It was YOU who were being racist by ignoring the hundreds of
African-Americans killed and thousands injured in the Bin Ladin
planned and financed truckbombings of the two embassies in Kenya
and Tanzania. Anyone disagree here?
Umm...Many Africans were killed Joe, not African-Americans...
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To: STUDIES IN WOMEN AND ENVIRONMENT
Subject: Re: Why men batter women
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Subject: Re: Why men batter women
> joe, i guess from your e-mail address that you are a student (it doesn't mean you
>have
> to be devoid of style), but please do try and show an ounce of maturity. It was
> obvious to everyone except you of course, that I was referring to those people who
> died during the american terrorism (responding to initial terrorism) who were *not
> involved* in any terrorist acts whatsoever. For example, the 6 lives ended in
>pakistan
> by the stray american missile (doh!! er like gee sorry). Ignoring these lives is
> racist pure and simple. And being racist is not being an ecofeminist, anyone disagree
> here?
It was YOU who were being racist by ignoring the hundreds of
African-Americans killed and thousands injured in the Bin Ladin
planned and financed truckbombings of the two embassies in Kenya
and Tanzania. Anyone disagree here?
> Angela, far be it from me to define what an ecofeminist is, but I think it might be a
> little bit more than a belief in the connection between the domination of women and
> nature. Pretty much anyone can be convinced of this. Start someone off on the easily
> accessible discourse of 'mother earth', and then its pretty straightforward to
>educate
> someone about the double bind of the feminisation of nature, and the flip side, the
> naturalisation of women. So, its down to beliefs for sure (ecological, profeminist,
> *anti-racist* and anti-capitalist) but its also down to what you do in your everyday
> life to embody these beliefs. In addition, it also helps if you've read a lot of the
> recent literature on ecofeminism to get an idea on the diversity of the movement. For
> specific ecofeminist writing on the issue of 'race' I recommend Noel Sturgeon's
> "Ecofeminist Natures" (1997) on Routledge, and Val Plumwood writes equally important
> stuff on colonialism from an ecofeminist perspective. Anyway there's an extensive
> bibliography at my web-site that would keep even the most bookish occupied for
>months.
>
> cheers,
> richard
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