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...list of priorities, I don’t really think Valentine’s Day perpetuates any sexist agenda. And as much as I would love to say that Valentine’s Day spoils the rest of the month, we’re talking about February: impossibly dark, inexplicably short, and really freaking cold. Let’s face it: God, not cupid, ruined February for me. So really, cheers to V-Day. I have absolutely nothing against...
...years in co-ed school were filled with some of the characteristic V-Day scarring. In first grade, the 100th day of school fell on Valentine’s Day and I remember having to put 100 heart stickers on the outside of a brown paper bag under duress. That was horrendous...
...first performed off-Broadway in 1996 and chronicles the thematically similar, but distinct, stories of the more than 200 women who Ensler interviewed. Since its inception, the play has become a cultural phenomenon, tied to raising awareness of violence against women. Proceeds from this production went to V-Day 2006 Spotlight Global Campaign on Comfort Women, the Network/La Red, the Louisiana Coalition Against Domestic Violent for victims of Hurricane Katrina, and El Amel Centers in Sudan...
...venerable church at Harvard Divinity School (HDS) will be filled with genitalia-related sentiments during performances of “The Vagina Monologues,” Eve Ensler’s modern classic about female sexuality. Twenty HDS students, faculty, and staff will present the play in honor of V-Day, an international movement to end violence against women. The event is co-sponsored by the Women’s Studies in Religion Program, the Office of Student Life, and the Student Association Executive Committee. With the ticket price set at $8, organizers plan to donate all the proceeds from...
...since its initial production at Harvard produced the impetus for the group’s founding, whose oeuvre has expanded greatly over the past five years, currently “ranging from student-written to Shakespeare.” This weekend’s production is set to follow V-day (Valentine, Victory, and Vagina), an annual day of awareness about sexual violence started by Eve Ensler, which falls somewhat tragicomically, like the play itself, on February 14. After each show various vagina-themed souvenirs will be available for sale, including T-shirts, scripts, and candies shaped like you-know...