Queer ecology explained
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Published 2023-06-27
If not, that is exhibit A in our case for the importance of Queer Ecology, a field that challenges our heteronormative, cisnormative, and anthropocentric views of the natural world. It recognizes the fluidity and diversity of identities and relationships in both human and non-human realms. It aims to foster inclusive relationships with the environment and life that encompass and celebrate its broad spectrum, rather than limit it.
It collapses systems of oppression and blooms a new regenerative perspective. Queer ecology offers us a critical lens to understand these relationships through, beyond the narrative of the binary. When we’re limited or fixed in what we understand as natural versus unnatural, or appropriate versus deviant, we misinterpret the world around us.
Hetero/cisnormative perspectives assert views like sex being based primarily on biological reproduction and these values go on to shape human interactions with their environment, other humans, and non-human animals. What might happen if we prescribe values outside of cis and heteronormative norms?
Queering nature is our connection to an expansive view that examines the wide possibility of relationships – not their limits.
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All Comments (12)
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Awwww, this is Sweet 💖🫶I love it! Nature has EVERYTHING to teach us about DIVERSITY OF EVERY KIND!!! PLEASE keep opening eyes of those who are just uneducated!👏
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Beautiful <3 thank you for sharing!
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Audibly laughed at the peach bit. Fantastic video; as always, thank you for your light!
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This is wholesome Isaias, thanks for the explanation in between kingdoms and animal behaviour.
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Thanks for this video. As a gay/trans person deeply interested in ecology, I often find myself a little disappointed in queer ecology discussions, which in my experience either center the metaphorical symbolism or are simply applying LGBT labels to non-human species in a sort of "born this way narrative" to justify our existence. I'm much more interested in examining how heteronormative/cisnormative/Eurocentric assumptions about gender, sexuality, and immutable distinct categories hinder our understanding of ecology (and other sciences). Unfortunately, I haven't had much luck finding this.
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Could you link sources to the information you provide in this video?
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A whole lot of meaningless words to describe a whole lot of nothing. I swear to God it would be absolutely IMPOSSIBLE for this guy in the video - or anybody anywhere - to dumb down this message to a kindergarten level with kindergarten words. What I demand is an absolute impossibility for such people because their language communicates next to nothing. He describes a reality which exists ONLY in his mind.
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Nature and queerness are so awesome and interesting!
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🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷🩷
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I've eaten gay and transgender mushrooms. They are delicious.
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As a trans educator I feel like queer ecology would be a great way to destigmatize teaching kids in k-12 about gender and sexual diversity in age-appropriate ways. People have lots of thoughts and feelings when we address gender ID and orientation in schools, queer ecology seems like it could be a nice tool to defuse some misconceptions about this diversity across all species throughout history.
