richard-- i think you bring up an interesting topic to help us stray from the ever-continuing vegetarian discussion. the question of individualism in regards to ecofeminism. betty replied that individualism is very important--that you must think and act on your own, and not define yourself by a group. in fact, saying I am an ecofeminist/feminist/environmentalist defines me by a group. of course, there are limitations to these definitions but we use them all the time, and, at least for me, they do not detract from me being kelley. i have had friends tell me that they are getting a tattoo because they want to express their individuality, when in fact there are lines of people outside the tattoo parlor waiting to do the same thing. my point is that we use the term without really concerning ourselves with the meanings. on with defining individualism as a concept... we seem to throw around the term often and assume that if we say a concept is not individualistic than it must support conformity. this, i think, is such an american way of thinking--the idea of being the rugged individual. I must become an person in isolation that proves "his" worth through strength, control, and perservance, but "he" must do it alone. and if "he" fails, well, "his" character was just not strong enough. "he" did not have enough individual strength to succeed. And those who succeed are the true individuals as they have proved that they can think, act alone and still make it to the top. and those who fail, well they just don't have what it takes. using this rather raw, but i think, accurate definition of individualism, the concept of individualism is contrary to ecofeminist philosophy, because of the interrelatedness of nature. ecofeminsim stresses the uniqueness of species, while tries to make connections between them. it does not erase distinctions, but draws them out to value, and to integrate those distinctions into a cooperatively intermingled web. i have been part of this list for awhile and rarely respond, but i have read adams, warren, shiva, merchant, griffin and others. i don't know if any other them talk directly about individualism. this is my sense of the philosophy as i have internalized it in my own life, and i would like to know what others think. maybe this is a disclaimer, or maybe added to give me a feeling that i have some "authority" to speak about this, regardless of why i just typed this last paragraph in, i think before we continue on using the term individualism we should do some deconstructing of it. kelley >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Jul 5 20:15:07 1996 ; 6 Jul 96 14:16:02 +1200 Date: Sat, 06 Jul 1996 14:15:25 +1200 From: "STEFANIE S. 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