About this title: Gloria Steinem's introduction supplements this special edition of this controversial and beloved play, which has been performed by Glenn Close, Susan Sontag and many others. A feminist meditation, this Obie Award-winning piece considers the attitudes of women of various ages toward their vaginas.
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Villard Books
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780375756986ISBN:0375756981
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Publisher: Villard Books
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780375750526ISBN:0375750525
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Villard
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780375756986ISBN:0375756981
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Virago Press Ltd
Date Published: 2001
ISBN-13:9781860499265ISBN:1860499260
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"Don't quite see what all the fuss is about. I suppose I don't have that many nether issues to be strongly affected by it. It also makes sense that this should be seen as a live performance and not read as a book.
This book did get me thinking that I will never make a proper "feminist". I completely fail to see my vagina as a "nexus of power" or my "center of being". I don't think there's anything particularly special about the old va-j-j. Its just an organ. Yes, a very useful one and I would not want to go without it, but perhaps the liver or a brain is a tad more vital. I simply cannot say that it defines me in any way (which parts of the book suggest it should).
In fact, I have never defined myself in terms of my femininity, much less my reproductive organs. Its part of me, yes, but not the defining part. Does anyone else feel this way?
What about men? To all you male book bloggers out there: Do you think of your penis as an epicenter of your masculinity and your being? Is the penis the tool for having sex, or do you have sex in order to appease the penis? Just curious...."
"I am a dedicated feminist. Yet, I don't like reading feminist literature/philosophy. It can be too academic, turning the topic cold, and cutting it off from actual, real women. So, I've avoided reading a lot of feminist "classics." After reading a moving article in what I believe was Bust (perhaps Bitch), I was moved to read this. The premise is wonderful-- to open women up to learning about, and feeling proud, of their Vaginas. This was done through interviewing about two hundred women, and basing monologues off those interviews.
It is in the execution where this project begins to fail. Some of the stories seem realistic and relatable, while others don't-- women who are dominatrexes are probably already in contact with their vaginas. I wish Eve had focused on the relatable stories that would empower most women, because a lot of this didn't. There were also looks at the Vagina in different cultures, which were great.
"This collection of monologues, written as a response to hundreds of interviews with women of all ages and sexual orientations, has been performed locally a couple times, but I was too nervous to go see it. It's not a play, exactly, in that there is no arc of action, no clear beginning middle or end. But it is dramatic, at turns funny, horrifying, sad, and life affirming. It would, I imagine, elicit a response; nobody would fall asleep. The monologues are about what the title says - the title is not a metaphor. I'd be careful about who I invited to join me at a show like this, but if it was the right person there would be lots to talk about afterward. This edition also has an interesting forward by Gloria Steinem, and some letters and stories from people who have seen the play at the end."
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