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Eleven years after the launch of v day, eve ensler sets out to do for girls what she did for womenuncover the truth of their experiences and create a global dialogue. This special edition features six neverbeforepublished monologues. Eve ensler is an internationally acclaimed playwright whose many works for the stage include floating rhonda and the glue man, lemonade, necessary targets, and the vagina monologues, for which she received an obie award. Preorder eve ensler s new book, in the body of the world. Learn about how to stage a vday benefit of the vagina monlogues and a memory, a monologue, a rant, and a prayer and raise the vibration more. The first time i heard about the v monologues, i was in my second year of campus.
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Eve ensler, author of vagina monologues and founder of vday and cynthia fleury, philosopher and holder of the cnam humanity and health chairbring together activists, academics, artists and associations, for an afternoon of exchanges through keynotes, round tables and artistic performances. Why v day started probably the most important piece of political theater of the last decade. This special edition features six neverbeforepublished monologues, a new foreword by national book award winner jacqueline woodson, a new. As only she can, eve ensler shares the story of her fathers ultimate betrayal with both unflinching candor and immeasurable grace.
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