Jessiel Gerena
WST 3015
Nina Perez
April 14th 2010
Man vs nature
When we think of war we get this image of tanks, destruction, devastation, and death of many humans. We see war as something that is sometime necessary . As I been hearing this discussion of ecofeminism I have come to the conclusion that this struggle of human vs nature is like a war and can be compared to the militarization culture. When we discussed militarization we discussed the private vs public and the invasion of one culture into another. This can also be said about environmentalism , we have the public vs the private when he have humans invaded natures space and we have the militarization when you have the invasion and destruction of nature by human. This militarization can be seen also be seen in the human corportatization of islands. Island are usually environmentally isolated rarities and humans invade by desruction and commericialization of it. This can be seen in the childrens movie Nims Island.
Nim’s Island is children movie about a young girl named Nim who lives on an island and seeks out for her father whos missing. While shes seeks out her father , a tourist company tries to invade Nims island. In the movie she becomes friends with nature and the animals such as turtle,dragon, and a pelican(Nims Island). This is an example of what we talked about in class last Monday that women and girls are the keepers of the environment and intune with it. She protects the island when Jack(her father) goes to do research. This again perpetuates the stereotype that women are the protectors even though the father is seeking to help she blatantly makes it a point to stay behind and protect the turtles egg.(Perez)
Another subplot of the story that wasn’t discussed as part of this eco-feminist argument, is the tourism industry and how it it affects the environment. A lot of the tourism in this hemisphere is to the beautiful carribbean , what we don’t see when we’re on the beautiful beaches and nice hotels is the destruction due to this invasion. These tourist come in and destroy many of what is natural to this island environment to build these megahotels . this invasion can be seen as war between human and nature and how the public these peoples home and land is public because these companies are coming in and destroying it. In the movie Nim is the heroine in protecting the island from the tourist and industry.(Nims Island).Again this movie shows the role of women in protecting the environment(Perez). In conclusion , these depictions show the feminist perspective that women are the protectors and only women can help the environment. We must break these stereotypes and challenge them by adding positive roles of men and the environement.
Works cited
Nim's Island. Dir. Mark Levin and Jennifer Flackett. By Mark Levin, Jennifer Flackett, Paula Mazur, and Joseph Kwong. Prod. Paula Mazur. Perf. Abigail Breslin, Jodie Foster, and Gerard Butler. 20th Century Fox, 2008.
Perez, Nina. "Ecofeminism." University Of Central Florida, Orlando. 5 Apr. 2010. Lecture.
Apr 14, 2010
week 7 act blog
Jessiel Gerena
Nina Perez
WST 3015
18 April 2010
Activism 7
Activism : This week has been very busy for me in terms of school and has hampered on my efforts to edit the letter . As I previously mentioned it is crucial that I send these letters out as soon as possible. This letters detail the importance of why we are lobbying for this holiday . As I havent been able to work with the letter much I have been promoting the petition we now have cirulating online. This petition is great to get the general public involved and is easy to gain support through announcing it through the facebook page.
Reflection: When given this task at the beginning I felt that we wouldn’t be able to do this or that it was too ambitious an idea. Then as the project went on I came to realize that”no act is too smalll “. That Activism is a chain , its”contagious “ One voice can’t do it alone but when that voice talks to someone and that(seely). someone talks to someone you have a chain reaction and that’s how change happens. This remind me of the very person we are trying to honor in this holiday Alice Paul . The womens movement or just about any social movement didn’t start with large group of people calling for change overnight it was the spread of the message about these injustices that led to such thing as womens suffrage and civils rights for African Americans.
Reciprocity ;
The knowledge obtained by this facebook group and the petition Is essential. The signers of the petition is receiving education on the womens movement just by reading the petition whether they sign it or not . They will bring awareness to the simple fact that no single woman has a national holiday commerating them.This knowledge will then spread like wildfire because they get the word and keep spreading it. This will help our service learning partner Nina Perez through community outreach and will build that base to further advance this creation of the holiday.
Works cited
Seely, Megan. Fight like a Girl: How to Be a Fearless Feminist. New York: New York UP, 2007. 16-17. Print.
Nina Perez
WST 3015
18 April 2010
Activism 7
Activism : This week has been very busy for me in terms of school and has hampered on my efforts to edit the letter . As I previously mentioned it is crucial that I send these letters out as soon as possible. This letters detail the importance of why we are lobbying for this holiday . As I havent been able to work with the letter much I have been promoting the petition we now have cirulating online. This petition is great to get the general public involved and is easy to gain support through announcing it through the facebook page.
Reflection: When given this task at the beginning I felt that we wouldn’t be able to do this or that it was too ambitious an idea. Then as the project went on I came to realize that”no act is too smalll “. That Activism is a chain , its”contagious “ One voice can’t do it alone but when that voice talks to someone and that(seely). someone talks to someone you have a chain reaction and that’s how change happens. This remind me of the very person we are trying to honor in this holiday Alice Paul . The womens movement or just about any social movement didn’t start with large group of people calling for change overnight it was the spread of the message about these injustices that led to such thing as womens suffrage and civils rights for African Americans.
Reciprocity ;
The knowledge obtained by this facebook group and the petition Is essential. The signers of the petition is receiving education on the womens movement just by reading the petition whether they sign it or not . They will bring awareness to the simple fact that no single woman has a national holiday commerating them.This knowledge will then spread like wildfire because they get the word and keep spreading it. This will help our service learning partner Nina Perez through community outreach and will build that base to further advance this creation of the holiday.
Works cited
Seely, Megan. Fight like a Girl: How to Be a Fearless Feminist. New York: New York UP, 2007. 16-17. Print.
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