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Thirty years after the publication of The Female Eunuch Germaine Greer is backwith the sequel she vowed never to write.A marvelous performance. No feminist writer can match her for eloquence orenergy none makes us laugh the way she does.The Washington PostIn this thoroughly engaging new book the fervent rollicking straightshooting Greer is as ever the ultimate agent provocateur Mirabella.With passionate rhetoric outrageous humor and the authority of a lifetime ofthought and observation she trains a sharp eye on the issues women face at theturn of the century.From the workplace to the kitchen from the supermarket to the bedroom Greerexposes the innumerable forms of insidious discrimination and exploitation thatcontinue to plague women around the globe. She mordantly attacks lifestylefeminists who blithely believe they can have it all and argues for a fullermore organic idea of womanhood. Whether its liposuction or abortion Barbie orLady Diana housework or sex work Greer always has an opinion and as one ofthe most brilliant glamorous and dynamic feminists of all time her opinionsmatter. For anyone interested in the future of womanhood The Whole Woman is amustread. «
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