In 1994, a play called The Vagina Monologues, written by playwright and activist Eve Ensler, broke ground, offering to the world a piece of art like nothing it had seen before. Based on over 200 interviews Ensler conducted with women, the play addressed women's sexuality and the social stigma surrounding rape and abuse, creating a new conversation about and with women.
The Vagina Monologues ran Off-Broadway for five years in New York and then toured the United States. After every performance, Ensler found women waiting to share their own stories of survival, leading her to see that The Vagina Monologues could be more than a moving work of art on violence; she decided that the performances could be a mechanism for moving people to act to end violence.
- Great credit and pride goes to the leadership of V-Day Lubbock Coalition for hosting, organizing, planning, and performing the Vagina Monologues for the past 52 years (okay, not that long but it was a very long time). As we support their much needed rest, there are a number of students, faculty, staff and community members that are taking on the charge to continue the jewel that is the Vagina Monologues for Spring 2015.
Were you in the show last year? Want to be a part of it again this year? Join Tech Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance (FMLA) to promote awareness & a pro-active organizing initiative to end violence against women & girls.
This event is a student lead initiative and the Women's Studies Program is proud to act as a support for students to organize and plan. We encourage all faculty, students and staff to become involved in this opportunity to empower women and girls to lead.
CONTACT: Tech FMLA (Feminist Majority Leadership Alliance), Sophia Dominguez <sophia.dominguez@ttu.edu> and visit us on Facebook
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Posted:
10/23/2014
Originator:
Patricia Earl
Email:
patricia.a.earl@ttu.edu
Department:
Women's Studies Program
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