A thread pulled through a narrow opening shows how shame and trivia can surround illness. Griffin notes that many tiny choices pile up, shaping the habits that guide our lives. She also reminds us that gender can mask the simple fact that we each have a body, and that we are nature feeling nature.
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Susan Griffin was a screenwriter from the United States, best known for Book of the Courtesans.
Quick Facts About Susan Griffin
Born
January 26, 1943
Died
September 30, 2025
Nationality
United States
Profession
Screenwriter
Notable works
Book of the Courtesans
Known for
Berkeley in the Sixties, Woman and Nature
About Susan Griffin
Susan Griffin was an American radical feminist philosopher, essayist and playwright, particularly known for her innovative, hybrid-form ecofeminist works.
![“[P]erhaps we are like stones; our own history and the history of the world embedded in us, we hold a sorrow deep within and cannot weep until that history is sung.” quote by Susan Griffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5d5/susan-griffin-8475_grief_p-erhaps-we-are-like-stones-our-own-hist_165664.png)
![“[...] we must recognize that in our own experience of emptiness, that even though one feels "empty", one must have a self in order to feel this emptiness; a loss cannot be felt unless what is missed is really a lost part of the self. Unwholeness is a feeling which belongs only to a being born…” quote by Susan Griffin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cc/susan-griffin-8475_emptiness_we-must-recognize-that-in-our-own-experi_2574268.jpg)
