Boston Ecofeminist Action presented an all-day event at the Community Church of Boston.Today's Speakers include Josephine Donovan, Sue Solomon, Rebecca Johnson, Gordene MacKenzie, Jason Mallory, Helen Matthews, Dawn Moncrief, Linda Setchell, and Suzanne Abromaitis.
Talks and discussions educated participants about the relationship between Feminism, Environmentalism and Animal Rights. Topics included images of women in advertising, factory farming, genetic modification, pesticides and a comparison of cultural views of women and animals.
Ecofeminism sees Earth, Woman and Animal as similarly alien to or opposite to a patriarchal, industrial, objectifying, commodifying and discriminating dominant culture.
If you are interested in Ecofem, or the related issues, (including nutrition, economy, animal rights, human rights, media manipulation, patriarchy, corporate rule, etc.) please follow the links for more information.
Lunch was provided by Food not Bombs, who advocate that nutrition is a right and should be a priority. Here's Food Not Bombs feeding folks at the Quebec City FTAA Summit of the Americas non-riot. (full-report)
Helen's workshop
focused on building
cross-movement alliances,
and she presented a slide
show
of images of women
from advertisements,
revealing a pattern
of subjugation
and dehumanization.
discussion on factory farming
Degradation of the animals raised
for human and pet consumption
is at an all time extreme.
Never an issue in traditional agricultural life,
the inverted value structure (profit above spirituality)
of corporate culture feeds us animals
which have been horribly mistreated,
affecting our health in many ways,
including chemicals used
to 'counter' effects of stress
from factory farm 'life'.
Dawn Moncrief
Dawn Moncrief examined
the negative consequences
of increasing global meat consumption
and production on world hunger,
emphasizing the disproportionate injury
to women in less developed countries.Books and T-Shirts for sale
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Nutty Vegan Propaganda
Website
Description
Content Sample
"Low income nations must not be pressured to convert to profit generation for multinational corporations." A Radical Agenda-? Feed-the-Hungry International Women's Issues Vivsection Means Cutting the Living "While millions face starvation, 90% of U.S. agro resources feed livestock." the Lives of the Animals We Eat. "...striving to live without contributing to animal suffering." Vegetarian Food and Dietary Info "PCRM promotes nutrition, preventive medicine, ethical research practices, and compassionate medical policy." Classes, Events and Gourmet Veggie Dinners! "Education, encouragement and support for vegetarians." Safe Foods Campaign:
Two URL's: "Agrochem and biotech have launced a $M52 P.R. campaign promoting Genetic Engineering and protecting Profits." Linda Setchell Content: "Diminishing Diversity...Genetic Drift...Soil Contamination...Superbugs...Herbicides/Pesticides...Bt...unintended Harm..." MASSPIRG Public Education Fund The Campaign to Label Genetically Engineered Foods Content: "Biology Basics...Possible Health Risks...Enviro Threats...Frankenfood...Why Label?...Right to know Act..."
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Author
Publisher
Animal Equality Animal, Vegetable, or Woman? Paxton, G. & K. 2000, U. of N.Y. Press Battered Birds, Crated Minds Beyond Animal Rights: A Feminist Caring Ethic for the treatment of animals Donovan, Josephine 1996, Continnum Publishing Ecofeminism and the Sacred Adams, Carol J. 1993, Continuum Publishing Ecofeminism: Women, Animals, Nature Gaard, Greta 1993, Temple University Press Feminism, Animals and Science: the Naming of the Shrew Birke, Lynda 1994, The Open University Press Fertile Ground Healing the Wounds: The Promise of Ecofeminism Plant, judit (Ed.) 1989, New Society Publishers Invisible Lives: The Erasure of Trans... People, Neither Man nor Beast: Feminism and the Defense of Animals Adams, Carol J. 1995, Continuum Publishing Rape of the Wild: Man's Violence Against Animals and the Earth Collard and Contucci Indiana U. Press Rethinking Ecofeminist Politics Biehl, Janet 1997, South End Press, Boston Reweaving the World: The Emergence of Ecofeminism Diamond and orenstein 1990, Sierra Club Simians, Cyborgs and Women: The reinvention of Nature Haraway, Donna J. 1991, Routledge The Sexual Politics of Meat Adams, Carol J. 1996, Continuum Publishing Why Look at Animals? (in About Looking) Berger, John 1980, Vintage Why Look at Women? (in The Pornography of Representation) Kappeler, Suzanne 1986, U. of Minnesota Press
