A review by shortstack48
The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler, Gloria Steinem

4.0

3.75 I think it’s important for people to speak about their vaginas, something that is not regularly talked about. I want to watch it performed because I feel like it would be a more immersive experience. The last part about V days impact was the best part to me, I really appreciate how they give back to sexual assault organizations and planned parenthood and that it’s mostly made up of volunteers. The writer doesn’t get a cut at all, I really admire the intention to reveal the truth and help others. Schools creating events surrounding it reminded me of ‘Girls Night In’. The only thing I wish is that it was longer, had more perspectives, and was added onto over time. There’s no trans women or men up in here which I would have liked to see represented in this feminism. The parts about the amazing otherworldliness of the vagina is not how I view mine, but I recognize that loving and revering it is an act of defiance, compensating for the silence. It’s poetic making these sublime comparisons. The story about a woman being conquered like Land by rapists lends the connection of the brutalities of colonization to this act.