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

MeerderWörter’s comments from the Our Shared Shelf group.

You are touching a lot of different topics here Nurullah - sex characteristics, gender expression, socialization one could argue and history too in a way.

I don't mind that, but please be careful with your wording, because you mix things together that don't necessarily belong together.

I haven't picked up the book yet so I don't know if it is in there, but I absolutely love this quote (might actually slap it on a poster for demonstrations on March 8):

"I am not free while any woman is unfree, even when her shackles are very different from my own."

And this one:
"It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences."

Almodather wrote: "MeerderWörter wrote: "It is with great relief that I can finally say:

California made it!

"California just became the first state to pass legislation on intersex rights. SCR-110 calls on the medi..."

I can write more about human rights implications another time, I'll need some time to collect everything together.

Kierra wrote: "I didn't know much about this topic until I watched the show Follow This on Netflix. It's a show made by Buzzfeed and each episode deals with a different topic. Part 1 Episode 3 is titled Intersex...."

It's a great episode!
One of my favourite videos is this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpJ3a...

And this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtjVq...

Edited it so that the English translation is closer to the German original and that the German original is more exact.

I have struggled a lot with a definition of that term, especially when talking about it in German, and the solution that I came up with that I find the most satisfying when talking about "women" and "men" in general, in generalising statements, without needing much further specifications, is the following one:

„Unter Gender sei in diesem Zusammenhang das von außen zugeschriebene Geschlecht gemeint, das nicht zwingend mit dem selbst empfundenem Geschlecht oder den Geschlechtsmerkmalen übereinstimmen muss, die man als außenstehende Person erwarten würde.“

"In this context, gender is to be understood as the ascribed gender from the outside, which does not have to comply with the own experienced gender or the sex characteristics that you would expect a person to have as the person looking at it from the outside."

Leslie wrote: "MeerderWörter wrote: "What am I feeling mad about right now?

Well, let me get started...
I feel mad about Ohio politicians, I mean FOR FUCK'S SAKE!!!!
Forcing women to have children, where does th..."

Here:
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/t...

It's a Saskatchewan lawsuit, alledging it happening as recently as 2017. Sterilization or never seeing your baby again...

Florian wrote: "I share the same feeling about hypocrisy. People understand, they feel bad to have a clear conscience and then they decide to do nothing because they largely prefer their little benefits. They take..."

For me it's people who are all against FGM (well, they should be...) but when someone is mentioning IGM they suddenly defend it against all odds... Hypocrites, such hypocrites!

Sascha wrote: "Great new podcast Vocal Aboutit

https://soundcloud.com/vocal-aboutit

A podcast by @sarahas_san & @sarah_diedro celebrating women of color in Europe and featuring real talks about their lives as t..."

I only got to listen to the intro yet, but damn, they sound amazing. Also really happy that it's about Europe, WoC need to be heard here too.
And it's in English, so that's a plus point too!

Reviving this topic again.

November 25th is the International Day For The Elimination Of Violence Against Women.
It's also the first day of the 16 days against violence against women, which end with December 10th.


Intersex women still face systematic violence from the medical community, the right to self-determination is not protected and what would amount to sexual harassment and abuse in other circumstances is not seen as such if it's intersex people being inappropriately treated.

I'm not a myth, I'm a person, I'm intersex by Anaid IS:
https://brujulaintersexual.org/2018/0...

What am I feeling mad about right now?

Well, let me get started...
I feel mad about Ohio politicians, I mean FOR FUCK'S SAKE!!!!
Forcing women to have children, where does this leave us? Abortions is a hot topic, yes. But this? I was cursing in the streets when I read it, and I normally never do that!

Speaking of abortions: Indigenous people in Canada TO THIS DAY get sterilized against their will, which falls under the definition of genocide.

Then of course we have our very own problems here in Austria, like the government slashing down security nets against poverty, such as minimum insurance and also they are meddling with the unemployed service, the service that helps people get hired again, either by finding job offers or extra courses to obtain more options.

I am pissed off at the hypocrisy of some of the people most close to me. It makes me sick, literally.
I am angry at the lovelessness... everyone is doing their own thing, even though things are really dire, no matter where you look. Yes, some of them have been for hundreds of years... should be even more motivation to finally get some shit done, to actually do something.

Robert wrote: "MeerderWörter wrote: "Other books to read:
Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq(@tagaq on Twitter), a fictional book about the struggles of living in the North (Tagaq lives in Nunavut, Canada, I believe, and..."

I need to finish reading it - the parts that I read were the absolute best:D

Other books to read:
Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq(@tagaq on Twitter), a fictional book about the struggles of living in the North (Tagaq lives in Nunavut, Canada, I believe, and I really want to read her book so badly!)

Trail of Lightning by Rebecca Roanhorse (@RoanhorseBex), is a dystopian book that looks at a fictional future after the apocalypse in Dinetah (She lives in New Mexico, which is also the land that the story takes place)

Guns of Penance by Mari Kurisato(Polychromantium @ Twitter): In this fast-paced erotic techno fantasy that’s one part Mad Max, one part Kill Bill, with a dash of Delta of Venus, five strangers will face hell, lust. and their shared destiny, one that will change the world forever.
(Remember, Native Americans/First Nation people are not restricted to only write about their background)

And you might also want to read Ant Hills: Stories of Girls in a Group Home by Sarah Perrote (you can find her on Twitter @wapshkankwet). I plan to read it myself, and really look forward to it.

These authors come from both the US and Canada.
Happy reading!

Jamila wrote: "Does anyone have any Native American book recommendations? Preferable written by a Native American and/or an educational, historical novel?"

Indigenous Writes is really good, Lakota Woman written by Mary Crow Dog as well. (They're both #ownvoices so there you go)

Rida wrote: "I would like to recommend None of the Above on this day. If anyone has any other book recommendations that would be much appreciated!"

YES! Awesome book!

Other recommendations:
Golden Boy by Abigail Tarttelin, Contesting Intersex - The Dubious Diagnosis by Georgiann Davis - have read Golden Boy which is really dark, and definitely only suitable for more mature audiences (I'd say 16 up) and then I haven't read Georgiann's book yet but it's an #ownvoices book so I know it's great!

Some more videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVFAt...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Kq0s...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hR5E...

English subtitles are available in the options

P.S.: The recent decision to redefine "sex" in the US affects and harms us intersex people too!

I need to share with you all this absolutely awesome video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szsN5...

I think, as with so many things, rape culture starts with the small issues... the ones that don't really hurt, that you just brush away...

And then, I think we need to have a discussion about what rape is - there may be more issues that deserve to be called rape than you would at first think of (or deserve to be called sexual harassment/assault)
Other than that - we also have to talk about the consequences - if the consequences are dire enough on the perpetrator, be they any gender, then in my opinion, the issue would change as well...

Florian wrote: "I have been living for more than 2 years and a half in USA and I must admit I did not know Columbus Day. Where I live, in Florida, I have never heard anyone saying "happy columbus day" and usually ..."

ColumbusDay:
https://twitter.com/RuthHHopkins/stat...

Speaking of Thanksgiving:
https://twitter.com/Polychromantium/s...

Pam wrote: "I have never actually heard people saying Happy Columbus day since leaving grade school. Mostly because people still have to go to work.

That said, Columbus, OH announced that it is not celebrati..."

I know some cities and even states are not celebrating it... It's a move forward...

This is a map showing every city and state that celebrates Indigenous Peoples' Day instead of Columbus Day:
https://www.facebook.com/RedRoadRadio...