Germaine Greer has written a militant and hard-hitting feminist blog in the Guardian about some feather-weight fools who won the Pulitzer Prize and made the New York Times best-seller list.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2010/jul/31/half-the-sky-germaine-greer
I wrote my comment in the form of a letter:
Dear Germaine,
I love the punch of your articles - you get your point across. You own your own heart and mind.
That said, feminism will never solve anything globally or permanently unless it's part of a class-based revolutionary movement fighting to turf out capitalism country by country. Urban and rural working class, urban and rural poor, fighting national battles in a coordinated worldwide war.
Till then feminist agitation and mobilization will be as mutilated and powerless as the UN you flay.
You wield your bull whip well. With the strength of the world's women in your arm.
We wield ours beside you. With the strength of the world's working women AND men in ours.
Makes a good team.
Your dedicated but critical fan,
Xjy
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