Ariel Salleh wrote:
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> Dear Sisters
>
> What a buzz to read the Devil's Dictionary posted by Donna "from the
> pacific northwest".
>
> Thanks for a great contribution Donna and for your New Year greetings.
>
> But one thing: at risk of sounding pesky, I'd like to invite our global
> sisterhood to be a bit more global about geographic labels.
>
> Viz Donna's "Pacific north west" (in Oregon?)is the "Pacific north east"
> from where I stand - here in Sydney at the "Pacific south west".
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> The only thing that makes Oregon etc "north west" is the economic/political
> hub of New York/ Washington - an arbitrary capitalist patriarchal reference
> having nothing to do with the Pacific.
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> If we are going to relate to the Pacific, let's create a new reference
> point which is right in the middle of our great ocean, one which respects
> its integrity and that of the peoples who live there.
>
> After that, we can start dismantling the eurocentric geography of the East
> as Orient, which is really to my north and is really the centre for so many
> others.
>
> And then of course North and South - which are mere indicators of
> industrialisation - speaking that is,as an inhabitant of a South which
> happens to be industrialised.
>
> Yours in revolution, Ariel
>
> Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1999 21:12:41 -0700
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> Happy New Year to All.
> >From the pacific northwest,
> love/donna
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> THE DEVIL's DICTIONARY follows
Good Idea! Let's reference everything from Hawaii!
Joe
