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

MeerderWörter’s comments from the Our Shared Shelf group.

Agnieszka wrote: "Hi! Thank you. I hope that it will be possible to find this one (and other from this group) in my country. I must to read them! Greetings from Poland x"

I think it should be available - maybe in a library? Or else you can still write in the Pay-It-Forward thread.

Meine Mutter hat gemeint, sie ist die Emma Watson ihrer Generation. Und ich habe mir nur so gedacht: Es ist ja schön und gut, dass mal jemand aufgestanden ist und die Meinung gesagt hat, aber was ich bisher von ihr gelesen habe, finde ich einfach nicht mehr zeitgemäß, im Gegensatz zu Gloria Steinem. Sie ist einfach nicht gewachsen, wie ich finde, was echt schade ist, weil sie dann viel mehr bewirken könnte.

I fetched mine in the university's library and I already read the first two chapters and they're wondeful:)

"Incredible complex lives creates wonderful minds. She and her mother are probe of it."
That's so true, same thing with Gloria Steinem and many other authors we read. I'd say the same applies to Emma:)

Neulich habe ich ein Interview von Alice Schwarzer gelesen und muss sagen, dass ich mich nicht ganz so mit ihr anfreunden kann. Ich müsste aber zuerst einmal mich mehr mit ihr beschäftigen, um mir ein endgültiges Urteil zu erlauben!

I can understand the women, because they were furious and really hurt. But I don't think that the an-eye-for-an-eye tactic is a very good one.
The one who sentences doesn't want to become the same one as the one being sentenced, does he?

I can't write satire either, I'm sorry.

Ryan, I'm deeply sorry for you. I remember I had to write two texts with 900 words in total in FIVE hours for my A-Levels. It's simply cruel when you have to do what you had to do.
But remember this: Whatever comes your way, life goes on. Not always in the way we expect it, but life goes on.

I hope I could lift you up a bit with this.

I already read the first two chapters and they make me want to read more. But first I better read stuff from my university courses. But it's a great book. I read it in English, which I really like, because I think that then you're way more connected to the author.

It's available in the university's library in Austria but I haven't found copies in public libraries. (Although I do think that there should be some.)
I can't wait to read this book:)

Maria wrote: "I never, ever read books like this - mostly fantasy.
But I think I will try to get to more adult themes, as want I to develop.
I mostly read in german too, so it's going to be a challenge.
Looking..."

I think most of the books we read here are translated to German. I know that there's a translation for Half the Sky, and I also think that there is one for the November/December book.

The first chapter really made an impact in showing that you should never give up. But it also showed us one important fact to realize and remember - women are not only the victims, they're also the aggressors.

In my opinion, there's no easy solution for this, but we must fight against it. We can solve this problem, but it will need time, and strength, and stamina. But it will be worth it.

Wow, I haven't finished Half the Sky yet, uni is giving me stress, and I still have to figure out how to do everything.

But I'm really looking forward to reading it. Maybe I can borrow it from the public library, or maybe even the university's library. I'll also look whether there's a German translation, although I do think there should be one. I must say I have never read any of the books of Angelou, but there's always a first time. Maybe she will become the third person, along with Emma and Gloria Steinem, then I could look up to three instead of two astonishing women.

Again, I must say OSS has become some sort of a refuge for me, and I'm glad to revisit all of you.

Sorry, Kiho, but I don't understand your point. What do you want to say?

Laure, I definitely have to check out her channel at the weekend! Now, I don't have time and data volume for it.

Education is kinda a solution for everything. It doesn't mean that everybody acts as they are educated to do, but they at least know their options.

It's interesting that we now have a for/against conversation about abortion and not a conversation about demographics of abortion. Just saying.

So, let's drop a sentence or two here for everyone:

SUBINITA: For me, that's not a matter of religion, really. I'm not very tied with the church, they're way to conservative in most areas in my opinion, for me to support them.

S.K.: For me, abortion and contraception are two different topics entirely. I'm against abortion, but encourage contraception.
You're right, we live in a world where infanticide is no longer necessary. We don't have to fight for food and water, but elsewhere in the world we know it's still a problem to get food and water.

Emma and Ross: I agree with you, access to contraception, for both males and females would probably solve a problem or two on the world.

S.K.: As much as I agree with you on the infanticide problem and the universal birth control right. But do you really want to violate human's rights? And what exactly is so bad about banana and cucumber discussions? Boys are growing up, you have to remember that. I'm interested in what the boys/men say to that topic you brought up.

Sherrie: I don't know why people are bashing religion and the church. Probably because that's still a huge institution and is still very mighty? I don't know. We perfectly can discuss abortion and birth control without the church/religion, we only need to think of other arguments.

Gerd: I'm glad we share an opinion here and I'm not alone with it. I'm thinking the same: How will you explain that to your young ones? And as you see, I'm Pro-Life but I'm not putting abortion and contraception in the same pot. That are two different topics.

Sherrie: Again, you're right. The Christians have like ten different ways to interpret the Bible, and that's just the vast ones. And many younger ones, are not as much clinging to the rules as older ones. All my aunts and uncles are Roman-Catholic, but hardly any of them follow all the rules we needed to, according to our belief. My cousins and I don't do that either.
Bashing all Christians for the wrong-doings of some of them is like bashing all Muslims for the wrong-doings of a few of them. I hope I could translate the last argument properly. It gives me the itches.

Emma, you're right about that. But it's still better than to kill it.

She could give it free for adoption. And bad things happen to good people, and they can grow from it. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you know.

I can't remember their name, but in a TV documentary they said that some of the Gospels were omitted. I'm sure the internet will help you find an answer.

The nastiest thing that was ever done when it comes to women in church in my opinion is that some of the Gospels weren't put into the Bible because they were not thought of as "important" or something. Interestingly, they more or less always portray women being equal to men.