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

MeerderWörter’s comments from the Our Shared Shelf group.

Emma wrote: "Aww, wish I was in Paris, stuck in the US! Haha. Wish I could see her hiding books."

Seeing her hiding books must be awesome:)

Keith wrote: "@MeeterWorter

We have a bucket list of European cities we are slowly working our way through and we always use the public transport systems to get about. Plenty of good ones for book hiding, but V..."

Cool, maybe we can convince Emma to book-ninja in Vienna?

Keith wrote: "@MeederWorter

From what I have read, this is an issue for women from all walks of life.

In the UK, foodbanks are asking for tampon and pad donations alongside food.

2017 and women have to beg, s..."

I totally agree with you - every human who gets their period shall be covered.

Keith wrote: "@MeerderWorter

Yes, we spent 7 days in Vienna 2 Christmas's ago.

Did the whole tourist thing - even Sasha Torte at the Sasha Hotel :)"

mmh, Sacher Torte is yummy:)

Wow, you've spent more time in Vienna than I did. I need to go to the capital again:)

Ross wrote: "she was just on facebook live stream interview spoke a little French my day is complete :)"

Yes, that was awesome. I don't know what she said in French tho... But her French sounds awesome:)

Ashna wrote: "MeerderWörter wrote: "Keith wrote: "@Meerderworter

Why not Austria. Vienna is a beautiful city with a great public transport system. What better than reading Handmaid's Tale going round the Ringst..."

The average woman in Austria is 5'5'', wow, I'm so tall. But no one is as beautiful AND intelligent as Emma.

Ross wrote: "Not to worry sure she will come home at some point. She was doing book hiding there in Paris #OSSParis Twitter has the details expect more OSS members and. comments on handmaids soon :)"

We only need the number of the people from the village I grew up in (okay, a bit more), and then we have 200.000 members.

They sure will come! When a wolf calls, the pack answers!

Ross wrote: "can't even get her to the UK and she lives there. LOL

she looks amazing and so happy with the fans, lucky lucky fans :)"

You have a point here, you can't even get her to London...:(

Georgios wrote: "Ermmmmm

Hmmmmmm

....

Ok then

*takes deep breath*

lol

*diverts gaze towards the (glass) cieling*

*Thinks "Why God? Why?*"

Well, there are many ways to stay positive, that is just one of them:)

Keith wrote: "@Meerderworter

Why not Austria. Vienna is a beautiful city with a great public transport system. What better than reading Handmaid's Tale going round the Ringstrasse on a tram?"

Well, while I definitely agree with you on that one, I still think she won't easily come here. Although, she could also do book-ninjaing in the Prater, or the underground:)

Have you been to Vienna?

Wanna hear?

"Oh, and so my girlfriend and I used to say: We're going to go bicycling according to our chromosomes."

I think something like that is funny. At least when you know that doctors do all weird stuff "because of your chromosomes" and you just need to stay positive.

Keith wrote: "Currently south of Carcassonne. Can't make Paris in time. C'est la vie. Vive la France etc."

Maybe she'll do it in London again one time and you can catch a copy...
I doubt she'll ever come to Austria. Unless she visits the UN:)

Laure wrote: "Georgios wrote: "Ines and Laure And Gerd. You actually helped me realise something. The mother of my boss is a very Good driver. She is actually one of the best drivers I know, if not the best.

Sh..."

I only had one time when I was in Vienna that a woman told me a very good joke, that wasn't even sexist... or, it might have been sexist, but we still both had to laugh because that one literally screwed the sex binary:)

Érika wrote: "Emma wrote: "Hi everybody,

The winner of the poll for July & August’s book is Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl, by Carrie Brownstein!

Thank you for voting and I’m really looking forward to reading ..."

You can still try it in the Pay-It-Forward topic. Maybe someone can send their copy to you:)

Tim wrote: "Ross wrote: "Ana wrote: "Indigo is a man"

Apologies to Indigo, hope he will forgive my error.

Tim, Savannah is a moderator for that reason alone the title was I believe intended as stated to inc..."

Chelsea Manning came out of prison on IDAHOT(International Day Against Transphobia), how fitting:)

Kaivallya wrote: "Speaking of the Circle...does anyone remember if Beauty and the Beast passes the Bechdel test?"

Not as far as I can remember. But then, I've seen it on February 16th, so it's been a while.

Georgios wrote: "At any rate. I have deleted all my comments because the conversation has derailed beyond the scope of what we were actually discussing to the metaphysical. That was well beyond the scope of expandi..."

That's why I said "keep it civil". I didn't say it wasn't civil.

Georgios wrote: "Ines and Laure And Gerd. You actually helped me realise something. The mother of my boss is a very Good driver. She is actually one of the best drivers I know, if not the best.

She is however very..."

Language influences us on so many levels, and I agree with you, that might be the biggest factor when it comes to the inequalities between the sexes. Language shapes our way of thinking.

MeerderWörter wrote: "Ross wrote: "What is the intent of a joke to make laughter and cheer people. Or to prove some supposed superiority over another person or group chose which and who you want to be."

I definitely go..."

Also, I only ever encountered the second one, bloody society...

The best sentence that I ran across right now:

"For something so tiny, the Y chromosome is fascinating in a lot of ways."
http://genetics.thetech.org/ask/ask295

Now, whether atheism leads to nihilism or not, is maybe better discussed in another topic. And please, keep it civil, everyone.

Debbie wrote: "MeerderWörter wrote: "Sounds like a really great idea:)"

Many thanks for these suggestions. Never heard of these women and I can't wait to read their stories !"

Betsy Driver made this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnCTg...

And for Gloria Steinem, best to start with My Life on the Road I think.