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Amazoncom rising from deep places womens lives and the ecology of voice and silence feminism and the social sciences 9780820439891 stone elena books. 1 a moment of silence one of the great powers of feminism is that it goes so far in making the experiences and lives of women intelligible trying to make sense of ones own feelings motivations desires ambitions actions and reactions without taking into account the forces which maintain the subordination of women to men is like trying. Other silencings take place in smaller ways the people harassed and badgered into silence online talked over and cut out in conversation belittled humiliated dismissed having a voice is crucial. Ecofeminisms analysis of global politics ecology and the status of women has an unmistakable ring of truth womens review of books this is the basic text for womens study of ecofeminism by two leading activist scholars one from the north german professor emeritus maria mies the other from the south indian physicist vandana shiva. In the context of a deepening environmental crisis there are growing calls for a planning framework informed by environmental ethics in response i locate this research in the ecocentric discourse and argue the need to challenge both ecological destruction and patriarchy i raise feminist concerns about the marginalization of women from the processes by which we come to understand and