When reading your blog, I felt as if you were describing ecofeminism in your own words and it made it much easier to understand when compared to standard definitions from papers and online definitions. The information you found lined up perfectly with what Hobgood Oster would say, just in your words. Your photo describing ecofeminism really opens my eyes to women and nature being inferior and receiving oppression. The oppression is represented by the gun-set to harm or belittle someone, in this case, women. The hand holding the gun looks to clearly be that of a man who serves as superior to women and in control of the oppression, she is facing. I enjoyed reading your connections with symbols to women and nature and connecting those to the words of Warren. I do believe that in the photo you found, the connection to mother nature can be seen. The woman is covered in plants and full of life and nature and beauty; some ways we can describe mother nature. I wanted to point out how you mentioned ecofeminists wanting to confront issues to make the world more positive and their acceptance for all. I think people mistake ecofeminists for people who are crazy or people who are tree huggers. These people just think negatively about feminists as well as those who care for our environment and do not want to see it die in front of our eyes. The way you described ecofeminists should put those negative people to shame and show them that ecofeminists are normal people with a passion for positive and equal treatment towards women as well as the environment. I mean after all; those negative people live in this world too. They should want to see real change. I really enjoyed reading your blog and feel as if you hit everything right on the target.
This first thing I noticed about your blog is your picture. This image alone is a perfectly beautiful symbolism of what ecofeminism is. When I saw this image, it made me think of the way in which has been associated with women for centuries, hence the term “mother nature.” I never really looked at the correlation between the feminization of oppressed species, but this image illustrates just that. Although my interpretation of the image was slightly different from yours, I like how you stated the image showed the beauty of nature. I feel like people can notice the beauty which moments in nature hold (sunset, stars, sunrise), but they fail to acknowledge natures beauty as a whole. I like the facts that you brought up the association between women and animals and the way in which animal names are used as derogatory terms towards women. When you started talking about the way in which women are normally associated with being caring, I thought about the double standard which comes along with this caring aspect of women. Women are associated with nature because of the supposed gentle qualities, and yet they are negatively associated with animals (below humans in the food chain). I really enjoyed your blog, it opens up the idea of the different correlations between women and nature, as well as, the destruction caused by our patriarchal society.
Hi Allie!
When reading your blog, I felt as if you were describing ecofeminism in your own words and it made it much easier to understand when compared to standard definitions from papers and online definitions. The information you found lined up perfectly with what Hobgood Oster would say, just in your words. Your photo describing ecofeminism really opens my eyes to women and nature being inferior and receiving oppression. The oppression is represented by the gun-set to harm or belittle someone, in this case, women. The hand holding the gun looks to clearly be that of a man who serves as superior to women and in control of the oppression, she is facing. I enjoyed reading your connections with symbols to women and nature and connecting those to the words of Warren. I do believe that in the photo you found, the connection to mother nature can be seen. The woman is covered in plants and full of life and nature and beauty; some ways we can describe mother nature. I wanted to point out how you mentioned ecofeminists wanting to confront issues to make the world more positive and their acceptance for all. I think people mistake ecofeminists for people who are crazy or people who are tree huggers. These people just think negatively about feminists as well as those who care for our environment and do not want to see it die in front of our eyes. The way you described ecofeminists should put those negative people to shame and show them that ecofeminists are normal people with a passion for positive and equal treatment towards women as well as the environment. I mean after all; those negative people live in this world too. They should want to see real change. I really enjoyed reading your blog and feel as if you hit everything right on the target.
This first thing I noticed about your blog is your picture. This image alone is a perfectly beautiful symbolism of what ecofeminism is. When I saw this image, it made me think of the way in which has been associated with women for centuries, hence the term “mother nature.” I never really looked at the correlation between the feminization of oppressed species, but this image illustrates just that. Although my interpretation of the image was slightly different from yours, I like how you stated the image showed the beauty of nature. I feel like people can notice the beauty which moments in nature hold (sunset, stars, sunrise), but they fail to acknowledge natures beauty as a whole. I like the facts that you brought up the association between women and animals and the way in which animal names are used as derogatory terms towards women. When you started talking about the way in which women are normally associated with being caring, I thought about the double standard which comes along with this caring aspect of women. Women are associated with nature because of the supposed gentle qualities, and yet they are negatively associated with animals (below humans in the food chain). I really enjoyed your blog, it opens up the idea of the different correlations between women and nature, as well as, the destruction caused by our patriarchal society.