the female eunuch (germaine greer)

all of the feminist work that i have read has been intensely theoretical, so i thought i'd have a crack at something a bit more populist. it's strange, like reading a rehash of proper theory by someone who, whilst clearly very erudite, has let anger and frustration totally obscure academic objectivity. you can see that her emphasis is very much on political agency, and this undermines the cohesivity of some of the ideas presented. still, it must have been effective, as many of the disparities that she complains about seem totally unthinkable now, though others still remain. an interesting read, though not really a good one.