Thursday, July 31, 2003 Womyns Occupation at Straw Devil Timber SaleTo friends and foes, comrades and comrades to be, to all who love the earth and all who exploit it: A message from the Eco-Feminist Front�
Every morning we wake up, the day is ours to create. Today we begin to create through action a world where womyn and all who were socialized as womyn no longer bear the weight of a history of rape on our minds, bodies, earth and livelihood; a history of unheard cries, a history of terror, a history of corsets and clearcuts, manufactured food and breasts, white picket fences and white corporate lies.
Today we announce the beginning of an all-womyn�s action, occupation and tree-sit in defense of public land sold off to private industry. All-womyn occupied structures have been built to protect Unit 6 of the Straw Devil timber sale where Starfire Lumber (Engel Investors, Inc.) and Basco Logging in conjunction with the U.S. Forest Service will attempt to demolish this endangered ecosystem beginning in mid-July.
The Womyn�s Action works in conjunction with other defenders of Straw Devil in the Willamette National Forest. Together, this forest will stand for generations of owls, red tree voles, dragonflies, elk, salamanders, bears and more.
In addition to defending the last 2% of native old growth forest that still stands in Oregon, the Womyn�s Action is dedicated to building a community that is intolerant of all forms of oppression. We work to build a space of mutual learning and growth � a space where we can conquer not only the demons of capitalism, patriarchy and indifference that surround us but also the demons of oppression, self-loathing and fear that reside within us. From Portland IndymediaMmmmm okay. Lots of issues. Take a freakin' Valium! If you feel oppressed by the spelling of any English word, get over it! It makes you look like a loon. I mean, more so than the rest of the crap in this news release. Don't you realize, a tree is just a long, hard, pointy object. My God, womyn! You're sitting there amongst mile after mile of GIGANTIC phallic symbols. Defending them! Preventing their castration! I just don't understand. BTW, a red tree vole looks just like a mouse, and both your owls and bears enjoy eating mice! Which, of course, is oppressive of them, but what the heck, respect their culture. Oh, and BTW, again, if you feel self-loathing, it's your freakin' emotion! No one gives you emotions, you create them all by your lonesome. And, did ya ever think maybe you were correct? Huh? Huh? BTW, I stand firmly in favor of both manufactured food and breasts. 
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