Comments on: Air-Breathing, Water-Drinking Earthlings http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/04/22/earthlings/ In defense of the sanctimonious women's studies set. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:34:11 +0000 hourly 1 By: Elena Perez http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/04/22/earthlings/#comment-238281 Elena Perez Thu, 23 Apr 2009 04:14:18 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/?p=13004#comment-238281 This post and especially the title really struck me, because for Earth day I was <a href="http://www.canow.org/canoworg/2009/04/women-water-agriculture-and-the-environment.html" rel="nofollow">writing about women and water resources.</a> It's great that kids are being taught about their ecological footprint young enough to really get it ingrained in terms of how they think. This post and especially the title really struck me, because for Earth day I was writing about women and water resources. It’s great that kids are being taught about their ecological footprint young enough to really get it ingrained in terms of how they think.

]]> By: Gemma Warren http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/04/22/earthlings/#comment-238240 Gemma Warren Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:55:39 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/?p=13004#comment-238240 "how vital it is to teach these lessons to our kids, to expose them to the widest ranges of experiences and people and possibilities, so that the idea of loving the planet and all the things on it, the values of gender and racial justice, the aesthetic of kindness and mindfulness, prevails, becomes inherent in them" I agree, and i'm glad i saw this post, it makes me less scared for the future. Everything looked like it was getting worse, what with a majority vote against the UK government doing something to stop children from viewing porn online in my paper the other day. Let's hope more schools adopt these ideas! All air-breathing, water-drinking earthlings! “how vital it is to teach these lessons to our kids, to expose them to the widest ranges of experiences and people and possibilities, so that the idea of loving the planet and all the things on it, the values of gender and racial justice, the aesthetic of kindness and mindfulness, prevails, becomes inherent in them”

I agree, and i’m glad i saw this post, it makes me less scared for the future. Everything looked like it was getting worse, what with a majority vote against the UK government doing something to stop children from viewing porn online in my paper the other day.

Let’s hope more schools adopt these ideas! All air-breathing, water-drinking earthlings!

]]> By: mnome http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/04/22/earthlings/#comment-238229 mnome Wed, 22 Apr 2009 23:11:18 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/?p=13004#comment-238229 I think a lot about my schooling. Like it was good for some things, sometimes. But it was still so euro-centric. We learned about the horrors of slavery and things like that. MLK, the standard fare. But Malcolm X was never brought up! That's so cool that your child is getting such a good education and I hope it continues! I think a lot about my schooling. Like it was good for some things, sometimes. But it was still so euro-centric. We learned about the horrors of slavery and things like that. MLK, the standard fare. But Malcolm X was never brought up! That’s so cool that your child is getting such a good education and I hope it continues!

]]> By: Jimena http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/04/22/earthlings/#comment-238152 Jimena Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:07:43 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/?p=13004#comment-238152 "we’d been taught as children, that we could challenge bigotry, root for the “underdog,” and advocate for others’ rights because to not do so was unkind (also a first lesson in privilege)." "The teacher who is comfortable with turning a blind eye to certain students is not a person who should teach." Thank you for this entry. “we’d been taught as children, that we could challenge bigotry, root for the “underdog,” and advocate for others’ rights because to not do so was unkind (also a first lesson in privilege).”

“The teacher who is comfortable with turning a blind eye to certain students is not a person who should teach.”

Thank you for this entry.

]]> By: SA http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2009/04/22/earthlings/#comment-238149 SA Wed, 22 Apr 2009 15:26:21 +0000 http://www.feministe.us/blog/?p=13004#comment-238149 :) Nice to see a reason to be cheerful. :) Nice to see a reason to be cheerful.

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