Ana’s Comments (group member since Jan 08, 2016)

Ana’s comments from the Our Shared Shelf group.

Excellent, Jammy! The more the merrier. :)

Hey, Mike-Lee. Enough is enough, OK? Stop. Now. Stop posting private messages for all the forum to see. Stop private messaging me now. Stop the weird references and claims. Just stop.
I am on my phone now, it would be great if another admin could get to this! :)

Janos wrote: "Sorry my fault, so I edited my post to a more proper English. I hope the people from the UN are be able to forgive me this rude suggestion."

Nah, no biggie there! :D Don't worry, Janos. :)

Hi everybody! Please, don't pay the slightest attention to the sheer nonsense above. It's best to leave the trolls (in this case, Mike-Lee) alone. :'D I would also suggest you block him as soon as you see him around.

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Ahhhhh, alright. D'oh. You can tell I'm well past my bedtime over these parts! My apologies for the brain 404, haha.

Tara wrote: "Hi there awesome moderators,

Just wondering if you have any inkling as to what this month's book will be? I know there are many who are keen to jump on library waiting lists or excited to go into..."

Hiya, Tara!
We are hoping to have an announcement on February's book rather soon. :) Bear with us during these last moments in the dark! However, I think this time it'll be much easier to find.
Thank *you* for joining this group! :) Happy reading!

Jason wrote: "Emma Watson as a serial killer. Or an FBI agent or whatnot hunting one. There's a character named Gretchen Lowell who I imagine as being Emma Watson in a few years maybe. The character's in her thi..."

Ehhh, if you mean this Gretchen Lowell, isn't it quite unfortunate to say so? This Lowell fictional character is a brutal serial killer, regardless of her personal motivation. I cannot think of any instance under which I would possibly like to be compared or imagined to evolve into a serial killer.

Well, horror stories, thrillers and bloody murders are fine for fiction, as long as that's your cup of tea. :) However, even though this is sadly probably just a big utopia, I would hope one day there is a minimum of violence across the world. I'm not only talking violence against females. I'm also thinking of terrorism, crimes against humanity committed by actual states, kidnapping...everything, really. It's fascinating, in a terrible way, that we are able to do such wonderful things, but also able to inflict endless suffering on others.

I wouldn't say so. Taking security measures does not mean that gender equality will never happen. It just means that, as long as there are risks, you are being cautious.

OMG thank you so much, people. I was about to create a thread asking for merciful, 101 lessons on how to properly navigate the boards and post, EDIT, etc while on my iPad. Turns out I'm not such a big Internet dork and tablets are just the wooooorst. :')

Hey, Simon, I hope I will not come across as Ms Creepy McCreeperson, but based on what little we can know of you by your participation in this forum, well you seem to be pretty cool and I am sure teenage me would have liked to meet you as an ally back in my lonely, Lisa Simpson-esque days at high school, haha. :D <3

Yup, what Kodak said. Boy, am I excited to reach 100k members too!

I actually wondered when I went to the edit section and saw the right folder already, haha. Great minds act alike! (LOL)

Hey, Skye! Oh, I am in need of new podcasts to add a little variety to my feed, haha. Will check it out!

In the meantime, yup, I'd say Simon is right. Better to have this over at, um, Miscellanea? :) Hope you don't mind, but the Announcements section is for group-related stuff solely, I think. :)

Moved to Miscellanea! (?)

Aw, Jason. That sounds like such a horrible experience to go through. :( So sorry for your grandpa and your bad memories. Perhaps it was a fatal moment of loneliness? Sometimes, and you'll have to pardon my French, shit just happens and it only takes a moment for everything to go terribly wrong.
I would have felt very guilty as well, and I guess it's not a feeling you can ever shake off. That being said, Gloria's case had some very distinct circumstances, and I don't think that her father passed away feeling outrageously betrayed by his family. They had been nomads precisely because of him, with some rather disfunctional family dynamics. He wasn't present for many of his relatives' difficult moments, at least not fully. I am not saying that this is a game of finding out who was the most forsaken party and therefore the most entitled to holding a grudge on the other. Actually, I find Gloria's account to be remarkably void of even a hint of such a feeling. She's got loving words both of her parents, although she does also provide details of the fact that they were full of flaws, weaknesses and faults. We all are, I think. It's just that they show differently and to varying extents for each of us.

I think I will send a link to this convo to a friend of mine. He's one of the most brilliant young people I know and he identifies himself as a feminist, however he thought that Rey's character, albeit awesome, was a little too much and also a reflection of today's trend in including more female main characters in films and TV series. Therefore, he felt a bit reluctant towards welcoming Rey to the Star Wars saga. I think he would enjoy this!

Hey, people, just a quick reminder that you can (and should, ahem! Hehe!) look for your suggestions at the OSS Bookshelf section and add them if they're not there already. :) Make sure you tag them under the 'to-read' and 'book suggestions' (unsure about the exact name of the latter though) categories before entering the recommendation and you'll be alright. Katelyn did an awesome job creating the bookshelf from Astrid's Master List and it'd be great if we could all keep contributing to it.

Also, who has read Eva Ibbotson's 'Journey to the River Sea'? Maia and Minty are enough of an excuse to go find this YA gem nowwwww.

Maria wrote: "heyy i created a kind of doodle for the grp icon , mentioned you and used the # oursharedshelf but no one answered
i just want to know if its good or , if i have to try creating a new one"

Hi, Maria! You mean you uploaded it to Twitter? Can you post the link so that we can check everything is alright?
However, since you are here already, I would suggest uploading your proposal here as well. It's easy peasy, just follow Emma's instructions at the beginning of the page. :)

Allan wrote: "Si en efecto soy Un Hispanohablante lo que quiero con respeto Ana, es aprender más sobre este tema que tiene una suma importancia en nuestros días y gracias por la invitación."

¡De nada! Una de mis responsabilidades aquí es orientar a los nuevos miembros hispanohablantes y fomentar su participación. El foro ha crecido mucho desde su inicio; te recomendaría que le eches un vistazo con calma para orientarte un poco. Te va a encantar, estoy segura. Los hilos en español van precedidos del código [ES], aunque te animo a permanecer activo en las conversaciones en inglés igualmente. Un alto porcentaje de este foro cuenta con el inglés como segunda lengua, así que aquí nadie corrige a nadie ni se miden niveles. :D ¡Encantada de conocerte!

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Gotta love welcoming new Spanish speaking members! I want to go back to this thread later at night because I can relate soooo much to all of you.

Allan wrote: "I want understand please"

Hey, Allan! I think you are a native Spanish speaker, right? This is the right place for you to ask more about feminism. Aquí podrás hablar en español con otros miembros, si lo prefieres. Si prefieres seguir conversando en inglés, también está este espacio. Este hilo, aunque algo tiene que ver con tus inquietudes, no es el más adecuado para tus preguntas. ¡Gracias y bienvenido al grupo! :)

So, if I was to be left to my own devices in an island, and supposing I could choose a bunch of books to have them close to me, these are the ones I would choose...

1. In Search of Lost Time (Marcel Proust). I mean, it'd be a nice moment to finally sit down and read them, haha.

2. At least 'Norwegian Wood' by Haruki Murakami. He's my favourite author. 'Norwegian Wood' left a very deep impression in me as a teenager and it is still a powerful book for me.

3. 'Quicksand', by Henning Mankell. I do not believe in self-help books. I do believe in excellent literature that will provide you comfort whenever you need it most.

4. The Diary of Anne Frank. She is one of my earliest inspirations.

5. 'The Magic Mountain', by Thomas Mann.

6. Philip Pullman's 'His Dark Materials.'

7. 'Jane Eyre' by Charlotte Brönte.


I am only realising now, most of the books that come to my mind first are written by men. Oops. O//O I am either forgetting some important names and/or lacking some great readings. Kind of surprising, and a bit uncomfortable too now that I'm here, that many of my favorite authors are men! I had never really thought about it. O_o