Earth, Mother Earth, needs mothers, regardless of gender—though we all recognize who most mothers have been, and are. Mothering is an instinct, yes, but it is also a practice. It can be learned. For women it has been an eons-long experience: the art and necessity of taking care of all, of everything, of mothering. So perhaps the new “ism” we are talking about is not classic Womanism, but Motherism. Democratic Motherism.
