In a message dated 8/26/98 11:04:17 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< I am dismayed at the recent posts about wanting to find an ecofeminism
> listserv "free of males" and by feminists essentialism leading to
> separatism. >>
Jacob...welcome. It is good to hear from you. But please don't think of
'feminist essentialism' being separatist or male hating. After all, if
someone wanted to go off and study the life and thought of Abraham Lincoln
with other students of Lincoln, no one would think them separatist...they
would, I think, be seen as scholars and philosophers trying to understand the
world around them. Or if they wanted to go off and study Spanish with others
who were learning it, or speaking it, I really don't think they would be
considered haters of non-Spanish speaking peoples. Again, they would be seen
as dedicated students of the art.
The world of women's thought, language, history, philosophy and culture is one
that, really, is only beginning to be explored. It is terribly difficult to
be endlessly baited as exclusionary when one is really only attempting to
understand, focus, heal, and harvest from a world that has been silenced for
so long. One of the most hurtful ways of closing off scholarship and
philosophical adventures in that world is to claim that, by so doing, we are
in some way evincing a pathological dislike or separatist stance from men (not
that separatism is necessarily pathological).
The ultimate idea is, I think, as Carlos suggested...inclusion. But before
you can include someone in the results of your adventures, you have to take
the adventure journey. And sometimes, that is best done alone.
Regards and respect for your personal courage,
Madrone
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Aug 26 13:51:21 1998
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1998 12:51:15 -0700 (PDT)
From: Arlene Plevin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: STUDIES IN WOMEN AND ENVIRONMENT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: In the interests of correct attribution...
In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
Ah, I know how this happens, but I didn't write what is attributed to me,
below.
Arlene
On Wed, 26 Aug 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> << I am dismayed at the recent posts about wanting to find an ecofeminism
> > listserv "free of males" and by feminists essentialism leading to
> > separatism. >>
