Hurricane Mitch

1998-11-09 Thread Danne Polk
Has anyone seen any writing at all about the relationship between the hurricane devastation in Central America and the deforestation going on there? dpolk [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: family size,etc.

1998-10-16 Thread Danne Polk
This thread has been so extremely heteronormative and heterosexist. dp

Re: Animals do have souls not just instincts

1998-09-14 Thread Danne Polk
s notion of space-time-body. Does this make sense? The old notion of the immortal soul, I think is extremely dangerous...even if applied to nonhuman beings because it gives us (them?) the old excuse to "kill 'em all and let God sort 'em out." Danne Polk [EMAIL PROTECTED]

spirits

1998-09-08 Thread Danne Polk
I consider water, wind, wood, blood, etc.,...even DDT to be spirits. And, in the "spirit" of Irigaray, I consider angels to be anything that mediates between us, even down to the salt and peper shakers that some stranger asks me to hand them across the booth backs in some grimmy diner here

While the argument has been raging...

1998-09-04 Thread Danne Polk
This week, the fate of the headwaters forest was decided. 10,000 out of 60,000 acres of ancient Redwood and Douglas Fir have been "saved" (put aside for now). If you want to know more about the decision, check out the Headwaters Action website. http://www.envirolink.org/orgs/headwaters/ Also,

reductionism

1998-05-11 Thread Danne Polk
for the reductionist charge? Thanks for your thoughts on this. Danne Polk

queer identity and nature

1998-05-04 Thread Danne Polk
Hi everyone. I'm wondering if anyone knows of any ecofeminist writers who are investigating, specificially, the relationship between queer identity formation and nature. I would really appreciate any references! Thanks in advance. Danne Polk Philosophy Department Villanova University [EMAIL