Eve Ensler is amazing and an important role model for women all over the world. I had the opportunity to preview a new one-woman show of hers called "The Good Body" in Seattle several years ago and I left a better person for it.
I'm so glad you found this passage by her, which is actually an excerpt from her "Manifesta to Young Women and Girls." Here is some more of it:
Everyone's making everything up There is no one in charge except for those Who pretend to be No one is coming No one is going to Rescue you Mind read your needs Know your body better than you Always fight back.
Ask for it Say you want it Cherish your solitude Take trains by yourself to places You have never been Sleep out alone under the stars Learn how to drive a stick shift Go so far away that you stop being afraid of Not coming back.
Say no when you don't want to do something Say yes if your instincts are strong Even if everyone around you disagrees Decide whether you want to be liked or admired Decide if fitting in is more important than finding out What you're doing here Believe in kissing.
Eve Ensler is amazing and an important role model for women all over the world. I had the opportunity to preview a new one-woman show of hers called "The Good Body" in Seattle several years ago and I left a better person for it.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you found this passage by her, which is actually an excerpt from her "Manifesta to Young Women and Girls." Here is some more of it:
Everyone's making everything up
There is no one in charge except for those
Who pretend to be
No one is coming
No one is going to
Rescue you
Mind read your needs
Know your body better than you
Always fight back.
Ask for it
Say you want it
Cherish your solitude
Take trains by yourself to places
You have never been
Sleep out alone under the stars
Learn how to drive a stick shift
Go so far away that you stop being afraid of Not coming back.
Say no when you don't want to do something
Say yes if your instincts are strong
Even if everyone around you disagrees
Decide whether you want to be liked or admired Decide if fitting in is more important than
finding out
What you're doing here
Believe in kissing.