Name Susan Griffin Role Author | Movies Berkeley in the Sixties | |
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Awards Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada Nominations Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction, Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Memoir/Biography Books Woman and Nature, A chorus of stones, Book of the Courtesans, Pornography and silence, Wrestling with the Angel of Similar People Robin Morgan, Audre Lorde, Diana E H Russell, Alice Walker, Judith Butler | ||
Susan griffin the courtesans of paris and the paris of courtesans
Susan Griffin (born January 26, 1943) is a radical feminist philosopher, essayist and playwright particularly known for her innovative, hybrid-form ecofeminist works.
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- Susan griffin the courtesans of paris and the paris of courtesans
- Ecology and social justice susan griffin
- Life
- Work
- Awards
- Writings 1967 to present
- References
Ecology and social justice susan griffin
Life
Griffin was born in Los Angeles, California, USA in 1943 and has resided in California since then. She currently lives in Berkeley, California.
Work
Griffin describes her work as "draw[ing] connections between the destruction of nature, the diminishment of women and racism, and trac[ing] the causes of war to denial in both private and public life."
Griffin articulated her anti-pornography feminism in "Pornography and Silence: Culture's Revenge Against Nature". In this work she makes the case that although the pursuit of "political freedom", especially freedom of speech, could lead to a position against the censorship of pornography, in the case of pornography the freedom to create pornography leads to a compromise of "human liberation" when this term includes liberation for all of humankind including the emancipation of women. She argues against the collapse of pornography and eros, arguing that they are separate and opposing ideas.
In addition to her many published writings, Griffin co-wrote and narrated the award-winning 1990 documentary, Berkeley in the Sixties.
Awards
Griffin has received a MacArthur grant for Peace and International Cooperation, an NEA Fellowship, and an Emmy Award for the play Voices. She is featured in the 2014 feminist history film She's Beautiful When She's Angry.