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

MeerderWörter’s comments from the Our Shared Shelf group.

Robert wrote: "The report looks good guys! Good job to the writer and proofreader."

Thanks;)

Pam wrote: "That's really cool everyone."

You're of course welcome to join if you want to.

Emma wrote: "Gala wrote: "I think it'll last almost forever, because there'll always be people interested in feminism. I also think the amount of feminist will increase with the time, so this club will always h..."

It is for me too! It makes me so proud to be a part of it!

Keith wrote: "Pam wrote: "Excellent news! "

It is, but at the rate of one every 13 years, it will take 52 years to get parity - let's hope not."

I agree, I don't want to be in my 70s when I can celebrate this fact!

Ross wrote: "The London Times resorts Transgender women will be admitted to Murray Edwards Collage which is women only.

Any person legal recognised as female by the Gender Recognition Act 2004 will eligible to..."

Yay!!!
P.S.: I love that the UK at least has the Gender Recognition Act, more countries need to follow suit. I want to have more news of that in here:)

I agree with everyone here saying privilege is layered.
Now, not everyone may agree on the term "layered", but it's definitely the case that it's not: I have it or I don't.

I am extremely privileged because I was born, raised and now live in Austria. My family's roots are European as far back as I know. That gives me an extreme proportion of privilege. I come from an upper-middle-class household, and so I never had to *actually* worry about money in the way other have to. I don't belong to a geographical minority in my country, and am therefore respected by all political parties. And that's just a few, I have other privileges as well.
But, I also have characteristics where I am not the privileged one. I am intersex, and although I pass as a woman, it still gives me a huge disadvantage in society. I am also a woman, which, although it is not as bad as with being intersex, still puts me in the not-privileged corner. And that's just two characteristics now...

Privilege is definitely real, if somebody says it's not they might need to talk with more people than the ones they talk with all the time.

Monika wrote: "Hi! my name is Monika Ghosh, I'm from Bangladesh. I'm a medical student. i love books. Loved them since i could read. i also like to discuss about them, know about new books, get review about books..."

Welcome. You want to discuss books? Then this is the perfect place for you! Because we do that a lot!

Keith wrote: "Emma wrote: "Very interesting from a male perspective. Thank you for sharing! Us OSS-ers are very glad to have you on our feminist side!"

Thank you! - I'm very glad to be able to stand beside you."

Emma wrote: "Keith wrote: "I’m not sure how you can be a feminist without some knowledge of the history of the feminist movement and its development. As a guy, this certainly applies to me.

I have no means of..."

So am I, my two fellow OSS'ers!

To answer the question: I think it is more important to take action, but in my opinion you cannot take action without knowing at least a bit of the history of feminism. The more you know about the history, the better, because then you can countertalk to what others might say to you - you are better prepared for any questions concerning feminism, as in why we need it and such.
Being a feminist is a state of mind, I agree with David here, much like being a humanist is. (No, the two are not the same...)
You can be a feminist without declaring yourself to be one, so... action is more important than studying feminism, but I wouldn't see the two as exclusively dichotomous.

Emma wrote: "David wrote: "When i was a police officer in San Diego, I did a study on the mass shootings throughout the US, I covered cases from 1980-1994 when my daughter was born, and more than a hundred diff..."

Me as well. Nothing better than some hard facts.

Tragic, really tragic. The only thing one can do right now, if you live in Las Vegas, the Southeast, to donate blood. That is how you can help.

But let's not forget that this wasn't the biggest bloodshed on American soil.

Emma wrote: "Hmmm I think to me, it is important to both act as a feminist, but to also study feminism and history. Without knowing the history and background, I feel like I wouldn't personally have as much of ..."

I second that.

Ester wrote: "Todo mi apoyo a las personas Transgenero!"

Mine as well!

Emma wrote: "Britt wrote: "Definitely! I loved this chapter - it may not be the most relevant one to feminist issues, but it gives us a better understanding of Gay's personality. "

I really liked the scrabble ..."

Loving languages as much as I do, that one was so cool!

What is the book out of all the ones we read on OSS, that had the biggest impact you? Which one had the least impact?

Which books would you want OSS to read in the nearer future? Topics in general or certain books in particular?

Ross wrote: "In our last two Skype sessions we discussed the book. In detail the group, mix of women, men race and cultures.

The impressions where roughly in two parts personal and general.

Firstly the act a..."

I thought it was very interesting that a comparison of rape for a woman with castration for a man came up.
I would have never thought about it in that way.

My dear sister!

I never met you in person or online, but now I so wish I would have. I am at a loss for words when I think about what they did to you. In my eyes, I cannot see it as anything but a hate-crime.
It's difficult enough to be confused, to question what for others is set in stone their whole life. I hope coming to realize and coming to terms with your being transgender was not as difficult as it can be.
You shine now with the stars up there!
I wish I could have got to know you for a different reason than the one I now had to.
It is so exhausting and so time-consuming to transition. Socially, physically and legally, it can be really difficult. I wish more people would understand this.
I will never understand the hate we face, and the prejudice. I am not transgender, but I will always be there for my siblings and try my best.

Rest in power, my sister!
#AllyLeeSteinfeld

Ines wrote: "Ich glaube nicht einmal, dass die AfD allein mit ihren Stimmen sehr viel wird verändern können. Sie hat immerhin "nur" 13%, bei Abstimmungen etc. ist das nicht viel. An sich.

Was ich viel schlimm..."

Du hast recht Ines, das verschiebt dann natürlich auch den Diskurs. Neuerdings haben sie in Österreich über die Neutralität in einem Ton geredet, der mich sehr bestürzt hat. Die Neutralität Österreichs ist etwas das jahrelang nicht angerührt wurde, aus gutem Grund. Das war eine Bedingung dafür, dass die Besatzungsmächte abziehen.

Hier ist's genau dasselbe, seit gestern ist das Burka-Verbot in Kraft, dabei gäbe es so viel wichtigere Themen. Zum Beispiel, wie man die Flüchtlinge erfolgreich integrieren kann. Nicht so wie bei den Gastarbeitern, da hat man auch hier viel versäumt. Oder einmal die Staatsschulden senken. Das wär auch so ein Ding;)
Die Gleichberechtigung weiter ausbauen, weil da ist's teilweise sehr im Argen in Österreich. LGBTQIA+ sag ich da nur, hm, hm...

Die Energiewende gehört auch vorangetrieben, genauso wie die Schere zwischen Arm und Reich zu schließen.
Und den Satz: "Es wird schon nicht so schlimm werden", kann ich echt nicht mehr hören!
Wir müssen den Politikern auf die Finger schauen, und wir müssen uns vernetzen. Auf Kommunenebene, auf Landesebene, auf Bundesebene, und international. Ich hab genug von dieser ganzen Hetze. Wir müssen was tun!

Keith wrote: "Robert wrote: "This whole story is very sad and enraging.
It is very upsetting to me to say the least that they refuse to use the "Hate Crime" terminology as if not to acknowledge that the crimes ..."

"Rest in power" is what they say in the trans community themselves.
Because you know, for me they are my siblings.

I hope I never have to see this again... EVER!

https://www.salon.com/2017/09/28/ally...

https://www.advocate.com/transgender/...

Rest in power, brothers and sisters!

Ana wrote: "
Transexuality is not a mental illness.
Transexuality is not against nature.
Transexual people do not owe an explanation to anyone.
Transexual people do not have to justify their existence.

When we allow people to say Yeah, but... we are not helping to improve things. We are not helping people stay safe. "

Thank you Ana. Thank you so much. I have a hard time writing this down right now. She was 17, and fell victim to such a heinous crime.

I can only say this:
May Ally rest in power!
#Sayhername