Through Lines
Ecocide and patriarchal intimate partner violence
In performance at Rachel Rosenthal’s Espace DBD in LA for “Floating Worlds,” about how artists feel about having children 1982
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s recent announcement that she was planning to resign rather than be be this American presidential administration’s “battered wife.” hit a nerve. Domestic violence, resistance to patriarchal misogyny and the connection to ecocide have long steered the content of my career.
Today, Antonino La Vela reminded me that it is International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. His reminder jogged my thinking about this topic. I wrote back,