Ani DiFranco

Ani DiFranco (one of my favorite artists ever), recently explained why feminism is tied to environmentalism. Reprieve is her new album.

Among the more important themes on “Reprieve” is the persistence of patriarchy in world politics.
“It’s the elephant in the room,” she said. “As I get older, I really understand peace to be a product of balance. And there’s a fundamental imbalance inherent in patriarchy. Unless you have a dynamic interplay between the sensibilities of the two sexes, you can never create peace. It’s impossible.
“But I feel like people are looking at me sideways these days going, ‘Shouldn’t we be talking about the war, or the Gulf Coast or racism or environmental doom?’ And I feel like saying, ‘That’s what I am talking about. We have to start at the root.’ ” From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Ani DiFranco, Feminism, Politics, white house

Starre Vartan is the founder and editor-in-chief of Eco-Chick and author of The Eco-Chick Guide to Life (St. Martin's Press). A problogger and oft-quoted green living expert who has been featured in the NYTimes, Elle, Glamour and Whole Living, she is a contributor to The Huffington Post, Inhabitat, and Hearst's The Daily Green, and is currently editor-at-large for Coco Eco Magazine. An active ecofashionista, she has style edited for Plenty magazine and coordinated runway shows. She splits her time between Connecticut and NYC and calls Sydney, Australia her second home, even though it was her first (as that's where she was born and most of her family resides). When not writing, blogging, or researching her next book, she is trailrunning, trying to cook, or snowboarding.

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One Comment on “Ani DiFranco”

Berea
ORIGINS are so extremely significant, I agree. When I speak about things like the environment or GMOs I’m not simply talking about those things as if they happened in a vacuum. There’s always an initial divide, and I believe it can be found in the socialized gender dichotomy.
03/20/09 » 4:51 pm »