In Freiburg based philosopher-writer, has committed herself to the feminist movement. After having written her doctor’s thesis (’Zählen und Erzählen. Für eine Semiotik des Weiblichen’, 1982/83), Meyer became a visiting professor at many universities in Europe and the USA. Since 2003 she is a professor at the National Academy of Fine Arts in Oslo. In her last book, ‘Von jetzt an werde ich mehrere sein’, published in 2003, Meyer tried to determine a relationship of image and writing without the usual hierarchies. The philosopher describes, how to read texts with the help of the theory of the motion picture. Thus, she questions the status of the image, and collaborates on a regular basis with the artist Eran Schaerf.