![]() ![]() This novel tells the story of three sisters, each named for a different plant. ![]() Sassafrass, Cypress, and Indigo by Ntozake Shange These books attempt to make sense of the relationship slaves had with the land they worked but never owned of natural disasters that decimate towns and disproportionately affect poor people and people of color of both physical and environmental violence at the hands of men of our modern disconnect from nature and what that means. Unsurprisingly, many women of color have written both novels and nonfiction books with strong ecofeminist themes. ![]() Without social justice we cannot have environmental justice, and without environmental justice we cannot have social justice. ![]() The word “ecofeminist” is itself a compound of “ecology” and “feminist.” In practice, it is an intersectional, multidimensional approach to social justice that recognizes we are inextricably linked to the land and our environments. Unless you hang out in certain circles, you’ve probably never heard the term “ecofeminism.” Ecofeminists believe that nature and culture are intrinsically linked, and that the environmental harm we’re doing to our planet parallels the harm oppressive cultures do to marginalized groups like women and people of color. ![]()
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