earthlings

i just finished a paper on
this woman: starhawk



starhawk is a complicated, yet uber cool, woman
she is wiccan
she is an ecofeminist
and she is an activist

and i want to share one of her ideas:
immanence

aka interconnection
aka we are all one
aka be nice to each other and all organisms you meet

starhawk realizes that it is a problem
when we assume that the prostitute
has nothing to do with us
or we assume that the war in the global south
also has nothing to do with us
this is a problem.
because. it very much so has something to do with us.
(of course there is plenty of political ties to this)

earthlings takes this spin as well
(we are all inhabitants of the earth and all share a vital connection based on this)
and i think that this is a really important concept


i fear that people will refuse to consider it
because, as cynthia enloe would say, "curiosity takes energy"
and as my WGST 280 class would say, "people would rather sit on a couch all night taking in pointless television then become aware of harsh issues locally and globally".
once we know....it becomes impossible to not act.

as consumers
we need to be accountable
know where your clothes come from
know where your food comes from
know where your cosmetics come from
you have the right to know.
and you also have the right to refuse.
remember this always


in light of the documentary
i will be posting more ferociously on veganism
please bare in mind that i am NOT a full vegan
(although i am certainly working towards it)
this is not preaching
this is simply sharing information
in hopes that you and i will start to think more about our daily actions

for now
just think really hard about what you eat
and why you eat it
is it the price?
is it the quality?
is it the ideology that comes with the product? (ie. expensive food = a rich person = a respectable person or men=masculine=eating meat)
and more importantly
think about whether or not you would eat it
if you knew where it came from
if you were present for the butchering




"Remember this. We be many and they be few. They need us more than we need them. Another world is not only possible, she is on her way. On a quiet day, I can hear her breathing"
- Arundhati Roy