We have roofrats! OK, not really. The new landlords decided we need a new roof, so they informed us late Saturday night via email that…
Continue ReadingEcofeminism
Observations, reflections, & learning: a place for environmental musings, and a journal for both my independent study class on Ecofeminist Philosophy & Activism in Fall 2012, and my Feminist/Ecofeminist Philosophies & Activism Comprehensive Exams class in Spring 2013.
“Feminism & the Mastery of Nature” by Val Plumwood
This is an astonishingly “chewy” book! I’m impressed, as well as greatly enjoying Plumwood’s fascinatingly erudite, logical — and yet, I feel, still thoughtfully spiritual…
Continue Reading“Unbowed: A Memoir” by Wangari Maathai, pt. 2
Being a child of the US, I’ve only seen online, rather than face-to-face, the types of deeply vicious and misogynistic attacks which Maathai describes: [C]ertain…
Continue Reading“Unbowed: A Memoir” by Wangari Maathai, pt. 1
There is a phrase that’s apparently become popular on Twitter conversations where someone wishes to point out unconscious privilege: they state that the issue under…
Continue ReadingPlant planning
Journaling for the ecofeminism class! :) Regarding how the plans for the yard go, and my place in nature: I’ve put up two bird feeders…
Continue ReadingMore ecofeminism thoughts
I think what has astonished me the most this week is how (sometimes unwittingly?) destructive humans are. I had time to muse on this as…
Continue ReadingPlanning the Natural Yard
Okay, this posting is going to be a not-so-quick recap of stuff I want to keep track of for my yard work, and I’ll keep…
Continue ReadingMore on Griffin’s “Woman & Nature”
Susan Griffin’s ecofeminist book Woman & Nature: The Roaring Inside Her is considered ground-breaking in the field. Written in 1978 in a poetic and then-uniquely…
Continue ReadingYard photos: Before
Here are the handful of photos I took of my “Place in Nature” for my Ecofeminism independent study class: my front yard before I’ve tried…
Continue ReadingJournaling while reading Griffin’s “Woman & Nature”
Later edit: I’ve been informed I wasn’t clear regarding this posting — sorry! I should have said what I am describing, in my comments below,…
Continue Reading