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>I recently subscribed to PNEWS, a so-called radical news listserv that is
>overwhelming and broad (too broad 50-60 messages a day!). However, the
>following quotes posted were interesting:
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>"There has also been a growing awareness of class issues, a recognition that
>in the women's liberation movement, some women are more equal than others.
>This has not necessarily translated into an understanding of the nature of
>class society, and even less to an adoption of a winning strategy for the
>movement"
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>"The influence of French feminist and linguistic theory on women's studies
>curricula in Australian universities has been enormous. Women students eager
>to explore the reasons for the oppression of women in our society have been
>attracted to a seemingly radical and powerful methodology which sees reality
>as a linguistic and/or individual construct,... probably related to, the
>popular New Age concept that one can, as an individual, heal one's life by
>simply thinking and speaking about it differently....What is presented is not
>a strategy but an anti-strategy, a reason for feminists not to act publically
>but to act internally."
>
>These two quotes interest me because of the dual nature of ecofeminism's
>reputation.
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>On one side I have read that ecofeminism is new-age, witch-related, elitist
>and emotional to the point of being untranslatable. Obviously I do not
>subscribe to this view.
>
>On the other, I have sensed that the movement is inclusive, populist, and
>veering away from the language-oriented arguments of campus feminism toward a
>method of empowerment that is uniquely about regaining ecological balance -
>far more positive and action oriented than endless circles of language
>correction, and yet still addressing the overall problems of a patriarchical
>society.
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>How do you all feel about the reputation of ecofeminism? Do you feel that it
>ought to be addressed? Is the movement united enough to define itself? Should
>it bother? I am curious.....meow
>
>Kim
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