Introduction

Germaine Greer is undoubtedly one of the West’s most iconic feminists, and her public visibility never seems to wane. The arrival of Greer’s extensive archive coincides with growing critical interest in questions concerning the archiving of different aspects of feminist movements globally and what it might mean more generally for us to ‘archive feminism’. The enduring cultural reverberations of Greer and her groundbreaking ‘feminist blockbuster’ are evident in the articles contained here, with a number being preoccupied with teasing out new understandings of its production and reception. Greer has always been, and remains, a contentious figure for feminism, as her most recent comments concerning transgender women indicate. In October 2013, the University of Melbourne announced that it had purchased Ger-maine Greer’s personal papers, reportedly totalling 150 filing cabinets worth of drafts, notes, personal letters, memorabilia and media coverage.