Eve Ensler
‘Grace And Frankie,’ ‘The Stowaway’ And More To Read, Watch And Do This Weekend
It’s frigid out; the flu is frightful; the government might shut down; hey, at least books still exist.
‘The Post,’ National Jewish Book Award Winners And More To Read, Watch And Do This Weekend
Monday is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, so whether or not you have the holiday off, take some time this weekend to honor King’s legacy.
Writers of ‘Vagina Monologues,’ ‘The Vibrator Play’ to Feature in D.C. Theater’s American History Cycle
How will the playwright behind “The Vagina Monologues” handle American political history?
The Feminist's Valentine's Day
In some ways, pop culture is the ultimate change agent. While there still remains a tricky gauntlet of normative Valentine’s Day expectations to run each February — with ads literally demanding “buy her stuff or she won’t sleep with you” — some recent alternative traditions have done an effective job of muddying the pink overload. These are the very serious V-Day and the deliciously absurd “Galentine’s day.”
Eve Ensler's Jewish Dialogue
Describing Eve Ensler as a relentless enthusiast and dedicated feminist doesn’t begin to do her justice. The ‘Vagina Monologues’ author talks about the impact of Judaism on her work.
Eve Ensler's V-Party Revolution
Eve Ensler is working towards nothing short of a non-violent global revolution.
A Week of Jewish Bookends in London
The most striking thing about the opening of Jewish Book Week — London’s biggest book fair — was the relative lack of books. At the opening, on Saturday night, to a packed audience, Simon Sebag-Montefiore led off the presenters with an account of his much feted “Jerusalem, a Biography,” but the smorgasbord of Judaic books that had previously greeted the attendees like a literary bagel spread was notably, and deliberately, thin.
Empowering Children To Confront Disney and Despair
I’m feeling protective of my children. Perhaps it’s the fact that my baby, Rockerchik, turned 10 last week, that Girlchik is 11 going on 15, and that my eldest will be 17 this week. Now that his college applications are all in, I’m acutely aware that he will soon be leaving home. And I am very much aware of preparing each of them, as best I can, for the next chapters in their lives.
Conservative Groups: Celebrating V-Day Is Unladylike
Fourteen years after its first performance, “The Vagina Monologues” has become a February tradition. Eve Ensler’s award-winning play is a series of monologues drawn from interviews with hundreds of women of all ages and nationalities about that most intimate part of themselves — their vaginas. The resulting monologues are funny, angry, triumphant and painful. They represent a wide range of experience including pleasure, shame, abuse and empowerment. Performances are staged around the country, and many Americans find meaning in celebrating V-Day instead its commercialized counterpart, Valentine’s Day.
