How Can You Move Like a Mountain? You don't.
Stubborn? Maybe. But it is also valid when you consider where the mountain is located. Maybe the mountains weren't made to move in the first place, but the harsh environment isn't helping either. The writer's tone throughout their poem expresses a deep frustration and anger the lashes out on the lack of consent and at the hypocrisy of those that wish to demolish the mountain if it does not wish to pick-up and move on its own.
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W.P. expressed in the narrative portion that there are malicious and intentional scheming of sabotage of her within her work environment. The imagery of the nature almost reminds me of the type of work Asian American womxn end up doing in their environment. One that is both work of choice and one that is not. The mountain within the context of nature must deal with the others around them: the rushing water, the sky, the earth, and more. Many of the surrounds elements takes its toll on the mountain, but the mountain is still a haven and a safe place that is the home environment for other organisms as an ecosystem. This is reflective and indicative of the nurturing type of work that Asian American womxn perform while exteriorly, must front as a strong, rigid force not to be messed with in order to survive the other elements weathering or chipping away at the mountain. While the mountain cannot simply pick-up and move, Asian American womxn in the realm of academia must similarly reflect a resolve that of a mountain in order to survive a toxic environment.
References
HAIKIRDI. (2020). Britannica. 2020. Accessed May 17, 2020. https://www.britannica.com/place/Taurus-Mountains
W.P. (2013). Fight the Tower: Asian American Women Scholars' Resistance and Renewal in the Academy: "She Shall Not Be Moved: A 'Golden Shovel' after Gwendolyn Brooks's 'you did not know you were Afrika'" Rutgers University Press.
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