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From the bestselling author of The Vagina Monologues and one of Newsweek's 150 Women Who Changed the World, a visionary memoir of separation and connection—to the body, the self, and the world Playwright, author, and activist Eve Ensler has devoted her life to the female body—how to talk...

A poignant and hilarious tour of the last frontier, the ultimate forbidden zone, The Vagina Monologues is a celebration of female sexuality in all its complexity and mystery. Hailed as the bible for a new generation of women, it has been performed in cities and colleges throughout the world, and has inspired a dynamic grassroots movement, V-Day, to stop violence against women.

Botox, bulimia, breast implants: Eve Ensler, author of the international sensation The Vagina Monologues, is back, this time to rock our view of what it means to have a “good body.” “In the 1950s,” Eve writes, girls were “pretty, perky. They had a blond Clairol wave in their hair. They...

Like millions of women, Eve Ensler has been waiting much of her lifetime for an apology. Sexually and physically abused by her father, Eve has struggled her whole life from this betrayal, longing for an honest reckoning from a man who is long dead. After years of work as an anti-violence activist, she decided she would wait no longer; an apology could be imagined, by her, for her, to her.

A landmark in women’s empowerment—as relevant as ever after a year marked by unprecedented political protest—that honors female sexuality in all its complexity. "I was worried about vaginas. I was worried about what we think about vaginas, and even more worried that we don't think about...

Listen to Obie Award-winning playwright Eve Ensler discuss her play, The Vagina Monologues, a Random House Audible audio exclusive!

Iraq War critic Cindy Sheehan and renowned playwright Eve Ensler discuss the power of protests and their impact on policies and public opinion. They explain the ways in which petitions, rallies, and marches can capture the attention of lawmakers, voters, and the news media. Ms. Sheehan recounts taking her anti-war message to the president's doorstep.

Devo chiederti scusa, mia piccola Eve. Devo spiegarti come ho potuto oltrepassare quel confine, il tabù supremo. Come ho potuto desiderare la mia bambina così appassionatamente. I primi anni ho combattuto il desiderio, sai? Mi limitavo a entrare in camera tua e guardarti dormire. Ero innamorato della tua innocenza, della tua tenerezza angelica. Poi, quando avevi cinque anni, un giorno piangevi forte e io non sapevo più come consolarti, e ho cominciato ad accarezzarti, Eve. Da allora non sono più riuscito a smettere.

Considerado como una biblia por una nueva generación de mujeres, Los monólogos de la vagina es un libro agudo e irreverente. La obra maestra de Ensler que da voz a las fantasías y los temores más profundos del sexo femenino.

Ce recueil rassemble des textes écrits par une cinquantaine d'écrivaines et écrivains américains, sous la direction d'Eve Ensler et Mollie Doyle, pour servir de base à l'organisation d'événements contre les violences faites aux femmes et aux filles. Les bénéfices de la vente de ce livre parlant seront versés à La Cité de la Joie, le centre révolutionnaire fondé par Eve Ensler et le Dr Denis Mukwege, prix Nobel de la Paix, où trouvent refuge et soutien les victimes de viols de guerre en République Démocratique du Congo.

Qui écoute ce texte ne regarde plus le corps d'une femme de la même manière. Qui écoute ce texte ne pense plus au sexe de la même manière. Depuis sa parution aux États-Unis en 1998, Les Monologues du vagin ont déclenché un véritable phénomène culturel : rarement pièce de théâtre aura été jouée tant de fois, en tant de lieux différents, devant des publics si divers... Mais que sont donc ces Monologues dans lesquels toutes les femmes se reconnaissent ? Il s'agit ni plus ni moins de la célébration touchante et drôle du dernier des tabous : celui de la sexualité féminine.

De Christine de Pizan aux Femen, en passant par Olympe de Gouges, Virginia Woolf ou Antoinette Fouque, ce livre audio réunit des textes historiques et fondateurs des luttes des femmes lus par des comédiennes et des chanteuses. Il célèbre, à l'occasion des cinquante ans de la naissance du Mouvement de libération des femmes (MLF) et du 8 Mars 2019, journée internationale des femmes, les infatigables combats des femmes et dénonce les injustices qui leurs sont faites.