The way my jaw dropped when I saw *you* subscribed. Thank you!! And a compliment to my prose in particular made me so happy; I want to get so, so good at that.
I'm so sorry that happened to you. And I'm also so glad that you had the support of family, and a partner. I wish we could create a world in which that type of support could be offered to people who don't have those, through other mechanisms (eg., I try to provide that to women, but I'm a single person).
On the other hand, if I personally hadn't had a bad experience, I might not be fighting so hard for systemic change. Not that I want to say it was a net positive...but at least something positive came out of it.
I'm reading and writing about Maria Mies (who was early in writing about ecofeminism) which reminded me of you. I'd recommend her work -- I had been meaning to read it for a while, and so glad I finally did!
I’m similar; I’m not sure I’d push so hard in… so many things if I didn’t have these shitty experiences… Maybe I would since I always had a strong sense of justice? I have no idea.
And, yes, I wish for that world so much. You’re doing more than your share of the work in your life, which I admire a great deal; that’s why I upgraded to founding the moment I got a job. You and your work are incredible, and your writing has done a lot to help me personally, too.
Thanks for the recommendation!! I haven’t actually dived into ecofeminism yet, but I want to soon. I’m sure I’m going to love it. I hadn’t heard of Maria Mies before! I’m so excited to have another author to check out, hahaha
And— yes, very lucky to have my support networks. Family is mostly out of the picture now, but I have sooo many good friends.
Thank you so much! I'm so glad my writing has helped; I've had a few people tell me similar things, which is why I keep going ('cause otherwise the trolls would get to me). Both the kind words AND the founding subscription mean a lot to me.
I have friends, but I put zero effort into making or maintaining friendships after my horrid experiences after my assault...I'm grateful for the people who have maintained friendships with me despite that. I'm actually planning on leaving San Francisco (so expensive, it's beautiful but I am so tired of it) in less than a month and being nomadic until I settle somewhere else, so I'm especially not putting effort into building a local support network.
Maria Mies wrote a book called 'Ecofeminism' in 1993 (!!). She also wrote a Marxist feminist text that addresses some of what Silvia Federici's Caliban and the Witch addresses...but my biggest gripe with Caliban is that's eurocentric, whereas Mies is not (she taught in India, wrote her PhD on Indian women, and then taught through Asia and Latin America...so she's much more inclusive in her feminism).
I hope you can make some good friends wherever you end up settling. It's hard; you talk in some of your essays of people who stay friends with people they know are abusers, and how you can't stomach being around them, and I relate to that so much. I'm lucky to have found a handful of people who don't do that, but I'm always so wary when I meet new people who aren't friends of close friends (specifying "close" for a reason).
Oooo, I'll bear that in mind if I ever read Caliban and the Witch. I appreciate perspectives from outside the West cause they take so much more effort to find.
Though, I'm very career-focused. I want to write professionally, to consult, to speak publicly...have a career as a sort of public activist/feminist/anti-rape person. I in part can't wait to leave so I can focus on building that, instead of half-focusing.
It is! It's not even exclusively West-focused, it's pretty balanced (eg., mostly quotes Western feminists).
Thank you for writing this. I support all the asks listed at the end.
The way my jaw dropped when I saw *you* subscribed. Thank you!! And a compliment to my prose in particular made me so happy; I want to get so, so good at that.
I'm so sorry that happened to you. And I'm also so glad that you had the support of family, and a partner. I wish we could create a world in which that type of support could be offered to people who don't have those, through other mechanisms (eg., I try to provide that to women, but I'm a single person).
On the other hand, if I personally hadn't had a bad experience, I might not be fighting so hard for systemic change. Not that I want to say it was a net positive...but at least something positive came out of it.
I'm reading and writing about Maria Mies (who was early in writing about ecofeminism) which reminded me of you. I'd recommend her work -- I had been meaning to read it for a while, and so glad I finally did!
I’m similar; I’m not sure I’d push so hard in… so many things if I didn’t have these shitty experiences… Maybe I would since I always had a strong sense of justice? I have no idea.
And, yes, I wish for that world so much. You’re doing more than your share of the work in your life, which I admire a great deal; that’s why I upgraded to founding the moment I got a job. You and your work are incredible, and your writing has done a lot to help me personally, too.
Thanks for the recommendation!! I haven’t actually dived into ecofeminism yet, but I want to soon. I’m sure I’m going to love it. I hadn’t heard of Maria Mies before! I’m so excited to have another author to check out, hahaha
And— yes, very lucky to have my support networks. Family is mostly out of the picture now, but I have sooo many good friends.
Thank you so much! I'm so glad my writing has helped; I've had a few people tell me similar things, which is why I keep going ('cause otherwise the trolls would get to me). Both the kind words AND the founding subscription mean a lot to me.
I have friends, but I put zero effort into making or maintaining friendships after my horrid experiences after my assault...I'm grateful for the people who have maintained friendships with me despite that. I'm actually planning on leaving San Francisco (so expensive, it's beautiful but I am so tired of it) in less than a month and being nomadic until I settle somewhere else, so I'm especially not putting effort into building a local support network.
Maria Mies wrote a book called 'Ecofeminism' in 1993 (!!). She also wrote a Marxist feminist text that addresses some of what Silvia Federici's Caliban and the Witch addresses...but my biggest gripe with Caliban is that's eurocentric, whereas Mies is not (she taught in India, wrote her PhD on Indian women, and then taught through Asia and Latin America...so she's much more inclusive in her feminism).
I hope you can make some good friends wherever you end up settling. It's hard; you talk in some of your essays of people who stay friends with people they know are abusers, and how you can't stomach being around them, and I relate to that so much. I'm lucky to have found a handful of people who don't do that, but I'm always so wary when I meet new people who aren't friends of close friends (specifying "close" for a reason).
Oooo, I'll bear that in mind if I ever read Caliban and the Witch. I appreciate perspectives from outside the West cause they take so much more effort to find.
Yes, that's part of it.
Though, I'm very career-focused. I want to write professionally, to consult, to speak publicly...have a career as a sort of public activist/feminist/anti-rape person. I in part can't wait to leave so I can focus on building that, instead of half-focusing.
It is! It's not even exclusively West-focused, it's pretty balanced (eg., mostly quotes Western feminists).
It’ll be great when you’re able to get there. Looking forward to whenever you’re able to announce your first speaking tour in the future!