Eco-what?!

Ecofeminism.
Yeah, that's right.
I always thought "feminism"
was a bit of a misnomer
and misrepresentation
of what the movement
is supposed to be about.
But with the "eco"...
let me explain.

Firstly:
I agree. Women should have rights.
Rights equal to men.
But let us, for one moment,
not make everything
about how men
are oppressing women,
or how women are oppressing themselves.
"Femin"-ism. Women.
All this Focus on Women.
Women women women.
Hey wait, isn't this movement about
egalitarianism?
Oh, so why don't we call it...
"egalitarianism?"
Nah, that would just
rock the boat and
make too much sense.

Secondly:
Let us stop digging
for the inconsequential
to focus on the consequential.
Don't snap at a man
for opening a door for you.
Don't give the hairy eyeball
to someone for saying "ladies first."
Don't assume that
being a woman
makes you undeniably,
automatically,
tragically,
oppressed.
Because it's more
than just that.
Take it, for once,
to the level of the individual.
Don't say "look at how this WOMAN
was oppressed by this MAN."
Instead, say "look at how THIS woman
was oppressed by THIS man."
Because women are more than
just women.

Thirdly:
ecofeminism:
critiquing how patriarchies
categorize "women" and "nature"
under one "construct" -
can anyone say:
damned oversimplification?
I see the similarities
and I see the poetic allure
of this parallel.
But for fucking cow's sake,
I doubt that many men
think of women
as just another part
of "nature."
Please.
Please spare me.
The thought is so
ludicrous that
laughing is just as painful
as actually believing this shit.

It seems to me
that some ladies need
to stop looking at their boobs
and vaginas and that
some men need to stop
trying to honour these boobs
and vaginas.
We are individuals.
Not boobs.
Not vaginas.
Not just women.
And thus we don't need
grand overarching theories
to "fix" things.
Stop embarrassing
all of us, stop saying
that you're speaking
"for women."
Speak for yourselves.
I have my own bloody voice,
thank you very much.