Does she want to stir up publicity for a new book? Never was a fan as I saw her as self serving. But I would never stifle her. She has the right to voice her views. I just think she enjoys stirring the pot for the sake of doing it. Not to advance the feminist cause. Give me Bella Abzug, or Gloria Steinam.

I can't remember who the other famous feminist was who, in a recent interview with The Guardian, was asked for her thoughts on something or other Greer had said and responded with "Oh, Germaine has always been about Germaine".

I know exactly what she meant by that. Greer was the first feminist other than those I knew when I was a child to have a big influence on me thanks to The Female Eunuch being the first feminist book I read and starting me off on the road to being the feminist I am today - I agree with a great deal of what she says in it and what she's said since (and I disagree with a lot of what she says too), but I think that article hits the nail on the head: she has become feminism's shock-jock, willing to say anything merely to provoke a reaction.

Greer wasn't the only feminist who made a lot of us uncomfortable. Catherine McKinnon argued that all intercourse was the equivalent of rape because of the intrusion into the woman's body. I don't think that sex and sexuality are the only areas that young and older women have to come together around. There is still a lot of discrimination in the workplace in terms of pay, advancement, and other areas. I think the politics of parenting and making choices about parenting are also important areas.
Greer spent most of her career trying to be the maverick and deliberately making outrageous statements. It got her a lot of attention, and it seems that all social movements need their radical fringe to say the crazy stuff and allow the more moderates a place to come together.