Silenced Mich. lawmaker does 'Vagina Monologues'

[Almira]

Posted: 6/19/12 at 7:26pm

Silenced Mich. lawmaker does 'Vagina Monologues'

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A state lawmaker who says she was barred from speaking in the Michigan House because Republicans objected to her saying "vagina" during debate over anti-abortion legislation performed "The Vagina Monologues" on the Statehouse steps — with a hand from the author.

Eve Ensler, whose groundbreaking play about women's sexuality still packs theaters 16 years after it debuted, oversaw Monday night's performance by Democratic state Rep. Lisa Brown, 10 other lawmakers and several actresses.

Capitol facilities director Steve Benkovsky estimated about 2,500 spectators — women and men — watched the play in downtown Lansing from lawn chairs and blankets. Billed on Facebook as the "Vaginas Take Back the Capitol!" event, the combination play and protest included political signs and chants of "Vagina! Vagina!"

Ensler, who flew in from California, where she's overseeing production of her new play, said she was thrilled to be involved and likened the punishment meted out by the Republican leadership of the state House to "the Dark Ages."

http://news.yahoo.com/silenced-mich-lawmaker-does-vagina-monologues-235603374.html

[TheatreDiva90016]

Posted: 6/19/12 at 7:48pm

And here is where ART kicks their ass!

[dramamama611]

Posted: 6/19/12 at 9:00pm

I still can't believe she was barred. Should she have said, "Cooch"? "Box"? "Beaver"? "Sweet Spot"? "Woo-Woo"?


Leave it to a bunch of straight, out of touch, white guys to think appropriate wordage is "icky".