Eco-feminism

[Dutch]

Time Magazine mentions a woman who is majoring in eco-feminism at Antioch College. It does not say what in hell that is. Anyone want to guess? After much discussion at work today, we still could not figure out what she would do with this degree, let alone what classes one might take toward said degree. The best we could come up with was making feminine hygiene products out of ecologically friendly material, but we weren't really serious.

[whitmar]

:lol Eco-feminism?!?!?!?!?!?!?! I have no idea! Sounds very bizarre though! :lol

[waltersgirl]

just doubling my comment in Level 5 cuz, well, i can. :lol


eco-nazism is a major? wow. i said that out loud, huh? oops

[m morgan]

My first thoughts on the issue were....is that like a politically correct way of calling witchraft?....wicca?....paganism?

Is she studying to be a tree fairy?....earth crusader?...under the full moon nekkid dancer?

:lol

Coined by Francoise d Eaubonne in 1974, the term "ecofeminism" means many things, but has at its core the notion that women have a unique relationship to nature ground in their intuitive ethic of caring and preserving. And it posits that women have the potential to bring about an ecological revolution to save the planet. Some have called it a movement, others a discourse. In its early inception, it was a movement of mostly white, European women to reclaim a spiritual relationship with the earth, connecting the life support system of nature with women's innate life support systems and nurturing beings.

The early period of ecofeminism celebrated woman's emotional connection with the earth forged through her biological functions, characterizing it as distinct to the reason-dominated approach associated with men, empiricism, and power. In later periods, led by the work of Vandana Shiva, a southern women's ecofeminism evolved. It links experiences of colonialism and western development to women's special relationship with the earth.

The ecofeminist discourse relates these differing cultural and economic perspectives to the notion that both women and nature have been degraded, dominated, and devalued by western culture, even if there are differing views on women's inherent relationship to nature. The ecofeminist discourse has evolved to reflect the periods of the environmental movement. It interfaces with the issues championed by the women, environment and development movement. And it challenges the dominant models of environmental protection, characteristic of the West and patriarchy.



I found this site, here's the link, with the above information.
http://www.chatham.edu/rci/well/history/feminism.html

[Jul]

whoa 2m... nice snurch....

now there's a mouthful...