Time Asia — October 10, 2017

TIME October 9, 2017

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A FOCUS ON WOMEN
RE “FIRSTS: WOMEN WHO
Are Changing the World”
[Sept. 18]: I am so grateful to
these women who have fol-
lowed their passions despite
the significant obstacles they
have faced. Thank you so
much for putting together
this uplifting package that
will inspire my 6- and 9-year-
old daughters to not be afraid
of failure, to be proud femi-
nists and to see more clearly
that successful women are
not defined by perfect air-
brushed photographs on the
covers of glossy magazines.
Leila Davies,
WELLINGTON,
NEW ZEALAND

I AM STUNNED THAT YOU
included Kellyanne Conway
in your otherwise fantastic
article. This is a woman
who will do anything to
spin “alternative facts” and
thinks nothing of lying to the
American public. She doesn’t
have any values, morals or
ethics that young women of
today should relate to.
Jana LaLanne,
FLEN, SWEDEN

WHILE I BOTH APPRECI-
ated and enjoyed your issue
about women who are chang-
ing the world, I’m sure I
don’t find myself alone when
I say that I feel sad that we
still need to have an issue to
celebrate women’s “firsts.”
As a 50-year-old woman,

who works in the sciences,

I’ve seen firsthand how men

are in supervisory roles

and earning bigger sala-

ries than their female col-

leagues. I come from a fam-

ily where women and men

were treated equally, and it

is utterly depressing to me

to think that sexism is still so

common. I’m left wondering

when and if women will ever

be considered equals. For

my young daughter’s sake, I

have to hope that more prog-

ress is made toward equality

in her lifetime than in mine.

I applaud these women, but

I wish that they were the

norm, not the exception.

April Warburton,

ROYSTON, ENGLAND

YOU’VE DONE IT AGAIN, AS-

suming that a woman who

has changed the U.S. has nec-

essarily changed the world.

Neither Nancy Pelosi nor

Hillary Clinton nor Nikki

Haley have done anything

particularly world shatter-

ing. Most people outside the

U.S. have probably not heard

of Issa Rae, Maya Lin and on

and on. Good on them, but

hardly world news. Wake up

and accept that things hap-

pen outside the U.S. that

change the world.

G.H. Rée,

SAMFORD, AUSTRALIA

PREVENTION FIRST

YOUR ARTICLE “HOUSTON

After Harvey” [Sept. 18]

says, “Texas Governor Greg

Abbott speculates that

his state might need up

to $180 billion to recover

fully from Harvey.” What

a shame that Texas or the

federal government did not

spend 10% of that sum to

prevent the damage. Ask the

Dutch how to do it—they

have managed to keep their

country safe from the water

all their history (even with

much of the country below

sea level).

Willy De Haes,

DORDRECHT,

THE NETHERLANDS

GOING TOO FAR

RE “THE NEXT FAKE-NEWS

War” [Sept. 18]: I find it

amazing how your magazine

embraces censorship. If an

agency selected by the Ger-

man government determines

which news stories are fake

news and can delete them,

Orwell’s Ministry of Truth is

just around the corner. Al-

ready, most German media

are identical in their opinion.

Instead of deleting all that

the government considers

wrong, would it not be better

to train people to recognize

fake news themselves?

Joerg Boese,

BERGEN, GERMANY

THERE IS HOPE

RE “THE PHILOSOPHER

King” [Sept. 18]: As I was

reading this week’s issue,

I was becoming more and

more depressed by your

description of the fake

news, natural and unnatural

disasters and the general

unraveling of the world

as we know it. But I was

suddenly uplifted by your

description of a natural-born

leader and potential messiah,

California’s Governor

Jerry Brown.

Joe Castleberry,

HOUSTON

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