FUNNY WOMEN: Intersectional Literary Festival Q&A
But enough about my credentials, which are copious.
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Posts Tagged: Eve Ensler
Notable Los Angeles: 6/10–6/16
Literary events in and around L.A. this week!
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Notable Chicago: 5/31–6/6
Literary events in and around Chicago this week!
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Notable NYC: 9/29–10/5
Literary events in and around NYC this week!
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Ready for Change: Discussing Sexual Assault with SafeBAE
The co-founders of SafeBAE discuss the challenges and victories of teaching students about rape culture, consent, and anti-bullying.
...moreThe New Women’s Revolution
Last December, a group of feminist activists from all over the world met and discussed a new women’s solidarity movement. The full discussion, with an introduction by Eve Ensler, is up now at Guernica. Now is the time for women to write a different story, grown from the everyday struggles and experiences of those who are […]
...moreEve Ensler on the Congo, Cancer, and Connection
For Guernica, Rumpus interviewee/contributor Michael Klein interviews Eve Ensler, creator of “The Vagina Monologues” about her work in the Congo, overcoming stage-3 ovarian cancer, and reconnecting with her body, all of which is described in her new memoir In the Body of the World. This latest book, like all her others, doesn’t pull any punches, but it’s […]
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The Big Idea: Eve Ensler
Writer, journalist, activist, and lifelong feminist Eve Ensler talks with Suzanne Koven and explores the body’s relationship to the desecration of the earth, the importance of listening to the “real” in ourselves, and how it feels to be known as “the woman who wrote The Vagina Monologues.”
...moreReckoning With Torture
Kelly Clark and Eve Ensler both read a speech originally given by President Bush against torture after the Abu Ghraib photos came out as part of PEN and the ACLU’s “staged readings showcasing declassified documents that detail America’s post-9/11 torture program.” Watch the videos here.
...moreNotable New York, This Week 4/12 – 4/18
This week in New York The Future of Criticism with Lorin Stein and Maud Newton, John D’Agata and Thalia Field discuss the lyric essay, Alice Walker on activism, Salman Rushdie and Lee Bollinger discuss free speech in a globalized world, Mikael Kennedy shows his Polaroids at the Chelsea Hotel and Congress for Curious People symposium […]
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