21st century environmentalism can find some inspiration in the words of a 12th century nun. As one who did not begin writing until my late thirties, I’ve always felt inspired by Hildegard of Bingen, who didn’t begin recording her own visions and music until she was in her forties. Skimming through some of her work recently I was struck by her feminism and her very modern sensibilities regarding our relationship with the Earth.

One of the common day to day tasks of the nuns in Hildegard’s 12th century abbey was taking final confession from pregnant women going into labor, because so many of them would not survive. But as a libtard democrat I of course forget that “pregnancy is not a serious medical condition.” and women have no right to control the fate of their own bodies.