The Backlash Myth, The New Republic, 5.x.1992

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Series[UMA-SRE-20140046] PRINT JOURNALISMAccession[2014.0038] GERMAINE GREER ARCHIVEIdentifierUMA-ITE-2014004600300Scope and ContentContains: press and magazine clippings, edited proofs, typed and faxed Letters to the Editor and correspondence between Germaine Greer, Carol Horne and Sally Rilley of Aitken & Stone regarding Greer's essay, 'The Backlash Myth'. The piece was commissioned by The Age in April 1992 and publishhed in The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald in May. It was republished in The Guardian, as 'Two fingers to the bully' on 23 September 1992 and The New Republic 'The backlash myth' on 5 October 1992. The Letters to the Editor, listed here, were in response to the New Republic version. Correspondents: Leona Hiraoka; Stephen G. Hayes; Richard W Fidler; Stephen Pfeffer; Michael Sullivan; John Peter Suarez; Ken Nunney; Michael Sullivan; Susan deGrane; Irwin Chusid; Tibor R Machan; Gary Bass; Subjects: Copy editing; Obscene gestures; Anti-feminism; Misogyny; the Female Eunuch; Abortion; Ultrasound; Pay equity; Trade Unions; The Change; William Shakespeare; Taming of the Shrew; Naomi Wolf; Betty Freidan; Christina Sommers; Jean Bethke Elshtain. Also contains: cover of New Republic 'The Women's Hour has Struck' with strapline Barbara Bush was a bad mother.Access StatusAccess restrictions applyRequest TypeRequest unitUnit2014.0046 Unit 0005

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CreatorGreer, GermaineRoleProvenance

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Date1992-1992

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The Backlash Myth, The New Republic, 5.x.1992