Greetings from Tokyo. I have read your article of “The White Book of Nuclear Deaths” from the international Women in Black Network. It reminds me of the fact that both of nuclear weapons and nuclear power are used deliberately silencing and ignoring certain people and devaluing their lives. Seeing the political and economic leaders who openly advocate for nuclear power even after the Fukushima disaster for the sake of growth and national pride, I feel that we are at war. I was deeply impressed when I first read Nuha al Radi’s Baghdad Diaries but I could not link what she wrote and what is happening in Japan today until I read your essay. I am working for a feminist organization based in Tokyo, and would like to include your essay for the special issue on feminist lens on nuclear. Would you give me permission to do that? I would very much appreciate if you would.
Sep 04, 2011 @ 01:33:20
Greetings from Tokyo. I have read your article of “The White Book of Nuclear Deaths” from the international Women in Black Network. It reminds me of the fact that both of nuclear weapons and nuclear power are used deliberately silencing and ignoring certain people and devaluing their lives. Seeing the political and economic leaders who openly advocate for nuclear power even after the Fukushima disaster for the sake of growth and national pride, I feel that we are at war. I was deeply impressed when I first read Nuha al Radi’s Baghdad Diaries but I could not link what she wrote and what is happening in Japan today until I read your essay. I am working for a feminist organization based in Tokyo, and would like to include your essay for the special issue on feminist lens on nuclear. Would you give me permission to do that? I would very much appreciate if you would.
Hisako Motoyama