Comments on: Germaine Greer Wants YOUR Teddy!

By: raincoaster

raincoaster — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 07:46:20 +0000

Hey, the woman has a column to fill! How’s she gonna do that if she has to make sense all the time, eh?

I, too, find the overfetishization of stuffed animals to be both bizarre and an inadvertent character flag, but I’m highly in favour of it. I LIKE that immature people trumpet their immaturity to the skies. It saves me so much time talking to them!

By: angie Cox

angie Cox — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:04:28 +0000

So Germaine is taking it out on stuffies now huh..obviously “evil” possibly the fact that the human race has made dolls etc for children out of any available material for thousands of years hasn’t dawned .I think she is bonkers she’ll probably love ‘em in a few years .The person who spotted the tendancy of Paula Yates to dress like a toddler and appeal to men who have a thing about Mary Poppins well done !

By: Lilly Munster

Lilly Munster — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:54:33 +0000

“Germaine” (typo)

By: Lilly Munster

Lilly Munster — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:37:38 +0000

Germain Greer..The Feminine MISTAKE!

(With apologies to the late Betty Friedan)

By: Ninjarina

Ninjarina — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 17:13:44 +0000

Germaine Greer is a bitter old coot and any educated opinion she might have is usually overshadowed and conflated by something so idiotic and/or radical that it robs her of any legitimacy.

Maybe we should see how much she likes cuddling w/ a real bear instead of a stuffed one.

By: Maggie

Maggie — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 22:16:55 +0000

I love the Germaine! She is of course both right and wrong as usual. The reason I love her is that she won’t shut up, and middle aged women are supposed to shut up and be invisible in our society
Stuffed toys are invaluable at times of stress for children and for doing unspeakable things to (my daughter’s bear currently has piercings and a bondage vest) However, when I see a twentysomething girls bed still covered in the stuffed toys that daddy bought her I see someone who won’t grow up and stop being daddy’s girl. Paula Yates (rest her soul) started the wearing of the age inappropriate t shirts (little miss) and today I see young women wearing the dressess more appropriate for the three year old ( smocks and skirts with Thomas the Tank engine on them). I still have my teddy but he is an antique Steiff bear from Germany, so that’s alright isn’t it Germaine?

May she spout venom forever!

By: raincoaster

raincoaster — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 21:05:28 +0000

That’s pretty much where ALL my stories belong, actually.

By: Joan

Joan — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 20:25:41 +0000

You need an “I’m not making this up” category — that’s where this story belongs.

By: Roxy

Roxy — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:10:35 +0000

Germaine Greer is little more than a bitter, mean-spirited old hag. She just wants to be sure more bitter, mean-spirited hateful children come along in her wake because she never had any.

Germaine Greer is the real-life equivalent of Burgomeister Meisterburger! Those visitors who watched the Christmas specials in the early ’70′s will understand this one!

By: raincoaster

raincoaster — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 01:03:03 +0000

Icy, there are links to that whole demented storm in the post. Honestly, how can you NOT love Steve Irwin? It’s like a litmus test for what kind of human being you are.