Eve Ensler

A (Slideshow) Talk with Antonino D'Ambrosio of Let Fury Have the Hour

E. Nina Rothe | Posted 04.26.2012

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What Antonino D'Ambrosio has done with Let Fury Have the Hour is making me rethink everything I took for granted in my life.

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Skoll Lesson Two: Be More Outrageous and Disruptive

Pat Mitchell | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Eve Ensler, Skoll World Forum, Women's Rights, V-Day, Violence Against Women, Vagina Monologues, One Billion Rising, Video, Impact News

If one billion whales, or anything else, were being violated or destroyed, the world would rise up and demand an end to violence. Yet, year after year, women and girls on every continent, in ever country, lose their lives to violence.

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Skoll Lesson One: Cracks Are Where the Light Comes In

Pat Mitchell | Posted 04.10.2012

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It is in the cracks of conflict and chaos where the light can come through and change can happen. This point was made so powerfully by the women in the session that I moderated called "Victors, not Victims."

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Notes From a Curator: Are We Listening to All Women, Everywhere?

Pat Mitchell | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Eve Ensler, Women's History Month, Media News

Speaking of real women's lives, one question perhaps trumps all others that we are asking right now: In a globalized, media-saturated world, are we as aware of the range of experiences, conversations, and considerations?

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Ensler Premieres the Occupy Monologue

Mariya Yefremova | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Eve Ensler, Democratic Republic of Congo, The Vagina Monologues, Occupy Wall Street, Arts News

Did I expect the two college guys behind me to simulate a woman's orgasm? Definitely not. But that is the beauty of the monologues, they are always evolving, taking new shape, acquiring a different life. They are always surprising you.

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'Vagina Monologues' Writer On Continuing To Fight Violence Against Women

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 04.19.2012

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Playwright, activist, and feminist Eve Ensler has revitalized the terrain with her announcement on February 14 of the ONE BILLION WOMEN initiative. The goal is to have one billion women and men demonstrate their demand to end global violence against women.

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I'm Stuck in a Bad Relationship, Part 1

Matt Petersen | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: V-Day, Democratic Republic of Congo, Environment, Eve Ensler, Matt Petersen, City of Joy, Congo, Global Green USA, Solar Power, Global Green, Conflict Minerals, Violence Against Women, Electronics, Women, Green News

What can we do to help the reduce the conflict and end this unfathomable violence against women and girls -- and increasingly boys -- in the Eastern Congo? As consumers, we can make a difference by demanding cell phones and electronic goods that are conflict mineral-free.

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How I Learned To Say The 'V-Word'

Samara O'Shea | Posted 02.13.2012

Read More: Eve Ensler, Penis, Two Broke Girls, Zooey Deschanel the New Girl, The Vagina Monologues, Vagina, Women News

I recently encountered something I never thought I'd see: A 66-year-old woman who spends most of her days talking, tweeting, and blogging about vaginas.

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Girls Set to Speak Out at TEDxWomen

Pat Mitchell | Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: Eve Ensler, The Paley Center, Ted, Tedwomen, Tavi Gevinson, Tedxwomen, Media News

As a lifelong feminist, the idea of empowering girls is especially close to my heart. Which is why girls are central to the programming for TEDxWomen this December.

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Meeting Emotional Creatures in Brooklyn

Tammy Tibbetts | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Non-Profit Workshop, She's the First, High School, I Am an Emotional Creature, Girls' Education, Brooklyn, The Vagina Monologues, Eve Ensler, Impact News

Once upon a Saturday in Brooklyn, three young women walked into the Brooklyn High School of the Arts auditorium, although very different paths led them there.

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Inner Strength and Cancer

Belinda Munoz | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Eve Ensler, Cancer, Culture News

Eve at Grace. Eve Ensler, Tony award-winning playwright, performer and activist electrified Grace Cathedral's labyrinthed space as she spoke with incredible courage and intense authenticity about cancer.

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The V-Report

Eve Ensler | Posted 10.26.2011

Read More: Women's Rights, Battered Women, V-Day, Rape, Violence Against Women, Dsk, Eve Ensler, Sexual Assault, Domestic Violence, Nafissatou Diallo, Women News

How many women never spoke up or out about sexual assault? How many women were afraid to press charges? Let the DSK dismissal be our call to rise. Let so many of us speak out that it's a landslide and it turns the tide and the method of justice.

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Eve Ensler: Melding Art and Activism

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 09.24.2011

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Ensler recently sat down for an evening with Pat Mitchell, President of the Paley Center for Media, to specifically discuss the genesis of the connectivity between her two passions.

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Be the Change: Inspiration and Advice from Activists and Celebrities

Marianne Schnall | Posted 09.07.2011

Read More: Natalie Portman, Activism, Advocacy, Gloria Steinem, Gandhi, Alice Walker, Margaret Mead, Melissa Etheridge, Eve Ensler, Women News

Media and society in general no longer inspire us or appeal to our own individual power to improve the world. In fact, we have been conditioned to leave that messy business to our elected officials. But it doesn't have to be this way.

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Exclusive Interview With Eve Ensler, Recipient of the 2011 Isabelle Stevenson Tony Award

Marianne Schnall | Posted 08.13.2011

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Playwright and activist Eve Ensler is one of the most inspiring people on the planet, and I have been blessed to have a front row seat to her amazing journey.

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Eve Ensler Responds to Case of Dominique Strauss-Kahn: "We All Need to Support the Woman"

Democracy Now! | Posted 08.07.2011

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On Monday, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund, pleaded not guilty to sexually assaulting a housekeeper, a Musl...

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OVER

Eve Ensler | Posted 07.12.2011

Read More: Sexual Violence, Women, V-Day, Rape, Violence Against Women, Congo Rape, Congo Women, United Nations, Eve Ensler, Women and Politics, Congo, Barack Obama, World News

I Am Over: A world that could allow, has allowed, continues to allow 400 thousand women, 23,00 women, or one woman to be raped anywhere, anytime of any day in the Congo.

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Finding Hope In The Democratic Republic Of Congo

Charlize Theron | Posted 06.13.2011

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When I visited the Democratic Republic of Congo for the first time, I remember feeling utterly overwhelmed. It was a trip that really opened my eyes or, should I say, slapped me in the face.

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For the Builders, the Planters, and the Refusers, on the 100th Anniversary of International Women's Day

Eve Ensler | Posted 05.25.2011

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When we finally have our voice and come together. When we stop turning on each other. When we stop worrying about our too frizzy hair or fat thighs. When we stop caring about making everyone so incredibly happy -- we got the power.

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Washington Insiders Break the Silence on Violence Against Women in V-Day DC A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant and a Prayer 2011

Diana Mao | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: National Organization for Women, Sexual Violence, V-Day, George Washington University, Violence Against Women, Michael Eric Dyson, The Vagina Monologues, V Day, Eve Ensler, Washington DC, Performance Art, Performance, Human Trafficking, Arts News

V-Day is a global, activist movement to stop violence against women and girls and the catalyst behind creative events that revitalize the spirit of anti-violence against women organizations.

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It's My Fault; Or Is It?: A New Play Explores Rape As More Than a Four Letter Word

Jill Di Donato | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eve Ensler, The Vagina Monologues, Rape and Performance, Mendacity, Arts News

A one-woman show about rape might seem like a downer. Not so with Rayner's Mendacity, where "an iron-lunged Ali Kresch" delivers a multi-faceted performance, making this harsh material digestible by the audience.

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Daring to Be Ourselves -- Financially

Manisha Thakor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Financial Security, Women's Economic Empowerment, Financial Freedom, Margaret Cho, Financial Independence, Gloria Steinem, Jane Fonda, Eve Ensler, Financial Behavior, Feminist.com, Madeleine Albright, Marianne Schnall, Business News

A statistic from that piece keeps floating through my head: Women who consistently negotiate their salaries earn $1 million more over their work lives than women who do not.

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TEDwomen 2010: "Reshaping the Future"

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women's Empowerment, World Pulse, Tony Porter, June Cohen, Madame Callista Mutharika, Women's Issues, Dina Kaplan, Shirin Neshat, Chris Anderson, Madeline Albright, The Palely Center for Media, V-Day, Suheir Hammad, Pat Mitchell, Tyrone Hayes, Sia Nyama Koroma, Gender Equality, Technology News, Malaya Pinas, Nancy Pelosi, Eve Ensler, Ted, Penelope Jagessar Chaffer, Hillary Clinton, TEDWomen Conference, Beverly & Dereck Joubert, Johanna Blakley, Stephen Lewis, Technology Entertainment Design, Naomi Klein, tedwomen2010, Technology News

When it was announced that the TED enterprise -- which features global conferences with idea innovators and change agents -- was gearing up to present a TEDwomen conference, there was immediate push back.

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No More Rape

Eve Ensler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Violence Against Women Act, V-Day, Human Rights, International Violence Against Women Act, Violence Against Women, Women's Issues, Democratic Republic of Congo, The Vagina Monologues, United Nations, President Obama, Eve Ensler, Women and War, Congo, Congo Rape, Women Rape, World News

Why are we still arguing over the definition of genocide and femicide and spending fortunes counting the numbers of raped women rather than stopping the atrocities?

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The Women's Conference 2010: Maria Shriver Inspires Women to be Architects of Change

Tabby Biddle | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Women, V-Day, Oprah Winfrey, Michelle Obama, Women's Issues, Eve Ensler, Maria Shriver, The Women's Conference, Healthy Living News

Maria Shriver says that she now understands that being outside your comfort zone doesn't mean you can't do it, you can't handle it, or that you are powerless. It just means that you are uncomfortable.

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