Kami Kanetsuka
I would say that…
that was the success of the camp, because we’re in a change period.
I think women are, have always been more in tune with nature…
even just the fact that they have monthly cycles.
I thought it was amazing that these women were there doing what they were doing…
they weren’t allowed to have real tents or any real protection.
I thought well maybe most of the men wouldn’t want to suffer that much.
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I don’t quite know how it could have been just an all women’s.
I think if it had been just women, it would have said something but it may not have been as affective,
I’m sure there were lots of difficulties.
I think some of the difficulties were that the women seemed to have more power there and men don’t like that.
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I mean there’s a lot of men who possibly don’t want to see women as equals,
…I think there weren’t a lot of mature men there.
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I don’t usually give myself any titles
I suppose if it means being a feminist and being involved with what’s going on
I suppose I am
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I can’t believe it when women sort of say they’re not feminists…
I mean there is a little more to it than that…
I’ve lived long enough to have suffered horribly from oppressive behaviour by lots of men in my life
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I couldn’t be anything else in this day and age.
I can’t speak for all men, and …
I can’t even speak for all women
I have a hard time calling myself…
titling myself
I personally don’t need to have them to define who and what I am
I’m an individual and I know what I believe.
Citation:
Moore, Niamh, “Oral history interview with Kami Kanetsuka (audio recording and transcript),” Clayoquot Lives: An Ecofeminist Story Web, accessed April 24, 2023, https://clayoquotlives.sps.ed.ac.uk/items/show/44