In the wake of recent legislation aimed to cut funding to Planned Parenthood and further limit the the access to abortions in the United States, I thought this article was interesting and eye-opining, especially if we are to think more inclusively in our feminisms.

Right to Life in Guatemala

All Natural?

In recent class discussions, I've been thinking a lot about the term 'natural.' In talking about the environment, there are many perspectives that have intrigued me. If humans are natural than how can anything we do be unnatural? Conversely, humans as natural creatures need to recognize the manmade negative impact on our natural environment-- forests, oceans, etc. Ecocritics, or environmental critics, are those that aim to examine the relationship between the environment and humans. However, these critics often view inequalities in our society as results of our impact on nature, not as results of social constructions of hierarchy and privilege --- and if they do acknowledge this as a reason, they place the environment as a more important cause for the moment. I'm not quite sure how I feel about all of this debate. More and more, I am troubled by the idea of our environment completely falling out from under us, withering away from the chaos we force upon it. But I am equally and more frequently troubled by the inequalities presently and historically perpetuated in our society through systems of privilege. I mean, if we aren't going to have an earth to even be equal on then what would be the point of trying to combat inequality? What do you think?