tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post4384343123460757080..comments2024-03-04T10:20:10.154+00:00Comments on Anna Chen: Madam Miaow Says: Man tells woman how to be a woman: Germaine Greer vs someone we've never heard ofMadam Miaowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10237951918529887305noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-50784977044912929062010-03-07T16:28:29.611+00:002010-03-07T16:28:29.611+00:00‘The evidence he provides is that she, horror of h...‘The evidence he provides is that she, horror of horrors, confused poor working-class wimmin with her book "with its many quotes from Nietzsche, Blake and Shakespeare".’<br><br>These well-meaning patronising types, eh? One of them showed up at my blog pointing the J’accuse finger at me because I don’t identify myself as middle class despite doing skilled work. I suppose I am ‘middle class’ if that means someone who sits down to work, though it strikes me as very reductive. <br><br>Oddly enough, I’d say being a bibliophile (and one who buys most of their books in charity shops) is, if anything, one reason why I don’t regard myself with the British middle classes. From the newspapers it seems that the upper middle classes are amongst the most vulgar people on the planet. And just look at how the Tories and New Labour supported the bail-out on terms that were deeply unfair to the taxpayers whilst there are plans underway to cut funding to museums and libraries. <br><br>I was talking to a fellow Russophile about how the Tories are only interested in Russia to the extent it agrees/ disagrees with the USA and neo-liberal dogma. If you asked a lot of leading mainstream politicians to name the greatest Russian, they’d probably name the wealthiest one. <br><br>One thing that I think influences this debate is the ‘Essex man’ myth: that the coarsening of British society in the 80s/90s was due to increased social mobility. In fact social mobility decreased at that time and it’s more likely that the vulgarity was embodied by the privileged children of the 60s/70s. <br><br>Just look at Bullingdon boy Boris Johnson and the way that he claims to be inspired by Pericles. I suppose he is, if Periclean liberty means being a tax bore who supports flogging off state assets. But I personally read his speech recorded by Thucydides with a more holistic view of freedom than opposing EU legislation against hedge funds.Gregorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14729641571904025752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-65869532057777486362010-03-05T13:24:50.359+00:002010-03-05T13:24:50.359+00:00A Greer eye for the straight guy?A Greer eye for the straight guy?VenerableSagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18079094267060544265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-23384933176324237392010-03-05T09:20:09.664+00:002010-03-05T09:20:09.664+00:00His comments are so condescending. What does it te...His comments are so condescending. What does it tell you that the media take him seriously?thespanishprisonerhttp://thespanishprisoner.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1244044300216345080.post-90288628353825020322010-03-04T15:56:39.389+00:002010-03-04T15:56:39.389+00:00I too read that bit Nowra (who's he, exactly) ...I too read that bit Nowra (who's he, exactly) said.<br>Absolutely pathetic.claudehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11498799178450479883noreply@blogger.com