Series[UMA-SRE-20140046] PRINT JOURNALISMAccession[2014.0038] GERMAINE GREER ARCHIVEIdentifierUMA-ITE-2014004601066Scope and ContentContains: Hundreds of printed out emails and handwritten letters in response to Germaine Greer's column on Steve Irwin's death, published in The Guardian on 5 May 2006 and republished, in Australia, in The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald; print out of article, Andrew Fraser, Irwin basher Greer all ego, says rainforest neighbour, 8 September 2006; print out of column by Clive Hamilton, Death becomes an excuse to savage 'elites' - now that's nasty. Readers emailed Greer's agent, Gillon Aitken and Associates and staff printed them out and sent them to Greer. Many contain obscene language and insults. There is a clipping of a newspaper cartoon featuring a crococile, marked Australian public, eating a woman 'Oooh Yuk..Female Eunuch failes the taste test,' speech bubble says. Some readers suggest Gillon Aitken should drop Greer as a client. Subjects: Steve Irwin; Hate mail; Fan mail; unAustralian; Australian; Grief and loss; Misogyny; Literary agents; Shame; Aboriginal Australians; White Australians.Access StatusAccess restrictions applyRequest TypeRequest unitUnit2014.0046 Unit 0020
