[PEN-L:30066] RE: Re: RE: Re: r.biel@ucl.ac.uk

["Devine, James" <jdevine@xxxxxxx>]

Title: RE: [PEN-L:30064] Re: RE: Re: r.biel@xxxxxxxxx

Mark Jones wrote:>Those  who want to silence such authentic voices
> >of the oppressed women of the South as Vandana Shiva are its
> >servants.<

me:
> >could you name someone who wants to _silence_ Shiva? as opposed to
> >simply disagreeing with her opinions and thus being willing to
> >criticize them?

Doug:
> Shiva's biggest fans are among Western NGOs. She has almost no
> followers in India. How does someone get nominated as the "authentic
> voice" of the oppressed anyway?

don't they have a ceremony every year in Hollywood, where they decide who's "the best voice of the third world" and stuff like that? didn't Shiva get yanked from the stage because her acceptance speech was too long? something about thanking each woman in India by name?

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