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

MeerderWörter’s comments from the Our Shared Shelf group.

Mafalda wrote: "Wow, I had no idea so many people would be opposed to it and find it so uncomfortable.
I have never shaved, but rather waxed since a couple of years. I can understand why shaving is uncomfortable: ..."

Wow, more and more people come to the same conclusion:) I think they don't understand what feminism is really about, sadly.

Emma wrote: "It does not at all matter if you shave down there or you don't. It's honestly just up to each individual woman. As someone who does shave completely for personal reasons, I have been made uncomfort..."

Isn't feminism exactly about that? To debunk old, restricting social norms? Who cares if you shave or not, it's your decision to make.

Holly wrote: "This is one reason why I love history; so many great stories and fascinating people doing amazing things. I've never understood people who find it boring."

Me either. Think of the Austrian Archduchess Maria Theresia, who was the only left Habsburg and reigned alone and tried her best to hold this huge monarchy together, although many other countries declared war against Austria. She also made school attendance compulsory, so everybody learned to read and write the Latin and German alphabet. One of her daughters was Marie Antoinette.

The only bad thing about her that I know of, is that she was really really anti-semitic, and for me it is not possible to apologize that. But for her time, she really was an iconic woman.

Uhm, not in German at least. But some cats are nearly called the same.

I'm not familiar with Doodle, so, could you make one?

I'm totally for intersectionality, to be honest, I think it's the only way we can really achieve progress.
And I don't know why, but I like Schutzbach, simply for what she said, that's so cool, to grasp the potential of the Women's March and use it and really do something about it.

2017 is definitely going to be a better year, we will make it one. Let's rise!

Holly wrote: "I find inspiration from many women throughout history.

Queen Boudicca, Elizabeth I, Christina Rossetti, Maude Gonne, Countess Markievicz, Bernardette Devlin, Anna Lee Aldred, Diane Crump, Julie K..."

Elizabeth I is somebody I really forgot, how could I, we have something in common, she and I. To not marry in her time, and to reign as a queen, well, she always said she's married to England:)

I'm free on weekends (except for end of March), so it's not my place to decide a date.

Let's see, we could also meet the weekend after the 5th. Same time, same place, but saturday? What do you think of it?

Age is definitely not a limit to being rebellious!
But I think it brings the privilege of knowing that times were worse, and that progress has already been happening!
I know that since I was watching Gloria Steinem's speech at the Women's March:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwoe_...

Of course, feminism is political, every change that was fought for, was implemented by law. And I'd also like to add: The political is personal.

Alana wrote: "So from the discussion above, it sounds like Austria so far is the only nation that really has active equality laws on the books that also function like they're supposed to? Surely there are others..."

There are the laws, but everyday life is different. We still have to achieve much for the LGBTQIA+ community, a civil union has the same obligations as a marriage, but not the same rights, we need to diminish the Nazi ideas (although we do have strict laws on that the rise of the FPÖ bothers me very much), and surely some other stuff I don't know about, but mostly it is about awareness in the population and treatment of others.

Aww, my two heroes writing together is actually really cool to see.

About feminism being political: My dad complained today that he doesn't want to talk about politics all the time, but then I think: In feminism, everything is political, to more or lesser degrees.
We can also talk about cycling, but he never does, and so I never do, and we don't have much else to talk about that doesn't make me feel uncomfortable(me being a rebellious twen who can't stand anything that she hears from her parents)

I think you're both being great a being a feminist: You participated in the Women's March, you write here, you listen, and you are polite and although opinions may differ from time to time, you still try to do your very best. I haven't thought about my privileges a lot yet, Sascha, something I should definitely do more in the future.

I once heard this quote, and I love it:
"Attitude is everything."

And you know, the great Gloria Steinem taught us:
"Always ask the turtle."

I have many feminist icons, our Boss Lady being by far not the only one.
Um, since I don't really distinguish between the genders as much as others do, there won't be all on that list if I only name women. I have to start with Emma, simply because she launched OSS and because she gave this amazing speech back in September 2014, and did so much cool work this past year!
Another role model to me is Gloria Steinem, because although I definitely disagree with her on certain topics, she is still such an iconic feminist to me, she never gave up, she traveled the US for more than 40 years, what else do you want?
Wilma Mankiller, because I have read Youtube comments about her that actually made me really aware of how much she is respected for her work as Chief of her People, and because of what I read in My Life on the Road, Gloria and she were close friends, they wanted to write a book together. I also plan to read Mankiller: A Chief and Her People by her, simply because I want to know more about her.
Another woman that I have to name here, is Emily Quinn, because she is a dashing woman, who works very hard to raise awareness about intersex traits, and the treatment thereof by doctors, and I love her for her decision to share her story with us, and that she's still so humorous despite the awful (to say the least) things that she teaches us about in her videos. She's so authentic.
Pidgeon is also promoting intersex rights and awareness, I love them so much. They identify as postgender, so I still think I can mention them here, and Pidgeon and Emily are really good friends, and I just love to see their activism and how they do not back down and continue to raise awareness and are so true to themselves.

And 3 books are currently what we read in half a year's time, so they wouldn't miss out on too many of them!

I get the books from a local bookshop normally, only twice have I looked for one in a library. In Austria there aren't any problems getting a book, except for ones where there aren't many copies left.

Robert wrote: "Meelie wrote: "Obviously, you don't want people to have to jump through hoops, I'd expect that's quite disheartening. Definitely worth some thought, though, as the action itself is lovely! I hope y..."

"doing something more meaningful with my life"
That's a harsh critic, but let's put it that way: trying to install a new form of society isn't easy, and needs lots of research and compassion! Never back down, feminism is on its way!

Jule wrote: "Ana wrote: "Jule wrote: "Meagan wrote: "I must be the only one here who so far has to push myself through the Vagina Monologues. It's not because I'm uncomfortable with the word Vagina or the conte..."

Jule, you are not offensive. (And now that I was researching I learned that the Gender-Sternchen * does not exist in the English language - folks, you're missing something there). No, you're really not offensive.

Deedi wrote: "Did they argue a) "Black people and white people are equal so let's talk about the problems each group faces and focus on all of them," or b) "Black people and white people are equal but black people are not being treated that way, so let's talk about that"?

Focusing hard on what is most grievously broken seems like it would be the quickest way to bring about social change."

You nailed it! And again, I have to think of Gloria Steinem: "Double oppression means double the work."

So, as I have mixed feelings about this book, I thought I should actually review it and say what I like and dislike about it. Some of the issue that I feel need to be adressed were already said here, but still, I have to add a thing or two:

One should have finished the book already tho, as I elaborate on some monologues a bit more.
Content warning: mention of rape, non-consent related to medical treatment
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

Ross wrote: "I read somewhere men have hormone cycle that is 20 minutes long and that varying levels of testosterone can lead to aggression in men and women that can be greater than Epinephrine (adrenaline) sur..."

Ah, now that would quite explain a lot about my mood:)

And, as stated above, hormones can be vicious!