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Ensler says she knows Vagina Warriors when she sees them because of their clarity of purpose, their strength and fearlessness. Ensler is fond of talking about her hero, a Kenyan Vagina Warrior named Agnes Pareyio.
“I met Agnes three years ago, and she taught me the concept of the Vagina Warrior,” she says. “Agnes was genitally mutilated when she was a little girl. Her vagina was ripped open, but so was her soul. She said she...
Agnes saved 1500 girls from being cut on her journey. When Ensler learned about her work, she gave Agnes a jeep, allowing her to save 4,500 more girls from being genitally mutilated. V-Day then raised $60,000 to buy Agnes a house, which now serves as a safe...
Veronica Guerin emerges under unusual auspices. Its producer is ubiquitous uber-mogul Jerry Bruckheimer, its director Joel Schumacher, a Hollywood stalwart whose work ranges from grit (Tigerland) to glitz (Batman & Robin). Screenwriters Carol Doyle and Mary Agnes Donaghue are also Americans. Yet the film resists the tugs of Hollywood melodrama...
Their students' lack of preparation for more sophisticated work forces AP teachers to make a Hobson's choice: teach all the high-level curriculum, which may mean moving too quickly for some students, or slow down the presentation of material so that no child is left behind. The result: AP...