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

MeerderWörter’s comments from the Our Shared Shelf group.

Georgios wrote: "MeerderWörter wrote: "One stone makes water wavy, many stones make it only more so.

You do agree to viewpoint that "The end justifies the means". It is true then. You are evil."

First, Emma said it already and I definitely don't think that the end justifies the means. The means make the end, that is what I believe in!

Keith wrote: "MeerderWörter wrote: "I feel like sharing a victory of feminism in Austria:

When my grandma(may she forever be the way she is) opened a small bed and breakfast in her and my grandpa's house (which..."

No, not really. They're both in their seventies now and enjoy their time. But they still love to have people around...

İlayda wrote: "Hi everyone! I just created a goodreads account so i could join this group :) But i have a slight problem,i live in Turkey and i have very limited access to English books. I can of course find them..."

You can always look in the Pay-It-Forward thread.

Ross wrote: "Ah, but it does not have Emma. I'm staying here for that reason and because of the community I have at OSS. I don't want to dilute my contribution by dividing my access points."

Totally my view on it. Let's not break the force that OSS is.

Please.

I feel like sharing a victory of feminism in Austria:

When my grandma(may she forever be the way she is) opened a small bed and breakfast in her and my grandpa's house (which they built together;), she had to ask my grandpa whether she was allowed to BY LAW! He allowed her, but that's not my point, it's the point that she had to have a permission from him by law.

Nowadays she wouldn't need anymore, good thing that changed.

Giordi wrote: "MeerderWörter wrote: "Giordi wrote: "Finished the book but I've decided I'm going to read it again. I feel like there's something I missed when I first started reading it.

That being said, it was..."

No problem;)

Aline wrote: "Monica wrote: "First of all, I hope I translated everything right, using similar expressions in informality.

I agree with you. She uses vulgar expressions and the video is very graphic. But I do l..."

One stone makes water wavy, many stones make it only more so.

Emma wrote: "To be honest, I haven't heard of the 30 hour week movement/idea before. I am not sure what I think of it. The main purpose of it is to distribute work between men and women better? How exactly woul..."

The argument is that it helps in different ways. Hey, maybe we should make a topic for this? I don't want to be reminded of the heteropatriarchy in a topic celebrates the victories of feminism. And I think it has much content to talk about.

Maybe we should all listen to this song more often:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaolV...
(And yes, she won;) So proud)

Gerd wrote: " Like that song. It has a good sense of humour."

I really like Sookee's songs, man, she takes a piss at right-wing radicals;) Ne Queerfeministin eben;) A queerfeminist, that's what she is;)

Giordi wrote: "Finished the book but I've decided I'm going to read it again. I feel like there's something I missed when I first started reading it.

That being said, it was a captivating read. I couldn't help ..."

It is somewhere mentioned in the script, around half way in it, putting it in a spoiler here: (view spoiler)[Offred mentions that they live(d) in Boston, Massachusetts. (hide spoiler)]

Keith wrote: "Sascha wrote: "What are your opinions about these demands? I hope the people of the Frauenvolksbegehren 2.0 will encourage many people to sign it. And besides the question if this campaign will lea..."

They're now starting to advertise it. I've been at a hearing at my university and they are pretty awesome.

Ross wrote: "Ashna don't have to go back far and OSS would not be possible talking to people took a long time and was unreliable physical process.

Interestingly they had similar issues we do now about privacy...."

You know, social facts are hard to break. If they are installed once then we do it without thinking much about it. So there's still hope. Sociology is cool;)

Georgios wrote: "Ana wrote: "If Conka's Lalá is doing that, my musical taste set aside, I say it's not that bad."

Ermmm no. What its really doing is to decrease your tolerance on what it is obscene and offensive. ..."

Sometimes drastic means are necessary:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1zaK...

You're not gonna like me for the song I think, but we need to talk about sexual pleasure. In a way that is not heteronormative!

Ross wrote: "The Anglican Church in the UK has announced from it's synod that Transgender people. will be allowed to reaffirm there membership in their new identities. They even plan to have a new ceremony crea..."

YES!!!!

In Germany now all people are allowed to marry. Some people could still be prevented from that because of some bad wording, but it's definitely a progress!

Keith wrote: "@Meerder

Absolutely agree - it's scary when you feel so impotent. Regulate yes, but:

Who designs them?
Who police's them?
What punishment?
What about an appeals process?

These and many others ar..."

Questions that will probably need to be debated again and again. And I agree with you, it's not very likely that there will be a consensus that everyone agrees with. Can't be.

And Ana raises a fair point, because from what I know, China is definitely not using it to protect its citizens.

Katie wrote: "Hello Everyone!

I am a high school teacher in Boston and have had such inspiration from this group that I want to start a Girls Leadership Group at my school. I have been working on research and ..."

Let me think for a moment.
So, you say your age group is 14-18? And you haven't settled on any specific topic?
The book that I still think had the most impact on me that we read here in this not so tiny place anymore, was "My Life on the Road" by Gloria Steinem. It's easy to read, not really brutal, but it gives a really good insight into how politics affect everyday life, and that nearly everything is possible if one only wants it.
A book that I also think is really worth reading is "We Should All Be Feminists" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, or listenin to the talk:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUyGi...

A book that I LOVE is "Middlesex" by Jeffrey Eugenides: A book about sexuality, sex (as in biology), and gender expression. It also gives a short lesson on 20th century US history. It was the first book ever that made me shed a tear.

Maybe you could let your students write a letter, or a poem, about a topic that they feel strongly about. And frame it and print it, like Ashna suggests.

A TED talk that I really appreciate, and think should be watched by anyone is this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRcPX...

We're in a serious state - everyone.

One way to help end this state is tackling online abuse, discrimination, sexism, cyberbullying, all of it. Thing is, I don't have an answer to what could work properly, and that gives me the itchies.

It's too late for me now to turn that website upside down, but I'll look into it tomorrow (It's 2am, need some sleep...)

Jeremy wrote: "Cyber bullying and the other abuses that we see online are bad. But. Open and anonymous internet is literally the only way for some minority communities and activists to communicate safely. Buildin..."

It's no good thing to use slurs:
hermaphrodite, harlot and slut are definitely not names one wants to be called, so I'd rather have some policies than no control at all.

Keith wrote: "@Meerder

There are certainly a range of views and I would normally put myself in the liberal camp and let the web self-regulate. But this issue is too important, particularly when they have had ye..."

Me too. Life is the most precious we have.