blogging has been one of the last things on my mind while melting through the heat and humidity of an extended heatwave here in melbourne, but that's not to say i haven't been reading the posts of others... i've had ideas but no inclination to put 'pen to paper' - well, fingers to keyboard these days! - i even let international womyn's day go by without acknowledgement...
but, having just read an article that resonated deep within me, i felt i had to share a short excerpt... it's from one of my favourite blogs - veganism is nonviolence... the writer, trisha roberts, so very passionately articulates my views time after time, and with "even when her shackles are very different from my own" she gives eloquence to my thoughts yet again...
"... Yesterday, on International Women’s Day, did we remember the 99.99% of the planet’s population who are non-human? Did we remember all the non-human mothers in the world? Did we consider in particular the non-human mothers we use as resources? If we did not, then we need to include them in our thoughts and our actions and consider that ALL mothers and their children, no matter what species, should be free of exploitation. Because if non-human mothers are not free, none of us are free. In fact there are parallels with how patriarchal society views and treats women, and how we use, exploit and control the reproduction of non-human females. The two are not unrelated. Women are no longer considered legal property as non-human animals are, but violence against women is at epidemic proportions today and violence against nonhumans is greater still."
all womyn - especially those who call themselves 'feminist' or 'womyn's liberationist' - need to make the connection... you can read the complete article here...
Everything about animal use begins and ends with discrimination against the sexes. The females for their "ability" to be "breeding machines" and the males for being "worthless".
ReplyDeleteI always cringe when I hear the word "husbandry". Ugh! If they could only see how their practices violate everything that is sacred! :/
and it's all about power - the powerful vs the powerless...
ReplyDeletethe etymology of the word husbandry is interesting... according to the online etymology dictionary: "c.1300, "management of a household;" late 14c. as "farm management," from husband (n.) in a now-obsolete sense of "peasant farmer" (early 13c.) + -ery." ... from the house to the farm - men exerting their power over both womyn and animals...
It's a constant sadness to me how we treat other species, but there are many rays of hope, don't forget. I love the Beagle Rescue video you posted.
ReplyDeletethe beagle freedom project team are inspiring parlance... and rays of hope, yes - this article is about one of those rays, a young 16 year old, his story is inspiring and encouraging - http://www.ourhenhouse.org/2013/03/never-too-early-to-change-the-world/ http://www.ourhenhouse.org/2013/03/never-too-early-to-change-the-world/- but change is sadly too slow for the billions that will continue to die for human gratification... now that's depressing...
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