way to go in achieving equality.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The portrait of the Australian academic, writer and broadcaster Germaine Greer, by Paula Rego shows its subject filling the canvas, legs apart. Her hands are rough from gardening and she is dressed in her favourite Jean Muir dress and old, silver shoes. The portrait’s lack of flattery appealed to Greer: “A portrait that is kind is condescending. The last thing I would want is for Paula to condescend to me, and it's the last thing she would think of doing.” A major voice of second wave feminism, in 1970 Greer published The Female Eunuch, which argued that traditional family structures repress women’s sexuality. Still one of the most widely-read feminist texts, it has never been out of print. Greer has long courted controversy, and is regarded by many as a combative and frequently frustrating icon of feminism. A New Statesman column once stated that Greer “doesn’t get into trouble occasionally or inadvertently, but consistently and with the attitude of a tank rolling directly into a crowd of infantry.” For all of this, Greer remains a crucial and powerful figure in the development of feminist thinking. One Guardian commentator put it: “As it goes with pioneering figures, there is much to doubt and dismiss; yet we are still indebted to them, as we are to Greer, for taking risks in the first place.” Greer is 80 now, still writing, still vocal. On a midweek morning Laura Barton visits her at her home in Essex. There they discuss Greer’s current works and her plans to return to her homeland, leaving behind the garden that she has been creating for the last three decades.* Image: Germaine Greer by Paula Rego. Pastel on paper laid on aluminium, 1995. © National Portrait Gallery, London. Discover more pioneering women from the National Portrait Gallery Collection in the book 100 Pioneering Women, featuring portraits of remarkable women from the last five centuries. *Please note, this episode contains strong language from the start.

If you are an alcoholic Ornithologist on your way home from an Adele concert with a passing interest in early 1970's Feminism, Poetry, Australian Lower Limb Amputee Comedians, Astronomy and former WW2 soldiers then you are sure to find this Genius Round of Trivia a cinch. For the rest of us, navigate your way through a double serve of nachos, sit back, relax and hope for the best. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pubquizprep/message

If you are an alcoholic Ornithologist on your way home from an Adele concert with a passing interest in early 1970's Feminism, Poetry, Australian Lower Limb Amputee Comedians, Astronomy and former WW2 soldiers then you are sure to find this Genius Round of Trivia a cinch. For the rest of us, navigate your way through a double serve of nachos, sit back, relax and hope for the best.

In 1970, Germaine Greer published The Female Eunuch, an immediate worldwide bestseller that remains a landmark in the history of the women’s movement. Since then, Greer has published a succession of hard-hitting, often hotly debated and continually surprising books, most recently On Rape, in which she controversially argues that it's time to rethink rape. Centuries of different approaches to rape – as inflicted by men on women – have, she writes, got us nowhere. Rape statistics remain intractable: one woman in five will experience sexual violence. Very few rapes find their way into court. The crucial issue is consent, thought by some to be easy to establish and by others, impossible. Sexual assault does not diminish; relations between the sexes do not improve; litigation balloons. Greer argues there has to be a better way. This episode is a live session from day 1 of #ZEEJLF2019.

As she turns 80, Germaine Greer reflects on her career as a Shakespeare academic, public intellectual, feminist and provocateur.Germaine Greer discusses her passion for Shakespeare and how reading his comedies influenced her thinking for The Female Eunuch; her work championing the work of female writers and painters; how much things have really changed for women; and she shares her thoughts on censorship and pornography and why being outspoken is the best way to provoke change.Presenter: Samira Ahmed Producer: Hannah Robins

This podcast will deal extensively with the subject of rape and won't be appropriate for all listeners. If this podcast does bring anything up for you then please call 1800 RESPECT. When people think of feminism, they think of Germaine Greer. Her manifesto The Female Eunuch was released in 1970 and is still shaping conversations 48 years later. But what happens when an icon - whose job it is to be provocative - exists in a culture of outrage? Most recently, the release of her Melbourne University press book On Rape has led to an onslaught of headlines condemning her brand of feminism and questioning her relevance in 2018. And she joins Mamamia Out Loud co-host Jessie Stephens to talk about it in this very special episode... The Links Buy Germaine's book On Rape here or at apple.co/mamamia This episode was produced by Elissa Ratliff and Jessie Stephens.    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This podcast will deal extensively with the subject of rape and won't be appropriate for all listeners. If this podcast does bring anything up for you then please call 1800 RESPECT. When people think of feminism, they think of Germaine Greer. Her manifesto The Female Eunuch was released in 1970 and is still shaping conversations 48 years later. But what happens when an icon - whose job it is to be provocative - exists in a culture of outrage? Most recently, the release of her Melbourne University press book On Rape has led to an onslaught of headlines condemning her brand of feminism and questioning her relevance in 2018. And she joins Mamamia Out Loud co-host Jessie Stephens to talk about it in this very special episode... The Links Buy Germaine's book On Rape here or at apple.co/mamamia This episode was produced by Elissa Ratliff and Jessie Stephens.    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This podcast will deal extensively with the subject of rape and won't be appropriate for all listeners. If this podcast does bring anything up for you then please call 1800 RESPECT. When people think of feminism, they think of Germaine Greer. Her manifesto The Female Eunuch was released in 1970 and is still shaping conversations 48 years later. But what happens when an icon - whose job it is to be provocative - exists in a culture of outrage? Most recently, the release of her Melbourne University press book On Rape has led to an onslaught of headlines condemning her brand of feminism and questioning her relevance in 2018. And she joins Mamamia Out Loud co-host Jessie Stephens to talk about it in this very special episode... The Links Buy Germaine's book On Rape here or at apple.co/mamamia This episode was produced by Elissa Ratliff and Jessie Stephens.    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This podcast will deal extensively with the subject of rape and won't be appropriate for all listeners. If this podcast does bring anything up for you then please call 1800 RESPECT. When people think of feminism, they think of Germaine Greer. Her manifesto The Female Eunuch was released in 1970 and is still shaping conversations 48 years later. But what happens when an icon - whose job it is to be provocative - exists in a culture of outrage? Most recently, the release of her Melbourne University press book On Rape has led to an onslaught of headlines condemning her brand of feminism and questioning her relevance in 2018. And she joins Mamamia Out Loud co-host Jessie Stephens to talk about it in this very special episode... The Links Buy Germaine's book On Rape here or at apple.co/mamamia This episode was produced by Elissa Ratliff and Jessie Stephens. 

From the initial avalanche of mail triggered by Germaine Greer's book The Female Eunuch grew a collection of 50 years of letters, emails, faxes, telegrams and newsletters. Marcella Cheng/The Conversation NY-BD-CC, CC BY-SAFrom the initial avalanche of mail triggered by Germaine Greer’s book The Female Eunuch grew a collection of 50 years of letters, emails, faxes, telegrams and newsletters from academics, schoolchildren, radicals and housewives all over the world. They’re now stored in 120 grey, acid-free boxes at the University of Melbourne Archives. Lachlan Glanville, assistant archivist of the Germaine Greer Archive at the University of Melbourne has pored over these letters. In the latest episode of Essays On Air, the audio version of our Friday essay series, Glanville says the collection offers a powerful, often amusing, sometimes perplexing glimpse into the lives of the people affected by her work, as well as the many faces of Greer herself – academic, feminist, provocateur, confidant. Today, Conversation editor Lucinda Beaman reads Glanville’s fascinating essay, Reading Germaine Greer’s mail. Find us and subscribe in Apple Podcasts, in Pocket Casts or wherever you get your podcasts. Additional audio Snow by David Szesztay Dreaming in the Non-Dream by Chris Forsyth and the Solar Motel Band Germaine Greer interview (1999) TV Heaven 1971 - Germaine Greer - The Female Eunuch This episode was edited by Jenni Henderson. Illustration by Marcella Cheng.

Author of the Female Eunuch, Germaine Greer is born in Melbourne. Germaine Greer became known as one of the defining authors and speakers of the feminist movement in the 1970s due to her first book, The Female Eunuch. Greer was born on January 29, 1939 in Melbourne, Australia and was educated in a convent. Her post-secondary education earned her degrees at Melbourne and Sydney Universities before she attended Newnham College, a women’s college at the University of Cambridge in England on a scholarship. After receiving her PhD in 1967, she stayed in England to lecture in English at Warwick University until 1973. While there, Greer published the Female Eunuch in 1970 and it immediately became a best seller. Since that time it has been translated into numerous languages and continues to be sold around the world. The controversy of the book came from Greer’s frank talk and explicit language about women’s sexuality and how the traditional family repressed women, turning them into eunuchs. Greer was quoted as saying, “I have always been principally interested in men for sex. I've always thought any sane woman would be a lover of women because loving men is such a mess. I have always wished I'd fall in love with a woman. Damn.” But her language garnered more than just criticism. While speaking in New Zealand in 1972 she was fined $40 for swearing. Greer continues to write books and articles, and is a regular commentator, not only calling women to action, but encouraging men and women to challenge conventional roles. Greer, an avowed anarchist, has lived and worked in Italy, England and the United States. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This episode was (not) brought to you by the ABC. This week we mention various ABC shows, ranging from The Wiggles to Compass. We also hear Sarah's views on Orange is the New Black, and we talk about The Female Eunuch by Germaine Greer.

Beyoncé is one. So is Daniel Radcliffe. The only woman in federal cabinet says she isn’t. At some point in the last few years, we began talking about public figures “coming out” as feminists. Others affirm their belief in “gender equality”, but don’t find value in the F-word itself. With so many conflicting ideas about what a feminist looks like – or, more crucially, what a feminist does – anyone curious about the modern women’s movement can have a hard time separating the signal from the noise. Is “feminism” a political agenda, a social identity, a set of behaviours, a lifestyle choice, a Twitter mob or a branding exercise? This vital, varied panel will flatten common stereotypes, and delve into what feminism really means – and can achieve – in 2015 and beyond. Clementine Ford is a freelance writer, broadcaster and public speaker based in Melbourne. She is a Writer and Contributor for Daily Life and writes on feminism, pop culture and social issues. Roxane Gay is the co-editor of PANK. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times Book Review, Time, The Los Angeles Times, and many others. She is also the author of the books Ayiti, An Untamed State, Bad Feminist, and Hunger, forthcoming in 2016. Germaine Greer is a writer and academic and is best known for her work as a key figure in modern feminism. Her ideas about gender and sexuality have provoked controversy since the release of her 1970 book The Female Eunuch. Her other works include Sex and Destiny: The Politics of Human Fertility, The Change: Women, Aging and the Menopause, The Whole Woman, and Shakespeare's Wife. Celeste Liddle is a proud Arrernte woman, feminist, trade unionist and vegetarian. In 2012, Celeste started her blog Rantings of an Aboriginal Feminist and since then has developed a career as a freelance opinion writer with her work being published in The Guardian, Daily Life and Tracker, amongst others. Celeste has also frequently provided guest commentary on such channels as ABC radio, NITV and the National Indigenous Radio Service. Tara Moss is a novelist, journalist, blogger and TV presenter. Since 1999 she has written 9 bestselling novels, published in 18 countries and 12 languages. Her first non-fiction book, The Fictional Woman was published in May 2014. She is a long-term advocate for the rights of women and children and is UNICEF’s National Ambassador for Child Survival. Anita Sarkeesian is a media critic, blogger and the creator of Feminist Frequency, a video web series that explores the representations of women in pop culture narratives. In particular, her work highlights issues surrounding the targeted harassment of women in online and gaming spaces.

Shakespeare wrote challenging, glorious roles for female characters well before women were allowed on stage. With often fewer lines than the men, Shakespeare’s women pack a dramatic punch, from cross dressing girls to bloodthirsty villains, and everything in between. Two Australian icons take the stage to discuss what 21st-century audiences want from 16th-century heroines. John Bell’s passion for Shakespeare resulted in an audacious idea 25 years ago, when he founded Bell Shakespeare - a theatre company dedicated to performing Shakespeare in a way that’s relevant and exciting to Australian audiences. Inimitable feminist icon Germaine Greer has been writing about Shakespeare since 1967. When it comes to the artistic and political puzzle of Shakespeare’s women, it’s hard to imagine a more qualified (and entertaining) duo.” John Bell is one of the nation’s most illustrious theatre personalities. Award-winning actor, acclaimed director, risk-taking impressario and torch-bearing educationalist, Bell has been a key figure in shaping the nation’s theatrical identity over the past 50 years. He is the founder of Bell Shakespeare theatre company, which is celebrating its 25th year. Germaine Greer is a writer and academic and is best known for her work as a key figure in modern feminism. Her ideas about gender and sexuality have provoked controversy since the release of her 1970 book The Female Eunuch. Her other works include Sex and Destiny: The Politics of Human Fertility, The Change: Women, Aging and the Menopause, The Whole Woman, Shakespeare's Wife and most recently White Beech: The Rainforest Years.

Germaine Greer is an Australian writer and public intellectual, regarded as one of the major voices of the second-wave feminist movement and author of The Female Eunuch. 5x15 brings together five outstanding individuals to tell of their lives, passions and inspirations. There are only two rules - no scripts and only 15 minutes each. Learn more about 5x15 events: 5x15stories.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/5x15stories Facebook: www.facebook.com/5x15stories Instagram: www.instagram.com/5x15stories

Singer Tracey Thorn describes how she as a rebellious teenager she seized on the feminist classic "The Female Eunuch" by Germaine Greer. "It seemed brand new, and it spoke to me of things I'd long thought and felt without ever having words or names for," she says. She explains how the book was a deep influence on the lyrics she wrote for her band Everything but the Girl. But now she is herself a mother, she finds herself questioning Greer's contemptuous dismissal of parenting. "As feminists, I feel we are more forgiving now than Greer was; more inclusive, less dismissive, and perhaps that's because greater freedoms have brought with them greater liberties for us to be so. It's not such a threat now to admit to being happily married and enjoying motherhood when we are not utterly constrained and defined by these roles." Producer: Smita Patel.

What should you call your vagina? And why does everyone ask you when you're going to have a baby? Caitlin Moran is on a mission to reclaim feminism and make it relevant to women today. Always refreshingly straightforward, frank and funny, the award-winning journalist and Times columnist describes her new book, How to be a Woman, as 'The Female Eunuch, but with knob gags'. She joined us in Edinburgh to share some punch lines with the deputy editor of the Guardian, Katharine Viner.

Libya is on turmoil and David Cameron has to come home from another holiday, but Rich is in ebullient mood, as after today there are only 7 podcasts to go. The end is in sight, but will it keep moving further and further away like it did last year? Rich is joined by Al Murray, who today is playing his most complex and bizarre character - himself - and there's chat about the Female Eunuch, murder mimes, the spontaneous generation of the Pub Landlord character, fights between members of the cast of Time Gentleman Please as well as whether monkeys can consent to sex, the Worst Comedy Experience of 2005 and the Edinburgh based birth of Al's eldest child in 1999. Stewart Lee's name crops up a couple of times too. With stand-up from the remarkably bearded Martin Mor and an appearance from the Nirvana baby. It's one of the best shows yet.

About 30 years ago, Germaine Greer's book "The Female Eunuch" made her an icon for the feminist movement. Today, Germaine Greer says women still have good reason to be angry. Her latest book is "The Whole Woman". (Original broadcast May 1999)

About 30 years ago, Germaine Greer's book "The Female Eunuch" made her an icon for the feminist movement. Today, Germaine Greer says women still have good reason to be angry. Her latest book is "The Whole Woman". (Original broadcast May 1999)

James Naughtie is joined by Germaine Greer to discuss her groundbreaking book The Female Eunuch. Published in 1970, the book changed women's lives and has been in print ever since.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most important events of the 20th century - the rise of Feminism and the subsequent empowerment of women. What have been the most important and lasting changes for women in the last 100 years and what is there still left to achieve? Are the biological differences between men and women insuperable? Is the feminist movement therefore set on a course it is inevitably bound to lose? Is the ideology of feminism in other words, working against our natural inclinations?If a man were to say “men are by nature more competitive, ambitious, status-conscious, dedicated, single-minded and persevering than women” then you could be forgiven for calling him anti-diluvian, blinkered and worse. But this is the express view of Dr Helena Cronin from the London School of Economics - a philosopher who has concentrated on Darwinian theory which she claims has never seriously been applied to humans. Joining her is Dr Germaine Greer whose book The Female Eunuch is credited with changing the lives of a generation of women. With Dr Helena Cronin, Co-director of the Centre for the Philosophy of the Natural and Social Sciences, London School of Economics; Dr Germaine Greer, Professor of English and Comparative Studies, Warwick University.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most important events of the 20th century - the rise of Feminism and the subsequent empowerment of women. What have been the most important and lasting changes for women in the last 100 years and what is there still left to achieve? Are the biological differences between men and women insuperable? Is the feminist movement therefore set on a course it is inevitably bound to lose? Is the ideology of feminism in other words, working against our natural inclinations?If a man were to say “men are by nature more competitive, ambitious, status-conscious, dedicated, single-minded and persevering than women” then you could be forgiven for calling him anti-diluvian, blinkered and worse. But this is the express view of Dr Helena Cronin from the London School of Economics - a philosopher who has concentrated on Darwinian theory which she claims has never seriously been applied to humans. Joining her is Dr Germaine Greer whose book The Female Eunuch is credited with changing the lives of a generation of women. With Dr Helena Cronin, Co-director of the Centre for the Philosophy of the Natural and Social Sciences, London School of Economics; Dr Germaine Greer, Professor of English and Comparative Studies, Warwick University.

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss one of the most important events of the 20th century - the rise of Feminism and the subsequent empowerment of women. What have been the most important and lasting changes for women in the last 100 years and what is there still left to achieve? Are the biological differences between men and women insuperable? Is the feminist movement therefore set on a course it is inevitably bound to lose? Is the ideology of feminism in other words, working against our natural inclinations?If a man were to say “men are by nature more competitive, ambitious, status-conscious, dedicated, single-minded and persevering than women” then you could be forgiven for calling him anti-diluvian, blinkered and worse. But this is the express view of Dr Helena Cronin from the London School of Economics - a philosopher who has concentrated on Darwinian theory which she claims has never seriously been applied to humans. Joining her is Dr Germaine Greer whose book The Female Eunuch is credited with changing the lives of a generation of women. With Dr Helena Cronin, Co-director of the Centre for the Philosophy of the Natural and Social Sciences, London School of Economics; Dr Germaine Greer, Professor of English and Comparative Studies, Warwick University.

The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is a writer and academic who's most renowned for her views on women, sex and human relations. She's Germaine Greer - someone who's often described as the 'high priestess of feminism'. As she approaches her 50th birthday, she'll be discussing with Sue Lawley whether her views have mellowed over the years, and how her aspirations have changed since the publication of her book The Female Eunuch.[Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Piece De Clavecin by Francois Couperin Book: The Oxford English Dictionary Luxury: Hot spices

The castaway in this week's Desert Island Discs is a writer and academic who's most renowned for her views on women, sex and human relations. She's Germaine Greer - someone who's often described as the 'high priestess of feminism'. As she approaches her 50th birthday, she'll be discussing with Sue Lawley whether her views have mellowed over the years, and how her aspirations have changed since the publication of her book The Female Eunuch. [Taken from the original programme material for this archive edition of Desert Island Discs] Favourite track: Piece De Clavecin by Francois Couperin Book: The Oxford English Dictionary Luxury: Hot spices