Eve Ensler author of The Vagina Monologues and Michigan State Rep. Lisa Brown in Michigan
Michigan unemployment rate 8.5%
Posted on 06/18/2012 7:23:01 PM PDT by presidio9
A state lawmaker who says she was barred from speaking in the Michigan House because Republicans objected to her saying "vagina" during debate over anti-abortion legislation performed "The Vagina Monologues" on the Statehouse steps — with a hand from the author.
Eve Ensler, whose groundbreaking play about women's sexuality still packs theaters 16 years after it debuted, oversaw Monday night's performance by Democratic state Rep. Lisa Brown, 10 other lawmakers and several actresses.
Capitol facilities director Steve Benkovsky estimated about 2,500 spectators — women and men — watched the play in downtown Lansing from lawn chairs and blankets. Billed on Facebook as the "Vaginas Take Back the Capitol!" event, the combination play and protest included political signs and chants of "Vagina! Vagina!"
Ensler, who flew in from California, where she's overseeing production of her new play, said she was thrilled to be involved and likened the punishment meted out by the Republican leadership of the state House to "the Dark Ages."
"If we ever knew deep in our hearts that the issue about abortion ... was not really about fetuses and babies, but really men's terror of women's sexuality and power, I think it's fully evidenced here," Ensler told The Associated Press by phone Monday before arriving in Lansing.
"We're talking about the silencing of women, we're talking about censoring people for saying a body part," she said. "Half of these people who are trying to regulate vaginas, they can't even say the word."
Brown made her comments during debate last week on legislation that supporters say would make abortions safer but that opponents say would make it much harder for women to get abortions. While speaking against a bill that would require doctors to ensure abortion-seekers haven't been coerced into ending their pregnancies,
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Eve Ensler author of The Vagina Monologues and Michigan State Rep. Lisa Brown in Michigan
Michigan unemployment rate 8.5%
“She (Eve Ensler) may loathe the rise of princess culture and the way it teaches girls to aspire to be trophy wives instead of artists and leaders and captains of industry, but she respects that not everyone sees the issues through her eyes.”
“That’s why she didn’t refuse to buy her granddaughter a Barbie doll, even though she despises the toy and the distortion of women’s bodies it projects. She did, however, search high and low for the limited edition “Barbie for President” doll.”
Eve Ensler (left)
And not the "Divorce Barbie"? (Comes with Ken's house, car, etc.)
The Gemenoid F Bot, from the country that brought you vending machines selling used women's underwear...
And just think, with the technology we have for vocal simulation, these things can be programmed to say whatever you want them to say and even respond to commands. With the coming advent of sensory inputs from computer programs, a whole lot of human activities can be ‘simulated’. ... And we wonder why God will roll all this up some where/when like a scroll.
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