Vagina Monologues

[doofqueen]

Just wanted to post about a production that i will be in next month beloe and maybe start a discussion about it. Interested in knowing who has never heard of it and for those who have what do you think? I personally am extremely proud to be a part of it

So who is coming along to hear me talk about my vagina? hehe My piece is called "Because he liked to look at it" (my main piece anyway)

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Carrie’s Place is proud to present

V-Day Maitland 2005

A Production of Eve Ensler’s performed by local women

The Vagina Monologues

2 Performances only

Friday 18th February 2005

Performance 7pm - $25 per ticket

Saturday 19th February 2005

cocktail party & performance 6pm - $50 per ticket

AT Maitland Town Hall

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and envision a world without violence



Tickets available through Carrie’s on High

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"A compelling rhapsody of the female essence. . . .

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—Chicago Tribune



“By the end of the show, the audience has moved from slightly embarrassed to highly engaged, sometimes enraged, and ultimately enlarged. They leave understanding that a woman is more that the sum of her parts, but if some of her parts are unmentionable, she is diminished” - O Magazine



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[preacha]

shouldnt this be under events?

 

[doofqueen]

no cos i want to talk about the issues involved if thats ok with everyone?

 

[astrosmurf]

DQ - what are the issues involved? that might help to promote discussion.

and are those quotes related to this performance of the VM, or another one??

i'll be down thsat way by the time this is on so if it looks good i might come along.

good luck

 

[Mean Girl]

This was hailed to have been a big catalyst and step against violence towards women, and I can certainly see the potential for it (although admittedly I don't really see it evident in...say my home town. ). It unfortunately suffers the heavy feminist stigma, which naturally repels, and blocks a whole demographic from seeing it (and they are likely the ones who need to be seeing it)

This makes a mighty funny play though, the notion of having a multitude of women take their own unique approach to the vagina on stage was intruiguing enough, let alone letting crazy trippers like doofqueen into it Theatre that makes the audience thoughtful, uncomfortable, retrospective and eye opening is always worth a second thought.

 

[rm1x]

sounds classy 8)

 

[doofqueen]

^^ wow such an open minded thing to say ... in fact it's ALL class

astro - the quotes are from last years preformance. I actually saw it and HAD to be in it this year so made sure i auditioned and was I hope you can make it

Mean girl is spot on actually. I liked her entire post. Unfortunately it's seen as very "feminist" so the people that would most benifit from it won't be bothered seeing it which really is a shame.

My piece isn't something i have written though. It's a monolougue that i will be preforming though in my own way with expression etc in the way that i relate to it.

The issues involved are basically alot of tabo subjects that women have been taught to not talk about openly such as menstruation, masturbation, hair, all ages and nationalities of women talking about what it's like to be a women, lesbinism, child abuse, adultery, rape etc etc

It's seriously FABULOUS and very in your face and raw and really worth while seeing and i think every single women that sees it will connect with it immensly and men will really have an eye opener

It's a world wide preformance that is done for Vday which is a national campaign to stop violence against girls and women around the world and you can poke around this site www.vday.org for more info

 

[keystroke]

So who is coming along to hear me talk about my vagina?

I think that's what rm1x meant when he said "sounds classy 8( "

 

[doofqueen]

how do you know? he never actually said what bit he meant *shrugs* and i did put a big grin emoticon after i said that. I just would have thought people on here would have been a *little* bit more open minded thats all.....

 

[preacha]

very in your face and raw and really worth while seeing and i think every single women that sees it will connect with it immensly and men will really have an eye opener

man, id love to take that whole quote out of context right now

 

[kandyraverchick]

I'd love to come to this... I'm in Melbourne, unfortutely I'm guessing it's in Sydney (going by your location) Will you be having a Melbourne performance?

 

[doofqueen]

^^ It's a world wide thing so i'm sure there will be a melbourne preformance (well hopefully anyway)

 

[onetwothreefour]

i would love to see this, but obviously i won't be, as i'm in melbourne. from what i've read of it, it's definitely worth checking out though.

it's interesting; i entirely agree with its premise (bringing light to subjects that are often, wrongly imo, considered taboo or even "disgusting" by some people, and i think it could be a particularly enlightening venture if it reached the right audience.

but the feminist comments are probably right - anyone who isn't a feminist or a feminist sympathiser (i'm one of them, depending on your definitions) is going to a) ignore this, and/or b) point to its confronting title as another exmaple of pointless, provocative feminist rhetoric.

i know it's not, but i think that perhaps it would have done better with another name (even though its confronting nature is still part of its point), just to increase its impact.

i also realise that this is effectively much of the problem with all socio-political art: its audience is already much-defined, and as such people who wish to change the world end up merely preaching to the converted.

but if this sounds like something you wouldn't like...well, you should probably see it

 

[onetwothreefour]

melbourne would be good

 

[rm1x]

well it MAY been sees as classy as some, but somehow I cant see if a group of guys sat around talking abou thir dicks. how they want and what not would be viewed in the same ligt as this.

It just reminds me of of fem nazi progaganda, and if anyone speaks badly of it they are labaled sexist.

I'm sure your kid will be proud to hear mummy is talking about her vagina in public

 

[onetwothreefour]

^^^ it's all perspective, and it's also - imo - all context.

perspective in regards to the fact that anyone seeing it from a feminist point-of-view will (probably) see it as an empowering exercise, whereas outside of that it could quite easily just be seen as vulgarity.

the context is most important though, i think: though it's not as if guys sit around - neither socially nor "intellectually" - "talking about their dicks", that's because males are typically the ones in control, not the ones being subjugated.

we can do whatever we want, to a certain extent, and it's not as if guys don't have dick joke after dick joke in the public vernacular.

finally, society is becoming more accepting of the fact that these double standards exist, and rather than acting *just* on the equality (which is almost as pointless as being inactive) some feminist activists are choosing to confront the issue head-on. like i said, i'm not sure if it's (always) the best way, but i can certainly see the point, and i don't really think it's lacking in class as long as it's done in a meaningful, pointed, and political manner

/end rant

 

[doofqueen]

thanks 1234 for your input

rm1x - i'm sure my son would be very proud of what i'm doing if he was old enough to nderstand what it's about. It's not vulgar at all but does deal with issues that are not exactly appropriote for children to be listening about and it will be taped and he will see it hen he's older.

In fact my son is quite the liberated young man (and no hes not a 'pussy') and has alot of respect for women (how can he not being raised by me i guess?)

how about before i label you as sexist you actually read the script or see the show and then tell me you think it will be shit? fair?

and honey... the dickl thing has been done to death.. women are not and have not been allowed at all (in general) to be open about issues relating to their vaginas.

 

[preacha]

well it MAY been sees as classy as some, but somehow I cant see if a group of guys sat around talking abou thir dicks.

its called high school

Originally posted by doofqueen women are not and have not been allowed at all (in general) to be open about issues relating to their vaginas.

for someone who is in a play with strong ties to the feminist ideal, it sounds like you still have underlying issues

females can talk about what they want. the majority are scared, theres a difference.

even then, i still disagree with the "openness" of the feminist ideal. the majority of men magazines (not porn, im talking about Esquire, QC etc) celebrate females, nearly every female magazine celebrate themselves to a vast degree instead.

meh, i dont know why i give a shit, i just dont have much concern for people discussing an orifice that gets pounded by a tube of flesh.

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also, i will be performing 'the penis rantings' at a later date. it goes for as many minutes as i have inches.....................the intermission will be longer than the play itself

 

[onetwothreefour]

^^^ lol, but still.

isn't "underlying issues" a little strong and ultimately missing the very point that you seem keen to point out?

i think it's pretty clear to even the blindest monkey that dq isn't saying that women can't LITERALLY talk about their vaginas, just that if they do so they're forced into a peripheral position in which they're seen as vulgar and pointless, as rm1x's post actually demonstrates quite well.

i entirely see your point on the men's/women's magazine thing, but i see that as going back to my "preaching to the converted" point in my first post...

 

[preacha]

^^ completely agreed

besides, i dont have a point to point out, im a troll, we've established this