I wouldn't say it was specifically women's rights other
than the fact she is a woman. But it is to do witht he
environment. I think she's sitting there to stop "them"
chopping the forest down - they can't chop it down while
she's sitting there because there would be world-wide media
coverage or something.
I think it's pretty good.
On Wed, 8 Dec 1999 09:02:17 +0800 Wong Ee Ling
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I don't understand. Could someone enlightened me how
> 'sitting' up some big redwood tree at 'Humboldt county'
> serve woman's rights ? Hahahahah
>
> > ----------
> > From: vikki charles[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 1999 7:50 PM
> > To: STUDIES IN WOMEN AND ENVIRONMENT
> > Subject: Re: BUTTERFLY NOT FREE YET
> >
> > Does anyone know any thing else about this woman? I heard
> > something about it before and I think it's great.
> > Was anyone at the WTO demo? There was one in London that I
> > wanted to go to but couldn't afford the train fare. We had
> > a discussion about it in a seminar the other day. In June
> > of next year there is this thing organised where loads of
> > people are going to stand in the street outside Buckingham
> > palace and show their arses to the Queen. I will be there
> > because it sounds good.
> > On Sun, 5 Dec 1999 03:00:58 -0600 Rutherfords
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > BUTTERFLY NOT FREE YET
> > >
> > > Julia Butterfly Hill might normally be expected to be among
> > > the protestors at the World Trade Organization meetings in
> > > Seattle - but she has a more pressing engagement. Hill is
> > > still up a tree in Humboldt County, Calif. On Dec. 10, she
> > > will mark her second anniversary of sitting 180 feet up in a
> > > giant redwood - a one- woman protest demonstration intended
> > > to keep a logging company from cutting the tree down. Joan
> > > Baez and Bonnie Raitt will perform a benefit concert for Hill
> > > on Dec. 8 in Redway, Calif.
> > >
> > >
> >
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> > vikki charles
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
>
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