I love being able to stack up automatic posts ahead of time! :) Had a really fun time at the “Boogie on the Bayou” festival…
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Feminism, the Mastery of Nature, & Humane Livestock Handling
I have written previously (though not well) on Australian ecofeminist activist and intellectual Val Plumwood’s 1994 Feminism and the Mastery of Nature. She offers a…
Continue ReadingThree Perspectives on Ecofeminism
In 1993 a book emerges which provocatively probes ecofeminism’s epistemology during its analysis of the historical roots of the oppressive conflation of women with nature.…
Continue ReadingBlood, Bread, & Roses — and Death of Nature
In a brilliantly re-creative intellectual thread, in 1993 feminist lesbian poet Judy Grahn re-members and reclaims the sacrality of women and menstruation in her Blood,…
Continue ReadingExperimenting in the kitchen
And now for something completely different… ! As you may not know, I am not much into housekeeping of any sort. Years ago, when I…
Continue ReadingAikido & Art as a Spiritual Path & a Beautiful Necessity
The first movements into spiritually inspired re-embodiment which I discovered came (unsurprisingly) from men, and originated outside the United States. Morihei Ueshiba, the now-deceased creator…
Continue ReadingEcofeminism results! & book list
SQUEEEEEEE! Got good news on my Ecofeminism Comprehensive Exam results — woohooo! ;) This is such a relief, too. I know everyone tells me it’s…
Continue ReadingInfographic perfection
I have found the perfect infographic to express my feelings on research! :)
Continue ReadingComprehensives hallelujah! :)
Yay! I’ve finished the ecofeminism comprehensives essay — it’s coming in at 53 pages with cover page and bibliography included. Since the essay’s parameters were…
Continue ReadingA lovely murder & dinner party ;)
This last Saturday my housemates & I celebrated a friend’s birthday by attending the San Jose Dinner Detective at the Hilton — a personal first!…
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