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by Eve Ensler (Author)
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  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Virago Press Ltd; New edition edition (3 May 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1860499260
  • ISBN-13: 978-1860499265
  • Product Dimensions: 19 x 12.6 x 1.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 9,861 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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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 'Ensler writes about vaginas as if about an unsung heroine, as if rescuing a subject from darkness' OBSERVER 'A wittily honest investigation about how women feel about their sexuality ... inescapably universal for women, it manages to be feminist without being man-hating, entertaining without being trite, and political without being earnest' EVENING STANDARD 'Fresh, funny and beguiling' DAILY MAIL 'Witty and provocative' INDEPENDENT 'Sex has never been funnier or more poignant' NEW YORK TIMES 'Women have entrusted Eve with their most intimate experiences, from sex to birthing ... I think readers, men as well as women, will emerge from these pages feeling more free within themselves - and about each other' Gloria Steinem 'Eve Ensler is the Pied Piper. She is leading women and the world to a different consciousness of the essence of women' Gillian Anderson 'Both a celebration of women's sexuality and a condemnation of its violation' NEW YORK TIMES 'Spellbinding, funny, and almost unbearably moving ... it is both a work of art and an incisive piece of cultural history, a poem and a polemic, a performance and a balm and a benediction' VARIETY 'I feel my life has changed. You don't just hook up with Eve, you become part of her crusade' Glenn Close 'Frank, humorous & moving, a compelling rhapsody of the female essence' CHICAGO TRIBUNE

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65 of 68 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An amazing book., 20 Mar 2002
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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.
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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars A victory for vaginas, a win for women!, 21 May 2001
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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!).

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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars An Amazing Book! I bought all the shop had...., 20 Dec 2001
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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1.0 out of 5 stars AVOID! AVOID!
It appears to be about women moaning avoid at all costs! The Only moaning women should do is on their backs lying down. Read more
Published 7 months ago by G. Jeffrey

5.0 out of 5 stars 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
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A must for every woman, even if only to read once. I bought this book on a recommendation from a friend who found it fascinatingly interesting. Read more
Published on 30 Aug 2006 by Megan Lock

1.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing: Pretentious female mysticism meets the feminism of the 1970s
To summarize: Today, "The Vagina Monologues" may still be exciting and meaningful for an audience in the Bible Belt of Bush Country, but for females (and males) who have enjoyed... Read more
Published on 18 Jul 2006 by Miezekatze

1.0 out of 5 stars No no no
I saw this at the University of Arizona and wow how i was disappointed. I read the book, and I was even more disappointed on how women make them selves out to be so weak so they... Read more
Published on 16 Feb 2006

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This book is definitely worth reading. It is both hilariously funny and unbearably sad, serving as a stark reminder of the violence against women which continues to be prevalent... Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars worth the read
I decided to read this book after I had seen it online and thought it looked like it would be quite an interesting read. It definitely was. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Not for the prudes!
When I first began to flick through this book, I was very taken aback. There was talk of things that you definately wouldn't talk about around the dinner table! Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars captivating, intriguing and exctiting!
One cannot help but be intrigued by this collection. I read it through in one sitting and am starting again. Read more
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