It is true. Kingsolver is a hypocrite, and her ideas are more radical than any I had imagined. She claims to be obsessed with conserving energy, and yet she writes about the islands in south america and so on, where she has gone basically as a tourist trying to find the parrot birds that usually sit on the pirates shoulder. She put up a great tirade on how this parrot on the pirate's shoulder is a great stereotypical view of an extraordinary bird and she just HAD to see it in its natural environment. Then she later goes off on a tirade for helping the unfortunate poor and I want to say, if you are so concerned with these people, why aren't you giving every extra penny to the cause. It seems like she expects everyone else to be so giving, while she is off on trips researching something for her next trivial novel or just indulging herself in the beauty of nature. She talks of untouched nature that has never been even seen by the horrible and murderous human being, yet she travels all around the world to see such places, and according to her doctrine, to taint them with the human eye. Horse shit. She won't let her kids watch any TV as she says its all lies. Their diet is composed of whole-ly organic, home grown items and she claims she won't buy anything that wasn't processed 2 hours away. Its all about conserving energy. She talks about her wonderful life and her perfect children. I hope that they are brats and screw ups. I know that is really mean, its not really their fault that their mother is a lunatic.
Bye for now, thanks for the support
Love
Mary