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

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Samantha wrote: "I told my dad that the earliest mention of an honor killing was in Deuteronomy....he laughed in my FACE!!!!! My dad always questions my philosophy."

Would he also question Newt's philosophy: "My philosophy is worrying means you suffer twice." I love him so much. And he's a feminist, I think. Let's see what the future films bring.

I only read until Numeri, then I quit.

Euler wrote: "This is so interesting! I would love to have a pen pals as well."

Hey, I'd love to have you as a pen pal. Wanna pm me?

Oh, and welcome at OSS! First comment is always a special one I think!

Laure wrote: "MeerderWörter wrote: "
Well, we're so many people here, why don't we use that power?
What do you have in mind? :-)
I think we could do it - if we gather enough people, it will have to be acknowledged. "

As far as I understand it, every member of Avaaz can start a petition to highlight/achieve something. (I'm a member too, let me think of something:) )
I would share it here, (obviously) and also ran it through twitter, since some mods of OSS have twitter too and we could all spread it around, also facebook of course, and other social media.

If you have any suggestions, I'm happy to hear from you (PM or here, as you like it!)

Rachel wrote: "I read a book called 'if I was your Girl' I would recommend this book to everyone Although it's a work of fiction it tackles lots of issues .its written from a Trans women's point of view. It's cla..."

I've never seen The Danish Girl, but Eddie Redmayne's acting is superb, I better watch (I'm heading to the university's library, once again ... *smirk*)

Hongying wrote: "Finally!!!
Can't wait to read my first book about Feminism :)
Thx Emma<3"

My first book about feminism... is still the one I like the best out of all the ones we read so far. My Life on the Road is really worth reading:=)

I'm curious, will it be another book from the list we voted on a few months ago?

Sorry, back to topic!

Kiho wrote: "I would want to visit my local library but ,
This is Korea . S .
Ship address need and more need .
My older brother was in US . But now he is sick and with he's family back to home .
Still but ..."

Ask in the Pay-It-Forward thread if somebody would send it to you. There are some members from south east asia, you're not alone:)

Ross wrote: "Looking forward to the next selection already :)"

Me either:) I have birthday in January, so I will wish it as a present for myself:)

Well, we're so many people here, why don't we use that power?

Mods, since Emma is so well-known, do you think that we could work out something? Us, Emma and the UN (UN Women especially, but we should use all resources available I think.)
Like, a big petition or something similar?

We could also ask Avaaz to help us - they have a few MILLION members.

Oh, and thanks Ann for all that work that you do/did with this book list. I definitely have to keep in mind some of these, broadening my mind is something I really LIKE to do!

Corey wrote: "I have to second bunny on both Isabel Allende and Amy Tan. Almost all of their books deal with the role of womenand both authors base their stories in the United States as well as Chile and China, ..."

The child of the protagonist is Native-American, I just checked it here on Goodreads (You can always try and look for the book here on Goodreads, normally you'll find a blurp - seems to be a wonderful book)

Laura wrote: "Two great YA books by an outstanding author of color are 'Everything Everything' and 'The Sun is Also a Star' both by Nicola Yoon."

I think I've heard about 'The Sun is also a star'. Folks, do you wanna make me broke? So many books, so little money!

A great list! I should keep some of them in mind for future reading!

John Stuart Mill? Connie, I haven't read anything of him so far, only heard about him in sociology, maybe I should give him a try!

Karlita wrote: "This is interesting! I wish we could do this here in the Philippines. This is such a great opportunity for all the homeless kids we're seeing from streets. This is such a brave act.. I need to cont..."

Karlita, I think so too. I don't think there's an organisation like Books Underground in Vienna, but I can still distribute some books in the tram, or in public shelves, so could you!

Karlita wrote: "This looks different from all the books I'm reading. This is worth a shot! :) I haven't read Half the sky yet! I think there's a lot of catching up to do! :) Thank you! :)"

Oh, please read Half the Sky as soon as possible. Some consider it the most important book we read so far!

Kiho, I'm sorry but what's your point you want to express.

Now, I don't want to come off as rude, (forgive me if that's your impression), but I don't understand what you want to say.

I don't think Books Underground has an expiry date, don't know of any, their single purpose (if one could say so), is to distribute books, well, underground!

Interesting input from both of you, Sandi and Sherrie.

Tim wrote: "I very much disagree with that, Laure. People (women included) need jobs like these, as much as the Western workers did during the first and second Industrial Revolutions, which is to say: not at a..."

Tim, I must go with you here. Have any of you ever read Friedrich Engel's writings about the working classes in England?
I'm glad we're past these conditions in England, but sadly that's still how it looks like in South East Asia, at least I don't know different. I was shocked when I read it, and needed 3 hours for 36 pages, because I couldn't believe what I saw.

Laure wrote: "I just think one recognizes/acknowledges discrimination much quicker when they have already experienced it."
Speaking from my own experience, I can say that double discrimination, or discrimination in general, makes one more susceptible to different/other forms of discriminations.

Laure wrote: "Could you post the link here? "

Sure, they do great stuff with HP (and are Professors, so for anyone who doubts it: HP is NOT just "a children's book".

http://ec.libsyn.com/p/0/1/3/0131c730...

They have about 50 lessons now, always a different topic, very interesting to hear!

Christopher wrote: "I've been thinking about this book a lot over the past day. I'm really sorry if my previous comment put a downer on the thread. I've read through all the other comments now and I feel that I was so..."

I don't think it was a downer from your side. I also had problems with the book because of the sad theme, but it's worth reading nonetheless. Or should I better say because of it?

In Austria, there's no real pressure to marry anymore, many still do tho. (My parents didn't and I didn't have any negative outcome so far.)
It's still expected to give birth to children tho, because we're currently shrinking in numbers, without migrants coming to us. So, not everybody thinks in that way, but most do, with the exception of my family tho. (My father was already asked when he will have grandchildren - hey, I'm 19! I thought I misheard when he told me. No pressure from my parents' side tho. I'm into adoption anyways.)