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[Julia]

Hello everyone!

Hello San, nice to meet you :) Must be nice to live in California.

I am Julia, I'm from the South of Germany and I'm 25 years old. I'm a physicist who's now studying media to get into science broadcasting.

In this group I hope to find some inspiring books and to learn a lot about everything. Emma is such a great person and I admire her UN Women work and I'm thankful for this group. It's gonna be amazing!

Love to you all! x

[Alyssa]

Oh there are so many I can't catch up! This is awesome!
Okay here goes...

Hi, I'm Mariah Alyssa. I was born in the Philippines, raised in the U.K, and now am currently living in Auckland, New Zealand :D I am 18 years old, and I joined this group because I wanted to learn more about feminism through literature, also because I love Emma Watson for her work with the UN. I'm also a member of UN Youth in New Zealand. I hope to learn much more than I already know about feminism, and the various issues surrounding it. I hope to achieve a better outlook on the topic, and my perspective on the world itself.

[Kennya]

Hi, I'm Kennya, 20 and from Mexico.

I must say I was one of those people who didn't really know what the word feminist meant. But that has changed, I have read, I have learned and I've educated myself about the subject and a great part of that has been thanks to Emma and her work, which I admire a great deal.

That's why as soon as I heard about this book club I knew I had to join. I'm glad there's yet another opportunity to know more, to learn more about this and, of course, to get to know Emma a little better x

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Hi Everyone!

My name is Jacqui, I'm 15 and I live in Sydney, Australia.

I joined this group because I am really interested in spreading female equality over the world and making it normal to treat women as equals, rather than something people need to fight for. It's something we need to teach my generation and with incredible role models like Emma Watson I can see a future of equality.

[Abhishek]

Hello! I'm Abhishek and I'm from India. I'm 20 years old and I'm currently in the 3rd year of college. I aspire to become a writer.
I have admired Emma since her Harry Potter days and have followed her work as closely as possible. When I saw her speak at UN in support of 'HeforShe', I realized that she was more than her character in Harry Potter, even better than Hermione, and being somebody who grew up with the Harry Potter books, that is one of the highest compliments that I'm capable of giving.
I'm really excited about this group. I believe feminism is not just a women's topic, but as it's definition states, is about equality and the world needs it now more than ever.
I'm looking forward to get to know your insights about something that is really close to my heart.
Good day!

[Shruti]

Dear all,

My name is Shruti. I'm 28 years old and live in the UK.

I would love to hear your insights on the books that you read, to engage in discussions and to learn from our discoveries.

Wishing you all the best and looking forward to speaking to you soon.

With love,
Shruti

[Maria]

Hello!
I am Maria, I am almost 19 years old, from Cyprus, studying ballet in Italy

I have never been a passionate reader because i have always been preoccupied by my school work and dancing. Now I am in a place in my life where I still don't know who I am. The transition from a teenager to an adult is kind of hard. So I am ready to enter this new world and absorb as much information as I can to develop as an individual and discover new aspects of myself and the world.

I look forward to talking to you :)

P.S. I am a loyal follower of Emma Watson and her vision!

[Kristine]

Erin wrote: "Hi Jessica, it's great to meet you! I've never been to Singapore.

My name is Erin, and my birthday is Tuesday! I'll be 39.

I joined the group because I am getting ready to graduate with my MA in ..."

Hi Erin,
Lovely to meet you here! I am 39 (for 3 more month than turning 40), great age, enjoy the Time - every day! :-)

[Jenny]

Hi Everyone
My name is Jenny and I am from Somerset in England.
I joined this group to learn more and share more. I love reading and the chance to discuss what I read is a great opportunity.
Looking forward to the next few months!
J

[Jessie]

Hi ladies!
My name is Jessie and I'm a 26 year old female from Germany.

Since Harry Potter I'm a fan of Emma's. She always inspired me to make up my own mind and to help myself.
Her work for UN Women is something I'm really admiring and feminism is an important topic for me as well.
I love reading and discussing books, so I hope this group will be fun.

Bye Jessie

[Keely]

I am Keely and I am going to 14 soon. I am from the U.S. I love reading and I joined the book club to learn more about feminism.

[Kristine]

Hello everyone!
I am Kristine from Germany.
I love what Emma Whatson is sharing with the world and her personality! She just turned me into a feminist at the age of 39 :-)
Grateful to be here among such wonderful people!
Kindest regards

[Giulia]

My name is Giulia, I'm 21 years old and I'm from Italy.
I joined this group because I'm really interested in feminism and I want to do all I can to make a change. I study IT for Music at the University of Milan so I know a little what it means to work in an enviroment mainly made by males. I noticed that some of them are still, even unconsciuosly, closed-minded so I began to read books about this topic (I'm now reading "I Am Malala"), started to be enthusiastic and now I want to take action.

[Camille]

Camille wrote: "Hi ! My name is Camille, I'm 23 and from Paris, France. I work in a library and enjoy to read, but also share my passion and discuss. To me, this is the perfect group : it's worldwide, we're all fr..."

Hi! I'm Camille too and I would like read this kind of books because I am feminist and I think it would be rewarding, but my english level is too bad. Do you have a solution to get them in french? Thank you ^^

[Inès]

Hi everyone! I'm Inès, I'm 24 and I've always wanted to read books about feminism but never knew which ones to pick.
I've also experienced first hand, problems with men in my previous field of study.. I want to get involve in this cause but I don't really know how yet. I'm hoping reading and discussing books on the topic will help me get some insight as to how I could try to make a difference.

Anyway, let's read! :)
Thank you Emma for putting this group together. :)

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Hi !

My name is Nancy, I'm from France.

I join this group because I love reading ! And as I'm now off school this group is a way to, who can I say... Stimulate my brain (improve my english by the way), learn more about feminism.

I can't wait to have discussion with you all !

See you :)

[Rupanshi]

Hey, I'm Rupanshi. I live in Chicago, IL.

I'm a videoartist/painter/sculptor and scriptwriter and I've realized that all my work gravitates towards two things :
1. Feminism
2. Decomposition

I'm guessing that through this group i'll find more material to inspire me for later works. Also I just love to read!

[Anna]

Hi everyone!

I'm Anna, 22, from Germany and currently preparing for my BA Thesis in English literature and I'm really looking forward to all the comments and discussions.
I've spent the last four months at a university in Cyprus and met tons of girls from various countries and backgrounds and it was really empowering to hear all their different voices on feminism and gender equality.
Can't wait to dig into all the recommendations!

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Hello!

I'm Martina from Italy. I love books and history, and I'm especially interested in the history of women. Also, I'm currently majoring in Japanese classical women's literature.

I'm a proud feminist and I can't understand people who claim themselves to be feminists and then think that a girl to be strong and interesting must be like a man. They really drive me mad! A woman is a woman, not a man. She can choose to be masculine if she wants to, but that's not what makes her strong. A woman can also be feminine, strong and amazing. :)

[Jess]

Hi everyone!
My names Jess, I'm nearly 20 and I'm from London, England but have lived all over the UK.

I'm joining this group because I love reading and I think feminism is an interesting topic and something I'd like to know more about.
:)

[Adarsh]

hi I am Adarsh Singh from India , I am 19 n I am a feminist . The reason I joined this is so that I could connect with other feminists and get to know how they are trying to make a difference .

[Tronell]

Hi Everyone

I'm Tronéll and I'm from Cape Town, South Africa :). Can't wait to get reading and discussion with all of you!

Martina, I love our view of feminism and fully agree! Where in Italy are you from?

[Olive]

Hello everyone, I'm Olive from Indonesia. I'm 15, am I the youngest one here? Since th first time I saw this group, I thought it'd be great for me to join a group with a lot of amazing people like you all.

I have an interest to explore more about feminism, so I'm gladly waiting for a great discussion here. Also I'm a fan of Emma and Malala, both of them are amazing. So yeah, I hope I could learn new things here. Cheers!

[Julie]

Hi I'm Julie from Scotland, I am 31.

I have joined to get back into reading and I'm interested in feminism. So here I am.
I also have 2 children a daughter and son whom I want to be able to teach about equality.
I look forward to reading everyone's posts.

[Anna]

Hi Ladies - I'm Anna, I live in France but am British - I'm 37 and needing a little positivity about it!! Joining this group for that, and as I want to be able to educate my 9 year old daughter intelligently and eloquently, can't wait to start :-)
Ax

[Stacey]

Hi! Stacey here, living in London UK - originally from New Zealand.
I am joining this book club as I am a big admirer of Emma Watson and her work with the UN and Feminism.
I am also an avid reader and am always open to referrals to new books that give some good food for thought - it will be great to learn about books and essays that can help create balance and grow awareness of Feminism in the greater sense.
Looking forward to reading with you all!

[Catherine]

Hi everyone,
I'm Catherine, 19, from Birmingham in the UK, but next week I'll move to live and work in Rwanda for four months.
I've always considered myself a feminist - gender equality just seems like it should be a given, but sadly it isn't. Recently, I've been massively inspired by Malala, who combats oppression and injustice with her peaceful nature, and simply with the pen! How great is that! I think that there are many issues across the globe that need addressing, education being one of them, but inequality is an element of most global issues. This is why feminism is so vital. Let's hope that this group can become a melting pot of ideas and passions, to inspire some real change.

[Nicole]

Hi everyone! I'm Nicky, and I am 23 years old. I currently live in Berlin but I come from Quito, Ecuador.
I love reading and I have become very passionate about equality and feminism in the last year, so I am really excited about this book club.
Looking forward to awesome discussions and lots of learning.
:D

[Perrine]

Hello everybody! It's so nice to see people from all around the world with the same interests!
And Catherine, I completely agree about Malala : I admire her so much!
My name is Perrine, I'm 19 and I live in Paris, for my 2cd year in university.
I love Harry Potter and Emma Watson and how she uses her fame for a very special cause. My mom has raised me as a feminist and I completely agree! I think we should talk about it more, and for that; I should educate myself more so that's why I'm here. And I also love to read (even though I have less time now) so here's to that!
Also, I saw a couple of men here and there but if you know any men interested, it would be great to have gender diversity here!

[Rachael]

Hello. My name is Rachael. I'm 20 and from Essex in England which is just outside of London.

I lack motivation to things a lot of the time but love reading. I trying to enjoy the things I love more and also learn more about the world and the people who make it up.

The cause is something very close to my heart and I look forward to learning lots of new things.

[Yash]

Hello everyone.
Yash here from UK.
I joined this so that i can learn more about feminism and share my views about it.
Cheers.
;)

[Katrine]

My name is Katrine. I'm a 20-year-old from Denmark who's on a sabbatical (so to speak) for a year before I start university. I'm saving up to go traveling for a few months starting in April, and then I'm going to study English and possibly Danish or history of literature.

I'm an avid reader, though I don't "stick with" books as much as I used to - I have so many books sitting unfinished on my shelves. I plan to change that, and that's one of the reasons why I joined this group :)
I'm also a feminist and a big fan of women's literature, and I admire Emma Watson greatly. She's one of my biggest idols.

[Meg]

Meg~15~Aussie
I'll keep it quick because it took ages to read all of the comments! I found out about this on Facebook and it fit's me perfectly. I can't wait to get started! (PS good to see lots of other Aussies here

[Cath]

Hi, I'm Cath and I'm about to turn 47. I was born and raised in Brisbane, Australia.

I joined the book club because sometimes I get extremely discouraged that so many women around me are eager to distance themselves from the concept of feminism. I wanted to be a part of a community that embraces the idea of complete equality for all people.

And I'm always happy to be further educated. You don't stop learning until you die.

[Letizia]

Hi everyone!
I'm Letizia and I'm a 19-years-old girl from Italy.
I've just joined this group because I've always had a huge admiration for Emma Watson as a talented actress and as an active feminist and great woman.
I feel the need to do something concrete to obtain gender equality all over the world and to make people understand the incredible value and importance that women have in our society.
Moreover, I'm in my first year at university and I study Literature. So, this group is the perfect union of my interests: books and feminists.
I'm so happy Emma started this amazing project and I hope to meet a lot of great women here! xx

[Ricardo]

Hi Everyone

I'm Ricardo from Portugal.

I love the way Emma uses her fame for the betterment of humanity, and gender equality is such an important issue and the way she conveys her position is beautiful. I'm full on board for #HeForShe.

Also I love reading, and I already was interested in reading more about world issues (inequality being just one of then) so I'm here to participate in the discussion.

Emma: I applaud to your initiative, you're the best

[Camille]

Hi everyone!

I'm Camille, 22 years old, from Switzerland and currently living in Istanbul, Turkey.

Really amazed to see people here coming from all across the globe. This group promises to bring very interesting discussions with people from so many different background. As Emma started the HeForShe movement, it would be great to expend to more guys and include them into the feminist debate.

Wish you a great time reading to you all!

[Kat]

Hi everyone ! :) Lovely to meet you
My name is Kate (Kasia :)) and I am from Poland. I am almost 25 and I've just graduated.
I joined this club, because as a fan of Emma I watched her famous speech and it made me realize A LOT OF things about being woman and feminism. I've been a feminist since I remember but now I fully understand it and I can be proud of it :)
I hope I will find time to read all books, because I want to be an educated feminist :)
My second hope is that more guys will join our group and that they will participate in helping us fighting inequality :)

[Samantha]

Hello, my name is Samantha Hayes and I'm 24. I live in Ireland. I wanted to join this book club as a way to educate myself on the true meaning of feminism and what is means to be a feminist in today's society.

[G]

Hi all, I'm Gina and am 43 from Phoenix, AZ. Been following Emma since her UN speech and have loved her in HP. I typically read fiction but am always trying to find books with strong female roles. Sometimes that's a challenge. I am excited to follow this track of books and learn more about what feminism means to you all and how it relates to my day to day chaos.

[Carolina]

Hi everyone!

I'm Carolina from Mexico and I'm 22. Right now I'm finishing my interships in France (cooking)

I join this club caus I want to know more about feminism, how I can help shearing it with the world, the opinion that everyone have and how they see it in their county. Sadly I don't read as much as I want but hopefully with this club I'll start doing it.

[Molly]

Hi I'm Molly, I'm from the UK and I joined because I want to learn more about feminism.

Basic sentence right there and pretty much the same as everyone else, I guess I have been putting off reading up on feminism because I didn't want to admit to myself that we need it, it's 2015! But certain things just make it hard to pretend that we don't need to have a conversation as a race...

So going more deeply, I would like too, before I die, hopefully, live in a world where gender does not define you or hold you back in any way.
I want to see men and women doing the same jobs getting paid the same amount.
I would like to see men and women paying the same fair price for the same products....and paying the same fair tax on those products
I would like to see a media where women are not shamed for EVERYTHING THEY DO....too skinny, too fat, and the phrase 'struggling to contain her curves' does not apply to an average women wearing clothes...and where young girls with pre- pubescent bodies are not idolized and glorified as a perfect one size fits all standard body that women told is the golden standard.
I would like to see the fashion, retail and advertising industry accept and apply the FACT that all women have different shaped bodies. And apply this is their shops and advertisements.
I would like Hollywood to cast women in the correct age roles. I don't want to watch another 20 year old beautiful actress playing the love interest of a 45-50 year old man....so many good actresses out their of all ages , make it realistic.
The world to accept that women feed their babies from their boobies.


But to get all this, things that seem ridiculous not to have in 2015, we need to understand the past and how the human race got to this point, and who made the changes in the past....

So I wanna read more books and hopefully be able to make some changes. even tiny ones just in my own world or changing the view of one person I meet.

[Jess | Comfort Reads]

Hiya! I'm Jess and I'm from England.

I have always been a reader and while I've read a few feminist novels/novellas in the past, I've never made it a priority as I mainly read fictional stories. I love that this book club will give me an opportunity to learn more about feminism and help support female authors.

I've actually been trying to find a good online book club that has a lot of discussion and reads books slightly different to anything else I read for a long time now, so thank you Emma for starting this up and I can't wait to start discussing with you!

Jess XXX

[Stephie]

Hello everyone,

my name is Stephanie, I am 21 and from Germany. I just read an article about this book club and I think this would be perfect for me to join. I want to learn more about the history of feminism and discover great and strong women and their books! I think this book club is a great inspiration and I am happy to be a part of it!

[Josie_712]

Hey, I'm Josephine from Germany. I'm 21 years old and currently studying media informatics / computer science at University. I love books and I'm very excited for this book club :)

[Ona]

Hello,

I'm Maria, 23, from Lithuania (Baltic States). I'm studying Biochemistry.

I recently passed through a bookstore and saw the "I am Malala" lying there, in the far away corner. Just like Catherine here, I was amazed that this book has reached us. But as I asked whether many people inquired about this one, the saleswoman sighed in response - not one book has been bought so far.

This correlates with the answer I hear the most when discussing feminism with my fellow colleagues: "I am not a feminist, but. .. "

They either don't see a problem or are told/assured by media there isn't one.

I didn't see one, too. I was carefree, even tomboyish as a child. It is only when I became pregnant at 16 did I understand the full impact of being powerless. The shame, the feelings of worthlessness and deep depression overcame me. I had no income, no free time and my opinion was usually downplayed - because now I was not a girl, but not yet a woman, so my husband didn't think me worthy of conversation.

I felt cheated out of my innocence, of my childhood, of my freedom.

That is when I found and identified with feminism as a movement and as a philosophy. I am trying to raise my son accordingly, battling the ways of the old thinking, and gradually change the way my husband sees me. I am happy that my child thinks that girls can play with trains and boys can play house (though there's a catch - he's mixing up gendered adjectives, too). I consider it my achievement when my husband unconsciously slipped: "I may be a feminist, but..."

I think the best way to make a revolution is gradually chipping away at some notions of the old way. It may be a form of propaganda (it probably is), but by suggesting my colleagues to read your recommended books and the essays that I happen upon is my way of ensuring that my friends won't fall into the trap of hopelessness that I had once been in. In the near future, I hope to hear them slipping up, too: "I am a feminist, but..."

[Melissa]

My name is Mel and I'm from South Australia. I loved reading for a long time but I've fallen away from it. I am joining because I miss reading different things, I have mostly read children's books lately because I'm a teacher - and a lot of them deal with the same themes, and mostly male characters. I feel like I need to read more from female authors and that include strong female characters. I really hope that the books I read can open me up to different viewpoints from all around the world. :) Happy reading everyone :)

[Christine]

Hello everyone!

I'm Christine, 35 years old and from Germany. I'm really excited about this book club and looking forward to read a lot of interesting books.
I think it's awesome that so many people from different countries come here together to discuss feminism!

[Melissa]

Crystal wrote: "My name is Crystal Ramirez. I live in the heart of the city; Manhattan, New York. I am joining this book club because as a sophomore college student I registered for a couple of women studies class..."

Oh my gosh I love Eurythmics :D Crystal you are amazing, I hope I can teach our younger generations with the lessons learned here. Happy reading :)

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Hello everybody,

my name is Lisa, I'm 24 and have just completed my studies in Latin and German in Heidelberg, Germany. My parents have never bothered to educate my sister and me in a very gender-specific way. I feel I could always decide on my own what being a women meant for me, personally.
Feminism therefore didn't seem a big topic for me because I've always been an independent mind and I was a bit put off by the term 'feminism' (I started a discussion of this term in the thread "'Equality' and/or 'Feminism'?" here). However, the older I get, the more I realise that equality is still an issue; here and everywhere else in this world. I haven't yet read a lot about the topic so this book club will hopefully be an inspiration and a platform for open, unideological discussion on this matter.
It's a pleasure to 'meet' you all! Thank you, Emma, for inviting us. You've done a lot already for this movement and I think if it hadn't been for you, I wouldn't have got in touch with feminism again so closely.

Yours,
Lisa