Hi everyone! My name is Jassy and, I’m currently working towards my B.A. in Sociology. I currently work as a Certified Clinical Hemodialysis Technician with the hopes of becoming a dialysis nurse. Hopefully after that, I can pursue my end goal of becoming a nurse practitioner. Just a few things about me: I’m a feminist, deeply in love with my husband-to-be, an avid reader, hiker, yoga enthusiast, Sex & the City binge-watcher, and slew of contradictory personality traits. At 29 I think I’m just beginning to figure myself out! But that’s life! It’s a learning curve.
For my semester this year I opted to take a women & genders studies class. I’ve always been deeply investing in feminist thinking and, the ecofeminism class offered at UMASSD caught my eye. Ecofeminism is a new concept to me so hopefully my readers and myself can learn together!
One of the first blogs that caught my eye at the start of this semester was from Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls blog. #20for2020: Flossie Wong-Staal, First Scientist to Clone HIV & Determine the Function.. (https://www.feedspot.com/infiniterss.php?followfeedid=4539821&q=site:https%3A%2F%2Famysmartgirls.com%2Ffeed). To sum it all up quickly and efficiently, Flossie was born in the 50’s during a time when women were not presented with great scientific and intellectual opportunity. Despite an age that instilled the belief that women should be ‘kept at home’, Flossie went to great length to make strides in her research for HIV/AIDs.
What piqued my interest about this blog written about Flossie was that I can see the ties between female equality and ecological advancement and preservation. Yes there have been female scientists creating what could be pegged as ‘miraculous advancements’ in modern science and medicine….But what about the influx of countries that silence women and do not allow for education. My thought is this: what if the cure for our dying planet and depleting fossil fuels lies in the mind of a poor uneducated woman in a country where her rights are nonexsistent? What if the answer for restoring ozone layers lies in the mind of a young girl being refused an abortion and unable to get an education? The link between ecology and feminism is a very real one. Oppression is the precursor to both I think .
It is because of these reasons I see myself becoming a nurse and nurse practitioner thereafter. The Peace Corps and various volunteering abroad organizations offer female empowerment programs in third-world countries. I would like to be part of the solution and participate in these when I have finished my schooling. It’s a huge topic of discussion in my household and, I know I’ll achieve this lifelong mission.
Hello Jassy, enjoyed reading your intro, and realized mine would have looked a lot better had I put pictures in my first post. I’ve never heard of a Clinical Hemodialysis Technician before, at the very least it sounds like a very cool job title. Despite my criticism of Everyday Feminism, I think you picked a very good subject. I had never heard of Dr. Flossie so it was nice to just learn something new.
When signing up for this class I was also confused by what exactly Ecofeminism is. I still kind of am. As to me the issues of feminism and environmentalism are inherently different. But your comment about a “cure for our dying planet and depleting fossil fuels lies in the mind of a poor uneducated woman in a country where her rights are nonexistent” made a lot of sense to me and helped clear up some of my confusion.
Thank you! I am definitely either confused or ignorant (or the two) by what ecofeminism is. It will be interesting to learn more about the subject.
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