As a 15-year-old girl, it is so easy to be taken in by the burdens of girlhood. We absorb so much of our surrounding influences, it is easy to find yourself feeling lost and emotional. In Emotional Creature, playwright and activist Eve Ensler teaches us to love these emotions and utilize them.
Not every playwright wants their work to start a movement. That's where Eve Ensler differs. Therefore, it is not surprising that Ensler's new theatrical endeavor, Emotional Creature, would take on issues faced by girls across the world.
I felt like there was no purpose to being in this world and there were even times when I thought that I was a mistake. All of this changed when I stumbled upon an audition for the reading of Emotional Creature.
We are taught to pick ourselves apart: our thighs, our hair, our stomachs, our arms, our lips, our eyes, all of it wrong. When we're not hating ourselves, we are hating each other.
If the past six months proved anything about the battle between the sexes, it was that many men have absolutely no idea how women think or feel. And although show business is often cited as an indicator of cultural progress, sometimes it sends mixed messages.
Few people would deny Eve Ensler credit for the impact she has had on women's lives around the world. It's easy to understand why Newsweek named Ensler as one of its "150 Women Who Changed Our World."
Playwright Eve Ensler, made famous by her revolutionary Vagina Monologues, takes another bold, beautiful and inspiring step forward with her new play, Emotional Creature.
"I Am an Emotional Creature: The Secret Life of Girls Around the World" (Villard, 176 pages, $20), by Eve Ensler: Anyone familiar with the work of act...