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Nancy Huston, Canadian writer of French and English languages, author of books such as Birthmarks (2006) or The Fabulous Species (2017) has spoken for years about contemporary identity, women's liberation and the environmental crisis. In his new book called Lips of Stone , he talks about his formative years, pointing out European intellectuals as uncomfortable guarantors of the genocide. In the book, Huston remembers his youth marked by the abandonment of his mother, the discovery of her sexuality, and the danger of prostitution that he experienced up close. El País had the opportunity to interview the writer Huston, and among the questions was one in which she was asked if she considered all women to be “potential dictators,” to which she responded: I don't know any female dictators, which already eliminates half the population. But if circumstances lend themselves to it, almost anyone in good health can become a dictator. It all depends on the education received. And regarding the environmental crisis? The author considers that her most recent book is a harsh criticism of her generation, which she assumes has felt attacked: «We participated in the tragedy by supporting Pol Pot's regime, we supported the communists in Vietnam and in France the intellectuals followed an official line with total conformism.
And that includes me: I also followed her like a sheep…” On the other hand, her mother marked her life as a writer: «she lived so far away, in places like London, Madrid or Mallorca, and we could only communicate by letter from my native Canada. I tried to make my life seem interesting and she wrote heart-pounding letters. It should be noted that her act was very brave: she was a feminist before Nepal WhatsApp Number List her time. It took me years to begin to consider it inadmissible. Everything changed when I became a mother. "When I saw how attached my daughter was to me, then I understood that something very violent had happened." Nancy Huston thinks about Greta Thunberg Huston is currently concerned about Europe regarding climate change, and for this reason she has warned about its consequences for years. With the first warnings from scientists, back in the seventies, there was a concerted effort by economists and certain politicians to divert attention. The important thing was that the rich got rich. I am the first culprit of that distraction, because I am part of the masses that had to get involved. My generation must have been like Greta Thunberg's.
The writer considers that despite everything that the environment has caused on the planet, "the Earth is already cured of horror." «Before, when I read Schopenhauer, I thought that saying that he didn't care if the human species disappeared seemed outrageous. "Now it seems like a great possibility to me." Why Greta Thunberg is a sustainability rockstar It should be noted that Thunberg has mobilized the planet. He has managed to echo throughout the world. His movement, #FridaysForFuture, has been duplicated by hundreds of students, and every Friday they protest for authorities to take action on climate change. Currently, 12 thousand students have mobilized in Brussels, where the headquarters of the European Union is located. Thunberg does not travel by plane and criticizes those who travel to Switzerland on them to talk about the climate crisis: I think it is a bit hypocritical to travel by private jet to a place where they are going to talk about the climate crisis.