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Laugh-out-loud funny and deeply poignant (INDEPENDENT )
A million women can't be wrong - it IS good! (Jonathan Myserson )
Fascinating ... I suggest you read it aloud on the Central Line and really wake people up (TIME OUT )
Filled with generous energy and delight (THE TIMES )
A million women can't be wrong - it IS good! (Jonathan Myserson )
Fascinating ... I suggest you read it aloud on the Central Line and really wake people up (TIME OUT )
Filled with generous energy and delight (THE TIMES )
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'I feel my life has changed. You don't just hook up with Eve, you become part of her crusade'
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74 of 77 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I picked up this book at the airport without knowing anything about it last July. Despite the fact that my teenage sons were acutely embarrassed that I was reading a book with the word vagina emblazoned across the cover in red (their education started right there!), I could not put it down until I read every word between the covers - luckily it was a long enough flight to finish. Since then I have bought 11 copies as gifts, have been to see the play 4 times (each time dragging along groups of reluctant men or eager women. This book should be compulsory reading for all men who want to understand where women 'are coming from' and all women who want to fee empowered. I am wondering if it sounds too ridiculous to say that this book changed my life. Perhaps that is an overstatement but it certainly changed the way that I feel about my own body.
It is a collection of monologues about the 'blameless vulva' written from different perspectives and covering all aspects of self-image, body awareness, female oppression, violence and a little bit of sex too. It is often very funny, but within minutes you will find yourself crying as some of the monologues are poignant and distressing. Eve Ensler has been incredibly brave in facing many of the issues head on.
Don't hesitate - buy it.
It is a collection of monologues about the 'blameless vulva' written from different perspectives and covering all aspects of self-image, body awareness, female oppression, violence and a little bit of sex too. It is often very funny, but within minutes you will find yourself crying as some of the monologues are poignant and distressing. Eve Ensler has been incredibly brave in facing many of the issues head on.
Don't hesitate - buy it.
25 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If your vagina could speak, what would it say? What would it wear? These are some of the questions asked of women during the research that became The Vagina Monologues, a internationally successful play about vaginas.
But the Vagina Monologues is not really just about vaginas, but about how they make people feel. At times entertaining, at times heart-wrenchingly sad, the book recounts the various experiences of women and their vaginas: a dominatrix; an elderly woman, unfamiliar with "down there"; a rape victim; a participant on a vagina workshop.
This is a liberating and educational read for both men and women. The mild titillation of finding the word VAGINA emblazoned across the cover soon turns to deep sympathy, empathy and introspection (and inspection!).
23 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I remembered watching Oprah months ago hearing about the book, so I bought it, and all I can say is what a book! Amazing! I can't stop talking about it. Before I never would have mentioned vagina's to anyone. My mother never mentioned vagina to me. Now when we are out I tell everyone you have to buy it. I went to my local shop and bought all they had (6 copies) for my friends. My boyfriend just laughed when he saw a book with 'Vaginia' in the title beside the bed, thinking it was porn. Then I found him reading it and he was engrossed and amazed and awed at it's content. It covers everything, leaving nothing out. It leaves you in awe of what we can do, and how we really have to stand up for other women around the world. You gotta buy this!
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All should read but when a teenager..
Great service, arrived very quickly. Great book but nothing really new for me, wish I had read when I was about 13..not 31!! Read more
Published 8 months ago by Olivia
Moving book
I waited for many years to see the play.
I heard about the performances in Portugal many years ago with our great Guida Maria starring, but I did not have the chance to go,... Read more
I heard about the performances in Portugal many years ago with our great Guida Maria starring, but I did not have the chance to go,... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Elsa
Good, but not so good if you've seen the show.
I got this book because I saw the show live on stage and loved it. I thought it'd be good to read more stories, but didn't realise that pretty much all of the stories in the book... Read more
Published 18 months ago by EvilFrozenPeas
The Vagina Monologues.
Last night (28th november) I went to see the live show... IT was AMAZING! to say the least! The theatre was packed with women and around 4 men, one of which was my partner! Read more
Published 18 months ago by Gemma-louise
A positive affirmation of all things vaginal!
So this is going to sound really cheesy but I'm going to say it anyway: this book made me love my vagina. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Cath
Vagina's can talk.
A brilliant book for those with a bit of feminist strength and determination within them (and for other feminine internal bits too! Read more
Published 23 months ago by Natalie Boon
A MUST READ FOR ANY WOMAN OR MAN
BRILLIANT BRILLIANT BRILLIANT
ONCE I STARTED READING I COULD NOT PUT DOWN
IT IS A VERY HEARTFELT TOUCHING INDEPTH VIEW OF WOMEN'S INTIMATE PARTS
I READ THIS BOOK... Read more
ONCE I STARTED READING I COULD NOT PUT DOWN
IT IS A VERY HEARTFELT TOUCHING INDEPTH VIEW OF WOMEN'S INTIMATE PARTS
I READ THIS BOOK... Read more
Published on 13 May 2010 by s
Time for an update?
A fairly interesting and at times amusing read. I was surprised to find it was written in the 90s though - had thought perhaps the 70s as it seemed a bit dated. Read more
Published on 8 Sep 2009 by C. Payne
great but not enough!!
i wanted to read this book forever, and i absolutely loved it. only one downside - so short!! i need the sequel :)
Published on 21 July 2009 by Lola Kane
Stunning !
Wow I absolutely love this play ! I'm planning to direct it and it gives men and women and insight on women like never before, for those of you that think it's anti male, your... Read more
Published on 31 May 2007 by Hazel
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