Moving the Mountain

Charlotte Gilman’s Herland describes a feminist utopia where there are only women. No man has stepped foot in Herland for thousands of years; the women have no need for the men, since they reproduce asexually. The women in Herland value motherhood and sisterhood over anything else. When the men arrive in Herland, the women are skeptical but open to reevaluating the ways of their society, possibly willing to try reproducing sexually and creating a male-female society. In Kathleen Lant’s criticism of Herland, The Rape of the Text: Charlotte Gilman 's Violation of Herland, she states, “While Gilman espouses an ideology of expansive, supportive, strong femininity, she violates that vision by the very shape of her novel.” (Lant, 292). Gilman allows the patriarchal values to “cloud” the feminist body of her text. “Gilman allows patriarchal values ‘forcible entry’ into the feminist body of her text. By means of this forcible entry or rape the masculinist values that Gilman abhors enjoy ‘victorious conquest’ over the feminist ‘body’ or ideology of her novel.” (Lant, 292) On arrival, the men do not believe that there are no men in Herland, stating "why, this is a civilized country!... There must be men" (p. 11). It is understandable how the men could be skeptical, since I, too, was skeptical due to the question of how the women reproduce. Although, the men are not as concerned with the reproduction, but more with the fact that the civilization is so well maintained that they believe…

The poem “Good Hours” by Robert Frost is a poem that alludes the feeling of solitude and loneliness to its readers. Frost himself faced a great deal of heartbreak in his time. While “Good Hours” is one of his lesser known poems, it is no doubt beautiful and artistic in the least. Much like almost all of Frost’s poems, this poem uses nature to reveal and analyze the narrator’s feelings. Renowned poet, Robert Frost, in his poem, “Good Hours”, describes a scenic walk through a village on a winter…

In Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, the author creates a utopia that is ran solely by women. In this utopia we explore life through a feminist lens. I will be referencing back to the book itself and other relevant sources. I will be exploring some of the history that ties back on without writer and what motivated her to write this short story.“Gilman suggested how society and education might be different if motherhood rather than manliness became the cultural ideal” (Simone). In Herland we…

Edi Hirose and Nancy La Rosa’s Moving Mountains: Extractive Landscapes of Peru features a showcase of many videos, photographs, and various installations depicting the effects of the human enterprise to obtain the resources of Peru. Despite of once having an historically rich landscape, the extraction of the country’s natural resources has clearly left a permanent mark in both the Peruvian population and their land. La Rosa and Hirose attempt to expose the startling effects of the industry from…

Over the course of this semester, I have learned a great deal about women and social action. In particular, the Anderson text, Thinking About Women, and Cantarow’s Moving the Mountain introduced me to a number of different issues that I had not previously considered as a white, middle-class woman. After examining historical, sociological, feminist, and other perspectives and reading about activists who worked to bring about social change, I feel I have become better informed and more aware of…

have ever seen, Beartooth Mountain. The first time I see the mountain I am astounded anything could possibly be so immense. The sun catches the snow at the top of the mountain shooting light down into the Valley below. Then my view slides down the mountain, numerous pine trees seem to wrap around the entire mountain like a child in their blanket. This is the moment I realize it is amazing that later today, I am going to be at the top. As I approach the mass of pine trees, I begin to smell the…

I’ve climbed a mountain; not like marched up Everest, but climbed a 100 foot rock face. It is important you know this about me because this act encompasses how far I’ve come in my life, and in my art. It is also the thing I am most proud of. First, I have never been the thinnest girl, quite the opposite actually, so the idea of putting on a harness in front of anyone was terrifying. What if it didn’t fit, or worse, what if it barely fit and I looked like one of those stress toys you squeeze?…

In 1985, she began a full time climbing career and worked as a stuntwoman in many films and television programs. Soon enough, she had many amazing achievements, such as a 17 hour solo climb up the north face of the Eiger in 1992. In 1996, she went on an expedition with her husband Erik decamp in the Ellsworth Mountains. Here, Catherine fell 20 meters from the summit and suffered a fracture on her leg. In my opinion, both Catherine Destivelle and Alex Honnold are extremely inspirational. My…

We started preparing to leave for Everest on June, 2015, even though we were delayed for preparing and for the season. After several checks, however, we found a perfect weather window for summer, with few monsoons from India. So we scheduled the real ascent the first week of July, and two weeks after we sold most of what we had, and put in boxes all the gear we already had. Summiting Everest depends on a number of factors, and any experienced climber knows this. Because Everest is the tallest…

myths, Dinétah was the original Diné homeland bound by the four sacred mountains in the four cardinal directions: in the east, Mount Blanca (Tsisnaasjini '), the south, Mount Taylor (Tsoodzil), the west, San Francisco Peaks (Doko 'oosliid), and in the North, Mount Hesperus (Dibé Nitsaa). Within the boundaries of Dinétah, there are two inner mountains of equal importance in what is now northern New Mexico, the Gobernador Knob (Dzil Ch 'oolii) and Huerfano Mountain (Dzil Na 'oodilii) (Blake 2001,…