Eve Ensler

I decided to talk to women about their vaginas, to do vagina interviews, which became vagina monologues ... At first women were reluctant to talk. They were a little shy. But once they got going, you couldn't stop them. Women secretly love to talk about their vaginas. They get very excited, mainly because no one's ever asked them before.' Eve Ensler A poignant and hilarious tour of the last frontier, the ultimate forbidden zone, THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES is a celebration of female sexuality in all its complexity and mystery. Hailed as the bible for a new generation of women, it has been performed in cities and colleges throughout the world, and has inspired a dynamic grassroots movement - V-Day - to stop violence against women. Witty and irreverent, compassionate and wise, Eve Ensler's award-winning masterpiece gives voice to real women's deepest fantasies and fears, guaranteeing that no one who reads it will ever look at a woman's body, or think of sex, in quite the same way again.

The Vagina Monologues

From Eve Ensler, author of one of the most influential works of the twentieth century--The Vagina Monologues--and one of Newsweek's "150 Women Who Changed the World," comes a powerful, life-changing examination of abuse and atonement. Like millions of women, Eve Ensler has been waiting much of her lifetime for an apology. Sexually and physically abused by her father, Eve has struggled her whole life from this betrayal, longing for an honest reckoning from a man who is long dead. After years of work as an anti-violence activist, she decided she would wait no longer; an apology could be imagined, by her, for her, to her. The Apology, written by Eve from her father's point of view in the words she longed to hear, attempts to transform the abuse she suffered with unflinching truthfulness, compassion, and an expansive vision for the future. Through The Apology Eve has set out to provide a new way for herself and a possible road for others, so that survivors of abuse may finally envision how to be free. She grapples with questions she has sought answers to since she first realized the impact of her father's abuse on her life: How do we offer a doorway rather than a locked cell? How do we move from humiliation to revelation, from curtailing behavior to changing it, from condemning perpetrators to calling them to reckoning? What will it take for abusers to genuinely apologize? Remarkable and original, The Apology is an acutely transformational look at how, from the wounds of sexual abuse, we can begin to re-emerge and heal. It is revolutionary, asking everything of each of us: courage, honesty, and forgiveness.

The Apology

The author of The Vagina Monologues describes being diagnosed and treated for uterine cancer and how her illness forced her to reconnect with her own body and gave her a better understanding of the resilience of humans. 100,000 first printing.

A Memoir of Cancer and Connection

In the Body of the World

Presents a series of essays that capture the voices of adolescent women from a variety of cultures, from a Westchester teen who rejects the demands of popularity to a Republic of Congo sex slave.

The Secret Life of Girls Around the World

I Am an Emotional Creature

I monologhi della vagina

Chiedimi scusa

losing it in our security-obsessed world

Insecure at last

Interweaves memoir and observation to explain how fears on both a personal and global scale result in a less secure existence.

Losing it in Our Security-obsessed World

Insecure at Last

Publicado em 140 países, Os monólogos da vagina marcou toda uma geração com a visão hilariante e reveladora de Eve Ensler a respeito do que até então era considerada uma zona proibida, “aquela-que-não-devia-ser-nomeada”, um mistério até mesmo para as próprias mulheres. Adaptada a partir da premiada peça teatral off-Broadway que se tornou sucesso absoluto em todo o mundo, tendo inclusive diversas montagens no Brasil, esta obra revolucionária reúne uma série de histórias luxuriosas, emocionantes, singelas e, sobretudo, humanas, que transformaram o ponto de interrogação que costumava pairar sobre a anatomia feminina em um permanente sinal de vitória. Vinte anos depois de seu lançamento, Eve Ensler mostra, em um prefácio inédito, por que o seu texto continua mais atual – e necessário – do que nunca. Mesclando gargalhadas e lágrimas, a autora transporta seu público para um universo que ainda hoje muitos hesitam em desbravar, garantindo que qualquer um que leia Os monólogos da vagina jamais volte a olhar para o corpo de uma mulher da mesma maneira. “Eu estava preocupada com as vaginas. Preocupada com o que a gente pensa das vaginas, e mais preocupada ainda com o que a gente não pensa. Então, resolvi falar com mulheres a respeito do assunto. Essas conversas viraram Os monólogos da vagina. Falei com mais de duzentas mulheres: mulheres mais velhas, mais novas, casadas, solteiras, lésbicas, professoras universitárias, atrizes, executivas, profissionais do sexo, mulheres afro-americanas, hispânicas, asiáticas, caucasianas, judias. De início, elas ficavam meio relutantes, um pouco tímidas. Mas, quando começavam a falar, aí não paravam mais.”

Edição comemorativa com textos inéditos

Os monólogos da vagina

Vajina üzerine yazılmış ironik ve düşündürücü çeşitlemeler

Vajina monologları

The good body

V této knize se autorka slavných Monologů vaginy zamýšlí, co znamená „mít (v)hodné tělo“.
Enslerová se svěřuje jak s nechutí ke svému „více než čtyřicetiletému“ břichu, tak k nejrůznějším trenažerům, dietám a fašistickým osobním trenérům. Individuální výpovědi zachycují stárnoucí editorku ženského magazínu, která je dodnes pronásledována kritickými poznámkami své matky a zoufale se honí za dávno ztraceným mládím, zatímco neúnavně provádí sedy lehy, mladou Afroameričanku trpící hladem v táboře na hubnutí, portorikánskou ženu z Brooklynu, jež se nebojí velkého zadku: jejím největším děsem je povislost pozadí (tzv. druhý pár stehen), pětatřicetiletou modelku - manželku plastického chirurga, kterou její perfekcionistický manžel centimetr po centimetru mění k dokonalosti, mladou lesbičku pracující v piercingovém studiu s bradavkami propíchnutými kovovými tyčinkami, Židovku, čtyřicátnici, která si nechá kvůli staršímu manželovi zúžit vaginu, Italku, kterou v dětství zneužil matčin partner, a ona svou nejistotu obrací v nenávist k vlastnímu tělu.
Nakonec nám Enslerová představuje i několik žen, které se svým tělem dokázaly najít smír: Slavná herečka Isabella Rossellinyová hovoří o tom, jak ji propustila významná kosmetická firma, protože měla čtyřicet a byla silná a nesmlouvavá; čtyřiasedmdesátiletá masajská žena oslavuje každé tělo jako znak božské rozmanitosti; Indka, jež si sice oblíbila šlapací pás v posilovně, ale zároveň má ráda své ženské tvary, které jediné dokážou správným způsobem udržet sárí; v Afgánistánu se Enslerová setkává se zahalenou ženou, která je kvůli sladké a zakázané chuti zmrzliny ochotna riskovat uvěznění...
Kniha je působivou, hluboce dojemnou i nesmírně vtipnou výpovědí o životě dnešních žen, které mají nejrůznější schopnosti, často i velké možnosti, ale jen s velkými obtížemi jsou schopny přijímat sebe samé - svá (tak různá) těla...

(V)hodné tělo 

The Good Body

Considerado como una biblia por una nueva generación de mujeres, Los monólogos de la vagina es un libro agudo eirreverente. La obra maestra de Ensler que da voz a las fantasías y los temores más profundos del sexo femenino. «Me preocupan las vaginas. Me preocupaba lo que pensamos sobre las vaginas, y lo que no pensamos acerca de ellas... De modo que decidí hablar a las mujeres acerca de sus vaginas, entrevistar a la vagina, y así comenzaron los monólogos de la vagina. »Hablé con más de doscientas mujeres. Hablé con mujeres ancianas, con mujeres jóvenes, casadas, solteras, profesoras, actrices, profesionales, afroamericanas, hispanas, asiáticas, judías... Al principio se mostraban renuentes, un poco tímidas. Pero una vez que empezaban, no había modo de que parasen.»

Monólogos de la vagina

utajený život dívek z různých koutů světa

Jsem citlivá bytost, aneb, Srdce nezná mapu

Monologi waginy

Considerado como una biblia por una nueva generaci�n de mujeres, Los mon�logos de la vagina es un libro agudo e irreverente. La obra maestra de Ensler que da voz a las fantas�as y los temores m�s profundos del sexo femenino. �Me preocupan las vaginas. Me preocupaba lo que pensamos sobre las vaginas, y lo que no pensamos acerca de ellas... De modo que decid� hablar a las mujeres acerca de sus vaginas, entrevistar a la vagina, y as� comenzaron los mon�logos de la vagina. �Habl� con m�s de doscientas mujeres. Habl� con mujeres ancianas, con mujeres j�venes, casadas, solteras, profesoras, actrices, profesionales, afroamericanas, hispanas, asi�ticas, jud�as... Al principio se mostraban renuentes, un poco t�midas. Pero una vez que empezaban, no hab�a modo de que parasen.� ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A landmark in women's empowerment--as relevant as ever after a year marked by unprecedented political protest--that honors female sexuality in all its complexity. "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.

Monologos de la Vagina / The Vagina Monologues

Selections from the “Until the Violence Stops” Festival Featuring writings by Abiola Abrams • Edward Albee • Tariq Ali • Maya Angelou • Periel Aschenbrand • Patricia Bosworth • Nicole Burdette • Kate Clinton • Kimberle Crenshaw • Michael Cunningham • Edwidge Danticat • Ariel Dorfman • Mollie Doyle • Slavenka Drakulic • Michael Eric Dyson • Dave Eggers • Kathy Engel • Eve Ensler • Jane Fonda • Carol Gilligan • Jyllian Gunther • Suheir Hammad • Christine House • Marie Howe • Carol Michèle Kaplan • Moisés Kaufman • Michael Klein • Nicholas Kristof • James Lecesne • Elizabeth Lesser • Mark Matousek • Deena Metzger • Susan Miller • Winter Miller • Susan Minot • Robin Morgan • Kathy Najimy • Lynn Nottage • Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy • Sharon Olds • Hanan al-Shaykh • Anna Deavere Smith • Diana Son • Monica Szlekovics • Robert Thurman • Betty Gale Tyson • Alice Walker • Jody Williams • Erin Cressida Wilson • Howard Zinn This groundbreaking collection, edited by author and playwright Eve Ensler, features pieces from “Until the Violence Stops,” the international tour that brings the issue of violence against women and girls to the forefront of our consciousness. These diverse voices rise up in a collective roar to break open, expose, and examine the insidiousness of brutality, neglect, a punch, or a put-down. Here is Edward Albee on S&M; Maya Angelou on women’s work; Michael Cunningham on self-mutilation; Dave Eggers on a Sudanese abduction; Carol Gilligan on a daughter witnessing her mother being hit; Susan Miller on raising a son as a single mother; and Sharon Olds on a bra. These writings are inspired, funny, angry, heartfelt, tragic, and beautiful. But above all, together they create a true and profound portrait of this issue’s effect on every one of us. With information on how to organize an “Until the Violence Stops” event in your community, A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant, and a Prayer is a call to the world to demand an end to violence against women. “In the current era, it takes some brain racking to think of anyone else doing anything quite like Ensler. She’s a countercultural consciousness-raiser, an empowering figure, a truth-teller.” –Chicago Tribune

Writings to Stop Violence Against Women and Girls

A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant, and a Prayer

THE STORY: With THE GOOD BODY, Eve Ensler, author of The Vagina Monologues , turns her unique eye to the rest of the female form. Whether undergoing botox injections or living beneath burqas, women of all cultures and backgrounds feel compell

Drawing on conversations with hundreds of women about their genitalia, the author presents a collection of performance pieces from her show of the same name.

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