w_orten & meer
w_orten & meer is a publisher that publishes discrimination-critical, creative, and empowering books. With a focus on respectful language and intersectional topics, it promotes exchange and reflection on societal norms to overcome discrimination.
w_orten & meer - Publisher for Connecting Anti-Discrimination Action
editKey Products and Services
editw_orten & meer is a publisher that specializes in the publication of books that are linguistically creative, innovative, touching, differentiated, and precise. The publications of the publisher cover a wide range of topics that sensitively address violence through genderisms, racisms, being disabled, and class concepts. They offer new expressions and perspectives aimed at making visible and empowering people who are discriminated against[2][3].
Main Mission and Values
editThe main mission of w_orten & meer is to shape words and language in a way that is critical of discrimination, respectful, and accessible. The publisher believes that words shape realities and therefore commits to creating a world that opens up new perspectives, values, and reflects intersectional violence. The publications aim to address and empower the discriminated, as well as to understand language as a form of action that must be actively shaped to create anti-discriminatory connections[1][2][3].
Sustainability Goals and Initiatives
editA central aspect of the publisher is the critical reflection of structural violence in all its forms, including genderisms, racisms, classism, and discrimination through being disabled. The publisher works creatively with language and experiments with speech acts to challenge societal norms and existing power relations. By using unconventional language forms, such as the use of asterisks in word forms (Autorin, Leserin), traditional notions of gender and identity are questioned, and trans persons, non-binary, agender, and genderqueer individuals are included[1][3].
Further Initiatives
editw_orten & meer advocates for respectful and appreciative communication and actively avoids any form of violent actions. The publisher promotes exchange and learning with one another in a respectful and appreciative manner. The books of the publisher are intended not only to inform but also to inspire, to reshape language, stories, images, and ideas, thereby challenging and overcoming structural violence[1][2][3].
Through these approaches and initiatives, w_orten & meer contributes to shaping a society in which discriminations are not perpetuated but overcome, and in which language is understood as a powerful tool for change and empowerment.