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Oprah Winfrey, Jane Fonda and
Queen Latifah have one thing in
common this season — and it’s not
their Hollywood bragging rights. On
Feb. 10, they will take the stage at
Madison Square Garden in New
York City to discuss — vaginas.
Though this may sound like a racy
topic to present to the public, play
wright Eve Ensler aims to do more
than simply shock her audience in
The Vagina Monologues.
“A lot of people have a problem
with the word ‘vagina,’ ” Ensler said.
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ideas and dialogue where people
aren’t afraid.’’
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such as “1 Was Twelve. My Mother
Slapped Me” and “My Vagina Was
My Village,” includes the personal
accounts of women Ensler inter
viewed about their private parts. In
spite of the brash dialogue, the true
focus of the text lies not in its shock
value, but in its brutally honest view
of the violence committed against
women every day.
“[A] woman in Nigeria this week
was raped by her father’s three best
friends, got pregnant, and then was
flogged 180 times for being pregnant
out of marriage and reporting three
people had raped her,” Ensler said.
“Now if I, as a woman in the world,
was not outraged by that, where
would I be? To me it’s not a cultural,
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Vagina Monologues prompted her to
take action for the world’s voiceless
women facing rape, battery, incest and
genital mutilation. A self-proclaimed
feminist, Ensler adapted her book into
an Obie Award-winning play. She cur
rently shows the nonprofit production
(even actresses do not receive pay
ment) around the world to raise
awareness of violence against women.
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Day,” which stands not only for
“Valentine’s Day,” but also for “Vic
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theme was to take the romance out of
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back in,” Ensler said. “I say that kind
of ironically, but the truth is, a lot of
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