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Eve Ensler

Eve Ensler. "Eve Ensler is the Pied Piper. She is leading women and the world to a different consciousness of the essence of women." --Gillian Anderson. Eve Ensler Preview. The Play The Vagina Monologues and the issues raised The growth of the play The Activism

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Eve Ensler

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  1. Eve Ensler "Eve Ensler is the Pied Piper. She is leading women and the world to a different consciousness of the essence of women." --Gillian Anderson

  2. Eve Ensler Preview • The Play • The Vagina Monologues and the issues raised • The growth of the play • The Activism • V-Day and Eve Ensler’s other causes • What I Want My Words To Do To You • The Expansion • The Good Body and media appearances • The Treatment

  3. The Play • The Vagina Monologues • Written in 1996, The Vagina Monologues is a collection of personal testimonies from over 200 women. • The Prominent Issues • The play deals frankly with such issues as rape, abuse, and self-discovery. • The Play Expands • The Vagina Monologues has now been translated into 35 different languages, and has been performed world wide.

  4. The Activism • V-Day • Began in 1997 as a non-profit organization to stop violence against women. • What I Want My Words To Do To You • A documentary based on her writing workshop in Bedford Hill’s Correctional Facility for Women. • Other Causes • “Revolutionary Association for Women of Afghanistan.” • Helped with lobby for the Mexican government to re-investigate the killings in Ciudad Juarez

  5. The Expansion • Media • The Vagina Monologues was made into an HBO special • Eve Ensler also appeared on Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry • The Good Body • About the relationship between women, pressure from culture, and their bodies. • Ensler finished her tour in April 2006. • The Treatment • Her latest play, exploring the ethical and psychological effects of being in the military. • Opened September 12, 2006 at the Culture Project in NYC.

  6. Eve Ensler Summary • The Play • The Vagina Monologues and the issues raised • The growth of the play • The Activism • V-Day and Eve Ensler’s other causes • What I Want My Words To Do To You • The Expansion • The Good Body and media appearances • The Treatment

  7. Eve Ensler “I am not sure why I was chosen… In this sense, I don't think I had much to do with The Vagina Monologues. It possessed me." --Eve Ensler

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