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

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Tanya wrote: "Hello everyone,

has the next session already been arranged? I have just found this thread and would like to participate next time :)"

We always have our Skype debates at saturday 20:30 UK time. If you, or anybody else wants to participate, simply click at this link:

https://join.skype.com/eduyrh3Dfwmq
We always look forward to new ones joining us:)

Emma wrote: "MeerderWörter wrote: "Can anyone explain what a subscription box is? I haven't heard of one before, but I think when more people can read the books it's always a good idea (as long as it's legal of..."

Sounds nice:)

Can anyone explain what a subscription box is? I haven't heard of one before, but I think when more people can read the books it's always a good idea (as long as it's legal of course:))

Pam wrote: "Fantastic!!!"

They said on the national news that it is a Human Right now:)

I have a reason to actually watch the news tonight:)

Because....

*BOOM**BOOM**BOOM*

AUSTRIA SAID YES! TO MARRIAGE EQUALITY! Finally, it is not being discriminated between same-sex and different-sex couples anymore!
Also, heterosexual couples can now have a civil union and all of this no later than Jan1, 2019.

http://outnewsglobal.com/congratulati...

It's time to watch the news tonight:)

Gerd wrote: "Su wrote: "Also it has the advantage of having a major focus on the lyrics' content. So, for me, it seems natural that more musicians choose it to convey sociopolitical messages...."

What I would ..."

That angry enuf for ya?;)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0zBl...
and meaningful enough?;)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYEsF...

Sascha wrote: "Yes Su, I agree with what you say, too. I would add here that I have the impression that rap was kind of dominated by male rappers for a long time and often they had this macho and hard "gangster" ..."

Damn, now I wanna read Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl again. Sleater-Kinney:)

Cristina wrote: "It's so cool.

Do you think rapper can express feminism better than pop or rock? I'm asking this because even in Italy we have few yet very good women in rap, and they can address this issue bette..."

I would say yes, when I look at Sookee in Germany she definitely can express her feminism very well in rap.

Cristina wrote: "As you know, in Italy we have a strong football's culture. And as you know the male team failed from qualifying at the 2018 World Cup.
Yet the female team is doing much better, but has been ignore..."

Quite the same can be said for Austria. One of my former colleagues said when the European Championship took place this summer: Wow, I wouldn't have expected this from the women.
I think it was for many the first time that they watched a women's football match in the telly, so I am glad to be able to say we achieved some progress here as well!

I just came across this Thunderclap action, which will take place on December 18, 12PM GMT (UK time):
https://www.thunderclap.it/projects/6...

This campaign is a solidarity campaign for footballers who decide to come out.


With Thunderclap you can reach across social media boundaries, it's a bit like a TwitterStorm, but across more than just Twitter as a social platform as I understand it.
Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, here I come:) I definitely sign up for this!

So yesterday I discovered this intersectional feminist publication, called WearYourVoice magazine. They especially focus on black and brown women, femmes, non-binary folks as well as disabled and queer folks, who are black and brown.

I don't know if that is what you were thinking of when you created that topic, Sascha, but I have found this article:
https://wearyourvoicemag.com/more/soc...

Pam wrote: "Powerful, Thank you for adding this. I know lately I have come in other threads to say that women are capable of sexual violence. And it didn't even dawn on me to include tales of queer or non-bina..."

"Memory is a motherfucker" Oh yes, it is.

No, it's not plesant to peel back that curtain, but we have to. Otherwise we fail all of them, and we can't do that.

In the whole Harvey Weinstein affair, I think the points of this article are really important to remember:
We must not forget that perpetrator and victim/survivor come from every ethnicity, every sexuality and every gender. It is not just a white, cis-hetero issue.


Content warning:
description of sexual assault and violence

https://wearyourvoicemag.com/lgbtq-id...

When I wrote my post before I totally forgot singer and song-writer Buffy Saint Marie.
Not only is she a very good artist, but also a person who calls out many bad things. I think she is a feminist, just not a white, middle-class one.
She is a force.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJnwU...

Emma wrote: "I love Frida Kahlo! I have never heard of Ins A Kromminga, but I just checked out his/her (I am not sure of this artist's pronouns or gender identity) website, and I love the artwork!"

Ins A Kromminga's PGPs are they/them in English.

Ins A Kromminga:)

Judy wrote: "MeerderWörter wrote: "I know, the last book of the year has already been announced, and this is about the first book of the year. But today I scrolled through my bookmarks and I came across this li..."

Hey, I haven't heard about MRKH before I read this post and I am intersex. It's really a taboo to talk about it in general, and well, it worked pretty well in favour of the perceived sex dichotomy.
1 in 5000 is really many, isn't it?
Of course a person with MRKH should have the opportunity to choose having a vaginoplasty (that is the repairing or construction of a vagina, and no, it isn't pretty). I don't want to drift too much into doctor's talk, but yes, ovaries are normally there, and since everyone starts out with a vagina, it also makes sense that some women with MRKH have one, even tho it is shorter.
Your thoughts on whether a woman can still have sexual pleasure without a vagina, I would say it depends on what you count as sexual pleasure.

As I said, I am not against surgery, but intersex genital mutilation, and surgery only after FULLY informed prior consent, meaning an explanation of what happens during the procedure, the risks during the procedure, the short-term and long-term outcomes and the outcomes if the procedure doesn't take place (oh and then please some time to think about all of it...). And of course the patient has to be old enough to decide.

Yes, hermaphroditism is a word, but, while it was in use as a medical term, it is not any longer. Nowadays the official definition is Disorders of Sex Development or Differences of Sex Development. Please don't use either of them, as they are highly problematic, as you can probably see already. Back to hermaphroditism: Yes, it was used as a medical term until the 90s, and that's also why in Middlesex Cal is refered to as a hermaphrodite, but please don't use it either. It is a term with a very long history, that is very negatively connotated and it is simply impossible for humans to match the criteria of a "hermaphrodite". Snails yes, they are hermaphrodites, but not us. There are some who use this term but never use it without the person's prior approval because of its loaded history.
We normally refer to ourselves as intersex, because it stresses the fact that it is between the male and female sex. We have characteristics of either of them. Thus intersex, between the sexes.

I hope I could give you a tiny glimpse into the world of intersex. It's really interesting.

Wow, that is really great. I'll definitely tell them when I find something:)
Glad to see some feminism at home, we need it more than one would first think.

Emma wrote: "Ester wrote: "Emma wrote: "Ester wrote: "MeerderWörter wrote: "I know, the last book of the year has already been announced, and this is about the first book of the year. But today I scrolled throu..."

I'm not against surgery, I am against IGM!

Ester wrote: "Emma wrote: "Ester wrote: "MeerderWörter wrote: "I know, the last book of the year has already been announced, and this is about the first book of the year. But today I scrolled through my bookmark..."

I still remember that one... that one's so cringeworthy. Why was she never given the opportunity to stay the way she was. MRKH has other characteristics as well, not just for sex characteristics, and it is sad to see how these are not addressed in connection with Müller-Rokitanski-Küstner-Hauser (what a name).
A woman can live perfectly healthy without a uterus and/or vagina, it is about the gonads that are important.