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Germaine Greer, born on January 29, 1939, is a British journalist, writer, and scholar renowned for her profound insights into feminism and gender issues. Her seminal work, 'The Female Eunuch,' has had a significant impact on the feminist movement. Greer's contributions have sparked widespread discussions and debates on women's status and gender equality.

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“The element of heroic maleness had always been present in the concept of the artist as one who rides the winged horse above the clouds beyond the sight of lesser men, a concept seldom applied to those who worked with colours until the nineteenth century. When the inevitable question is asked, "Why are there no great women artists?" it is this dimension of art that is implied. The askers know little of art, but they know the seven wonders of the painting world.”

Source: The Obstacle Race: The Fortunes of Women Painters and Their Work

“A garden is a kinetic work of art, not an object but a process, open-ended, biodegradable, nurturant, like all women's artistry. A garden is the best alternative therapy.”

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“Perhaps catastrophe is the natural human environment, and even though we spend a good deal of energy trying to get away from it, we are programmed for survival amid catastrophe.”

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Book:Sex and destiny: the politics of human fertility

Source: Sex and destiny: the politics of human fertility

“Poetry exists partly to undermine the certainties of an accepted intellectual system, by opening a fissure of awareness at which the reality of the unconquered world may enter.”

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Book:Slip-shod sibyls: recognition, rejection and the woman poet

Source: Slip-shod sibyls: recognition, rejection and the woman poet

“Soccer is an art more central to our culture than anything the Arts Council deigns to recognize.”

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“I grew up thinking there was one unpardonable sin – to be boring.”

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“At the same time as woman was becoming the showcase for wealth and caste, while men were slipping into relative anonymity and "handsome is as handsome does," she was emerging as the central emblem of western art.”

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Book:the female eunuch

Source: the female eunuch

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Born: January 29, 1939
Known for: Journalist
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