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14 May 2014updated 02 Jun 2014 9:53am

Germaine Greer: the failures of the new feminism

“Feminism in Britain has had two strands: as a media phenomenon and as an academic discipline. The vast realm of reality that lies between remains unaffected by either.”

By Germaine Greer

(Photo By Glossing over: womenâ?Ts magazines are â?oas intent as the average sexist in the street at making women feel badâ??)

The Vagenda
Holly Baxter and Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
Square Peg, 296pp, £12.99

Everyday Sexism
Laura Bates
Simon & Schuster, 384pp, £14.99

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