Writings to Our Mother I | Page 11

own histories and tell their own stories in order to gain proper representation and capture the true reasoning behind their seemingly severe and, at times, anarchic actions. As a frustrated, endlessly moved and impassioned citizen of this planet, I am doing just that: writing of my own experiences. What I wish to propose to dominant media discourses is that activists from all around the world are taking rash action, breaking the law, and putting themselves at legal, personal, and social risk out of love: a love for other people, animals, and the planet herself. This is work that takes time, s