Today isn't just Valentine's Day; it's One Billion Rising, a movement that invites "ONE BILLION women and those who love them to WALK OUT, DANCE, RISE UP, and DEMAND an end to this violence" by coming together and...dancing. That's it?
Eve Ensler and The Vagina Monologues Have Been Summoned to Lansing by…
When Michigan State Representative Lisa Brown (a Democrat, if you can believe it) said "vagina"
Pop Culture Is Literally Teeming with Vaginas
Has anyone noticed that "vagina," the trisyllabic word for a vagina, has been popping up everywhere recently? You can hardly turn on the TV or go to the movies without running into like a hundred "vaginas," a fact that is sometimes praised as evidence of gender equality, and other times derided as yet another crass,…
The Night Belongs to Eve Ensler
Happy 59th birthday to a very important lady who, at the end of the day, helped us get to the point of "peak vagina
Eve Ensler On Embracing Your Inner Girl:
"The verb that's been enforced on girls is to please. Girls are trained to please...I want us all to change the verb. I want the verb to be educate, or activate, or engage, or confront, or defy, or create." [TED]
Notable/Quotable
Q: What if you just want somebody to help you find a ladder in the basement? Eve Ensler: I don't have a basement. And actually it turns out I'm fully capable of changing a light bulb all by myself. [NYT]
Eve Ensler: "Until The Violence Stops"
"But violence against women determines much about who we are as a society...My goal is to keep fighting violence against women until it stops. Imagine what the world would be like if women could walk around without fear." More: [U.S.News]
Tony Dumps Jess; Becks Won't Pose With Angie
- Tony Romo broke up with Jessica Simpson the night before her 29th birthday on July 10, which is especially tragic because she had planned a Barbie and Ken themed party.
The Vagina Monologues Comes To China; Are Women Ready To Yell Bi?
When Eve Ensler's famous play The Vagina Monologues was first performed in China in March, the title was changed to The V Monologues. Two months later, the original title was restored for a show in Shanghai, and tickets sold out.
