The Vagina Monologues

Eve Ensler's Vagina Monologues has had a lot of press, good and bad, since she first compiled her interviews into an entertaining, celebratory, moving, and thoughtful show. What's wrong with talking about something half the population have? What's the stigma here? Ou of this became V-day, against domestic violence and for the protection of women. If it takes a few monologues that make the sensitive uncomfortable to put women on the agenda again in a world where violence against women is often ignored or regarded as trivial, then it is all for the good. And what woman hasn't thought about most of the issues in Ensler's work, even if she's never said it? The film version is a good record of a brave piece of theatre, but to get the full effect see a mixed cast, see a local performance, just don't dismiss it.