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The Vagina Monologues
The Vagina Monologues | Eve Ensler
"I was worried about vaginas. I was worried about what we think about vaginas, and even more worried that we don't think about them. . . . So I decided to talk to women about their vaginas, to do vagina interviews, which became vagina monologues. I talked with over two hundred women. I talked to old women, young women, married women, single women, lesbians, college professors, actors, corporate professionals, sex workers, African American women, Hispanic women, Asian American women, Native American women, Caucasian women, Jewish women. At first women were reluctant to talk. They were a little shy. But once they got going, you couldn't stop them." So begins Eve Ensler's hilarious, eye-opening tour into the last frontier, the forbidden zone at the heart of every woman. Adapted from the award-winning one-woman show that's rocked audiences around the world, this groundbreaking book gives voice to a chorus of lusty, outrageous, poignant, and thoroughly human stories, transforming the question mark hovering over the female anatomy into a permanent victory sign. With laughter and compassion, Ensler transports her audiences to a world we've never dared to know, guaranteeing that no one who reads The Vagina Monologues will ever look at a woman's body the same way again. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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nanuska_153
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After interviewing hundreds of women from different backgrounds Ensler writes these monologues, poems,about their relationship with their body,with sex,with sexual violence.She wants us to use the word vagina,to stop feeling uncomfortable saying it,to stop the shame,to speak without fear,to share our experiences so we can heal,so we can fight systematic violence.According to WHO 1 in 3 women suffer physical or sexual violence, 1 in 3,remember them

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hissingpotatoes
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3/5⭐ The vagina monologues and the author have done great things for bringing awareness to the issue of violence against AFAB people and for empowering people to talk about the things the patriarchy has decided shouldn't be discussed. However, the monologues reduce women's identities to vaginas and are trans-exclusive. They're an important but narrow-scoped part of feminist history. #buzzwordathon

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keepingupwiththepenguins
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I found The Vagina Monologues interesting on multiple levels: as cultural artifact, as feminist literature, as relatable content. My personal favourite of the monologues? I Was Twelve When My Mother Slapped Me, a composite account of first periods. Hilarious, and insightful! Full review: https://keepingupwiththepenguins.com/the-vagina-monologues-eve-ensler/

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Michellesibs
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I really enjoyed reading these short essays by women writing about their vaginas. The woman who have been raped and abused to the women experiencing pleasure for the first time and the women who don't have a relationship with their vaginas at all. There's an array for women here putting their vulnerabilities on page.

I'll high five anyone who puts themselves out there, these women get five stars from me.

Reggie When I used to live in Las Cruces the university put a production of this on, on Valentine‘s Day and it was always amazing. Saw it twice. 11mo
Michellesibs @Reggie Wow, I'd love to see it! 10mo
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Rachiiebookdragon
Mehso-so

Read/listened to for a prompt for a reading challenge

A 😳🤪 book

3.5/5

Read for #TheStoryGraphGenreChallenge

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hopebeths

"The clitoris is pure in purpose. It is the only organ in the body designed purely for pleasure. The clitoris is simply a bundle of nerve: 8,000 nerve fibres to be precise. That's a higher concentration of nerve fibres than is found anywhere else in the body, including the fingertips, lips, and tongue, and it is twice...twice...twice the number in the penis. Who needs a handgun when you've got a semiautomatic.

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SusanLee
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OMG! I was so busy that I‘ve missed posting since 5th! So playing catch up here 😅

#junestats #julyjourneys @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs
I‘ve only read 2 books in June which was attributed to the current lockdown. I normally read more during my commute to work. Thanks to #bookspin #bookspinbingo I‘ve managed to read 2 😘

Eggs 🤩📖🤗 3y
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SusanLee
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This is an eye opening read since I‘m Asian brought up conservatively. This book is based on real women‘s stories, their experiences and monologues compiled by the author. It‘s all about female empowerment and violence against women hence the V-day Movement! Finished this second book for #bookspin #bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks

Shmemilina You should see it performed! My college used to put it on every year. Super transformative. 3y
TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 3y
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LibrarianBecky
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Aaaaaand finished!! Ended my reading slump with this great book! Warning: deals with tough topics. Highly recommend!!

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Kathrin
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On my TBR for years. Glad that I finally made it.

Darklunarose I really enjoyed this one when I read it a few years ago. 3y
Kathrin @Darklunarose I didn't really know what to expect and I was very positively surprised... also to read about the V-Day movement that was sparked by it. 3y
Darklunarose @Kathrin it‘s amazing what has come from this series of monologues. We have come a long way from the word vagina being blacked out but still have a long way to go! 3y
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S3V3N
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I don‘t know how I missed this book. It was good!

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JenniferEgnor
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I loved this book. Tiny, but so moving. Funny, sad. Empowering. We don‘t talk about our vaginas nearly enough, and we don‘t treat them as well as we should, either! I‘ll close with a quote from George R. Martin: There is only one god, and that‘s the one between a woman‘s legs.

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JenniferEgnor
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The heart is capable of sacrifice. So is the vagina. The heart is able to forgive and repair. It can change its shape to let us in. It can expand to let us out. So can the vagina. It can ache for us and stretch for us, die for us and bleed and bleed us into this difficult, wondrous world. So can the vagina. I was there in the room. I remember.

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JenniferEgnor
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We forget the vagina, all of us
what else would explain
our lack of awe, our lack of wonder.

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JenniferEgnor
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I had always perceived my vagina as an independent entity, spinning like a star in its own galaxy, eventually burning up on its own gaseous energy or exploding and splitting into thousands of other smaller vaginas, all of them spinning in their own galaxies.

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Kayla.Adriena
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"My mom said to me You know sweetheart one say you should settle down and marry a rich man,..and I said Mom I am a rich man." Annoyed I found out about this quote from Taylor Swift but then I looked up the interview and ???

HOTPock3tt Wow soo cool! 👍🏽♥️🎉 (edited) 5y
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Elma
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This was a great quick read. As a survivor of purity culture, I found the first section very empowering and healing. The second section while tragic, was beautifully written and is a topic that thanks to #metoo is getting more light shown on it.
#HappyVDay

BookNerd9906 ❤️❤️❤️ 5y
Jee_HookedOnBookz Omg I've read this too! Waaaay back! Maybe I shd revisit it one of these days 5y
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Eggbeater
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1. The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler (I had to, it was the first V I thought of)
2. V. E. Schwab
3. Victoria on PBS
4. vindaloo

Have a good week everyone! We are snowed in in Virginia! ❄

#ManicMonday #LetterV @JoScho

JoScho ❤️❤️❤️ 5y
RamsFan1963 @Eggbeater Yeah my mom lives in Southwest Virginia, near the Tennessee border, and they got almost a foot of snow this weekend. They can keep it!! Lol 5y
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Julsmarshall
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On my TBR forever, so glad to finally read! Quite interesting, empowering, fascinating. Quick set of essays, highly recommend!

bookcollecter I remember reading this when it first came out. 5y
Zelma If you get a chance, see it on stage. It‘s pretty powerful. 5y
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Chrissyreadit
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Don‘t get #screwed by the patriarchy. #nofemmeber
Check out any song from Lilith Fair and When I Was A Boy by Dar Williams https://genius.com/Dar-williams-when-i-was-a-boy-lyrics (one of my all time favorite singer/songwriters ever)

Cinfhen Great list! Thanks for sharing 🙌🏻❤️ 5y
Cinfhen And the song lyrics 🎵🎶🎵 5y
mrozzz 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 5y
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MicheleinPhilly I miss Lilith Fair! 5y
alisiakae I love this! ❤️❤️ Is there a list of all the books in this graphic? 5y
Chrissyreadit @4thhouseontheleft there isnt - I used this image because I liked how many books were represented. But I can see the Books Better on my iPad than my phone. 5y
Clare-Dragonfly ❤️Dar❤️ 5y
Billypar I love that slogan 😂 Dar Williams wasn't on my musical radar, but that's quite an endorsement- I will have to check out some tunes! 5y
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kaysworld1
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#shortstoryswap Thank you @jenniferw88 for my gifts I've already read The Vagina Monologues it was a great book and now I've passed it on to my boss! She keeps texting me bits from it (I think she likes it) 😂 💝📚🐭
@CSeydel Thank you for arranging this 💙

#bookswap #booklove #passingonbooks #read #reading #book #comedy #lovereading.

jenniferw88 I had realised & that's fine - I was going to suggest you passed it on. It took a lot of my strength not to comment on your post when you were reading it lol! 😂😹😂 6y
kaysworld1 @jenniferw88 I read that book in a day it was great. I stayed up really late to open the package the devoured it in to the early hours then was late for work! 😂 6y
jenniferw88 @kaysworld1 ps hope your cat enjoys it's treats - my 🐱 ❤ them! 6y
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kaysworld1 @jenniferw88 He did thank you. He's getting so spoiled with all the gifts he is receiving in these swaps. 💝🐱 6y
ephemeralwaltz Lovely! 6y
kaysworld1 @LapReader Hello there I still have this book would you like me to send it to you? Maybe a swap? X 6y
LapReader I‘ve read it too but can‘t find my copy. I‘m in Australia. It will cost you a fortune. Thanks though. 6y
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kaysworld1
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What do you call your vagina?
As a child did you have a nickname for it?
I used to call mine a Taco!

#vaginamonologues #womansstories #straighttalking #femalbodies #reading #books #Reader #reallifestories #truth #eveensler

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Coleen
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I‘ve had this on my bookshelf for over 10 years but it just never made its way up to the top of the pile until now. It wasn‘t exactly what I expected and I think the live show would probably be better. Some good stuff in here, which would definitely appeal to the die-hard feminists out there. But some of it was just....weird.

Ubookquitous I think it works better when you see or here the show... Some of the humor doesn't always work on the page 6y
RaimeyGallant It didn't blow my mind, but I get how it was important when it came out. Now I just talk about my vagina all the time, and I probably wouldn't if this book hadn't started a movement. VAGINA VAGINA VAGINA! 6y
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Coleen
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“Power bundle” — love it! 😂

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TsundokuAleax
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So I realized I totally forgot to get a picture of my mail in the rush to get it out. Instead, here is a picture of the program for the show I was just in. It was an amazing cast and I am so grateful that I got to do it. #cupidgoespostal #ValentinesBookExchange @MrBook @BookBabe @Avanders

Avanders 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽💘💘 And congrats on the show!! (edited) 6y
UwannaPublishme So cool that you're in such a great play! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 6y
TsundokuAleax @Avanders @UwannaPublishme Thanks! It is always such a great experience to be in a show, especially when it is an all female cast. 6y
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TheRomantiCate
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February 6: #riotgrams Short Stories (I‘m not a fan of short stories, so I don‘t own any, but I do have a lot of plays lol)

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TsundokuAleax
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To any profile stalkers, my GR account had been updated so feel free to check out what books I currently have. I have been busy with The Vagina Monologues lately so no where near as much reading as I would like of late. Hoping to have my monologue down soon so I can work on this pile of books waiting for me. Also, this is JJ. He took a nap on my books the other night while I was working on my lines. #cupidgoespostal #ValentinesBookExchange

Soubhiville That‘s awesome! I love going to VDay shows whenever I can. Good for you! 6y
TsundokuAleax @Soubhiville it is such a fun show to be apart of. This is probably my 4th time doing it and each experience is different but wonderful. 6y
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BookishBeth

Hi Littens. I haven‘t posted in a while but have been lurking in the shadows. I‘m having surgery this week and will be laid up for a few weeks. Would you please suggest the most delicious book you‘ve ever read? Thanks!

StephanieMarie Hope your surgery and recovery goes smoothly! 6y
annahenke That‘s a doozy of a question! @StephanieMarie suggested one of my favorites. Here‘s another that you should listen to on audio if possible: 6y
BookishBeth @StephanieMarie and @annahenke thanks for the recommendations. I listen to audiobooks often as well. So maybe I‘ll download Uprooted from audible and will read The Thirteenth Tale with my eyes. 6y
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cobwebmoth Sending positive thoughts for your surgery! 6y
drokka This is a fun book to listen to (or read). There are two others after if you enjoy the first one. 6y
Lindy It‘s a fat one, not so good for reading in bed unless you have some kind of bed table, but there‘s a lot to spend time with in the wonderful graphic novel 6y
Lcsmcat I hope your recovery is quick! After my surgery last summer, I couldn‘t concentrate on long fiction, so I read short stories. One good one is 6y
SandyW I too had surgery and like @Lcsmcat couldn't read much for about a week. I binged tv of already seen so as I was dosing in and out (pain meds) I didn't have to struggle to pick up the plot. Good luck!🍀 6y
Chrissyreadit @BookishBeth good luck! I highly recommend The Gods of Gotham if you like mystery or historical fiction. Amanda Boucher‘s books are a lot of fun for fantasy and romance. The Dorito Effect was interesting non fiction and Red Rising one of my favorites too. 6y
EllieDottie I hope you have a fast and healthy recovery! For me it would be 6y
minkyb Hope your surgery goes well. If you like YA try 6y
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Copwithabook
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Spent the evening listen to The Vagina Monologues with my wife because she‘s never rad or listened to it performed. How can you be a woman, let alone a woman with another woman, and not know about the Vagina Monologues?! Clearly she was sheltered.

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bookworm.krizia
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❤️❤️❤️

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i.z.booknook
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The National Theatre Bookshop is where I lose all my money! 😂

#NewPlays 😍

KarenUK Oh Victoria Wood 😍😢... loved her.... 7y
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Dolly
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Graphic and intimate this pro-feminist collection of true stories from around the country will get your attention.

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Dolly
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ReadingVampire I love the one of him peeking over the banister!!! 🖤🖤🖤 7y
Dolly @Puredragonstar it creeped me out a little seeing those eyes looking down on me 😬 7y
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SpeculativeFemale
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Seeing and later participating in The Vagina Monologues changed my life in college.

Eve Ensler is #MyHero.

#90sinjuly
@Cinfhen @Robothugs

Cinfhen 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻💗 7y
Sydsavvy Hi there, glad to meet another one! I co-directed and played the English "O" girl, who did you play? This show rocked our town, and even the auditions were absolutely priceless. 7y
Robothugs 💗💗 7y
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SpeculativeFemale @Sydsavvy I did "Because He Liked to Look at It" one year and part of "Remembering Their Faces" the next year. After we lost a cast member the first year, the director tried to get me to pick up the "O" girl, but I didn't feel like I could do the part justice. 7y
Sydsavvy It's about time we pick it up again. It just made us all feel so good. I can still remember the smile of the woman who did "Because He Liked to Look at It." Heck I still remember all of our smiles. Great great Hero choice! 7y
SpeculativeFemale I wish our local university still did the Monologues. They switched it to the newer show, A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant, and A Prayer, which I don't enjoy quite as much. 7y
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Books88
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I apologize to Virginia, but this most searched for spelling mistake has me laughing my ass off 😂😂😂!!! I don't know, why do you have a smelly Virginia???! 😂

britt_brooke 😆😂😱 7y
Buddys_Momma 😂😂😂 7y
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Shemac77 Hahahahaha!! 7y
valeriegeary Ha! 🙈 7y
sprainedbrain 😂😂😂 7y
julesG Better a smelly Virginia than a smelly Shelly. #sorrynotsorry 😂😂😂😂 7y
mjdowens Yeah...made me laugh like a twelve year old too😂😂😂 7y
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Clare-Dragonfly
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I just reread this for the first time since college. It was really important to me then (reading, viewing, and performing). It didn't feel as powerful this time around and some parts really bothered me: it's not avoiding an "agenda" to have no monologues from trans people, and why can't she make a proper distinction between "vagina" and "vulva"? But it's still meaningful, the monologues themselves still wonderful, and I still love the word "cunt."

Broke_Girl_Reads Excellent review! I have complicated feelings about this one too and I think you broke them down very succinctly 7y
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BookishClaire
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Emma Watson talks Vagina Monologues, Red recommends some April reads, and books coming to your screen soon -- that and more in today's Brit Lit news
https://britlitblog.com/2017/03/29/today-in-brit-lit-news-29th-march-2017-/

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San
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<3

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sprainedbrain
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Day 3 of #marchintoreading

My most #recentnonfictionread was also my only non-fiction in February. 😳

Graciouswarriorprincess I just finished this again. I am going to see it again in April. 7y
OrangeMooseReads This book is why I no longer loan books. I let someone borrow it and never got it back 😢 it is a fantastic book. 7y
sprainedbrain @Graciouswarriorprincess I would love to see it... but I never have! 7y
sprainedbrain @OrangeMooseReads Ugh, that's no good. I got my (perfectly nice) copy at thriftbooks for less than $4. 😃 7y
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azulaco
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For anyone who uses Scribd - I found the audio recording of The Vagina Monologues, which I have somehow never seen or read. I think this is going to be a great way to experience this work, better than reading the play in book form would be. I'm still counting it for my #srcspring2017 challenge task to read a play. Also, catching up on the #oursharedshelf reading list.

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seibelsays
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Yes yes yes, I'm a day late starting this. (OK, two months late.) Sue me. #oursharedshelf

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Graciouswarriorprincess
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Getting ready for my afternoon read with a Coca-Cola. I should have gotten the vanilla.

MrBook I dig it! 😎👌🏻🙌🏻 7y
Victorialeanna 🙌🏽 7y
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Graciouswarriorprincess
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My small library stash! The Vagina Monologues is Emma Watson's book club pick. #oursharedshelf #Emmawatson

Riveted_Reader_Melissa I just picked that one up today too! But at Thriftbooks, my library didn't have it. 7y
Graciouswarriorprincess @Riveted_Reader_Melissa I may have to order it. It's been years since I read it and saw the play. 7y
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sprainedbrain
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Finished today - current selection for #oursharedshelf

A thought-provoking, interesting, and (at times) hilarious series of monologues. Very eye-opening, as a person who grew up relatively comfortable with and unashamed of my female anatomy and physiology, to read some of these stories and understand that this is just not so for so many women. I'm very glad that this book was chosen for the group!

⭐⭐⭐⭐

#riotgrams #dedications

Sydsavvy It's a most awesome play, too. We did it a few years ago and women could pick it up and just cold read it and bring us to tears. We sold out every night, despite the folks who were afraid (small Texas town). We had to make the theatre put the Full play name on the marquee. "If you can't say Vagina, you can't come!" 7y
PenguinInFlight The play is fantastic! I saw it in college, and absolutely loved it. 7y
Graciouswarriorprincess I agree. I saw the play in college and loved it. 7y
sprainedbrain @Sydsavvy That's awesome! 7y
Gina Hahahahahaha 7y
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kPea
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"The art has made the activism more creative and bold, the activism has made the art more sharply focused, more grounded, more dangerous." Eve Ensler

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everlocalwest
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It's interesting that most of what I'd heard about this prior to reading was humorous. The point that came across that we'd all just been taking our vaginas too damn seriously and we'd be a great deal happier if we could be a bit more flip about them. That's actually not the story here. These are heartbreaking stories of many forms of abuse. The edition I read closed with stories of performing the play. A much needed uplifting juxtaposition.

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Pemberley
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Our haul from the library today. My nephew is super excited about aliens in underpants. #2017readingchallenge #oursharedshelf

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Suelizbeth
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Read. This. Book. Emma Watson's choice for Our Shared Shelf. A more feminist book, there is not. #24in48

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