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"THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES" is coming! ...

• It's an inexpensive, annual (Valentine’s Day / February) benefit production to help end violence against women and girls;

• drawn from actual interviews;

• addresses vital issues of sexuality, self-esteem, and respect;

• gives "ordinary" women (the actresses) the uncommon opportunity to speak up on gender issues with pride;

• and it's a provocative, enlightening, and FUN performance.

Find a performance happening now near you anywhere at... http://events.vday.org/search.php  ( Encourage your friends in other towns! )

--->    Mark one on your calendar now!


YouTube video links from "The Vagina Monologues"
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TEDTalks: Eve Ensler’s (2004) inspiring intro. (click here) [21 min.]
--- includes the usual VM Introduction

Introduction  [3:44]
Hair  [2:27]
The Flood, part 1 [3:40]
The Flood, part 2 [5:39]
Because He Liked To Look At It [5:09]
Over It  [6:34]
Wear And Say  [2:18]
Reclaiming C*** [2:26]
Under The Burqa  [4:07] 
The Little Coochi Snorcher That Could [7:18]
Rape  [2:07]
My Vagina Was My Village [3:16]
My Angry Vagina [5:39]
Vagina Happy Fact [0:34]
Vagina Not-So-Happy Fact [0:46]
The Woman Who Loved To Make Vaginas Happy  [9:26]
I Was 12 [5:41]
Interview With A Lesbian  [4:54]
Measurements  [8:25]
Crooked Braid [6:28]
My Short Skirt [1:57]
The Vulva Club  [7:51]
Comfort Women  [4:34]
Deforestation  [3:25]
The Vagina Workshop [8:12]
What If I Told You I Did Not Have A Vagina  [2:21] - (American Sign Language)
They Beat the Girl Out of My Boy  [4:30]
In Memory Of Her Face  [6:51]
Fur Is Back  [11:25]
I Was There In The Room  [3:55] - (American Sign Language)
 

The Other War: Iraq Veterans Speak Out on Shocking Accounts of Attacks on Iraqi Civilians

Norman Solomon, author of the book and documentary "War Made Easy: How Presidents and Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death."

Jeremy Scahill (part 1), author of "Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army," writes, "Blackwater is the elite Praetorian Guard for the 'global war on terror,' with its own military base, a fleet of twenty aircraft, and 20,000 private contractors at the ready. Run by a multimillionaire Christian conservative who bankrolls President Bush and his allies, its forces are capable of overthrowing governments." From Iraq to New Orleans, Blackwater has continued to pull in multi-million-dollar government contracts, mostly without accountability and in near-secrecy.

Robert Fisk, veteran war correspondent and one of the world's most experienced journalists covering the Middle East. He has reported from across the Arab world for the past thirty years. His latest book is "The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East."

Jeremy Scahill, Puffin Foundation Writing Fellow at The Nation Institute and the author of the forthcoming book, "Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army." Website for the book... http://www.blackwaterbook.com

Two leading Palestinian-American voices.
Rashid Khalidi, Edward Said Professor of Arab Studies and the Director of the Middle East Institute at Columbia University. His new book is called "The Iron Cage: The Story of the Palestinian Struggle for Statehood."

Ali Abunimah, creator and editor of The Electronic Intifada and more recently of Electronic Iraq. His new book is "One Country: A Bold Proposal to End the Israeli-Palestinian Impasse."

STOP everything!  You have time for this.  Treat yourself to a couple minutes to enjoy this endearing YouTube video from Sydney, Australia (9/22/06).  Turn on your sound... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr3x_RRJdd4

P.S. – A ban on such behavior hit the news...

And now there have been over 1,590 videos posted and a world-wide movement website!... http://www.FreeHugsCampaign.org

Belgium (Antwerp, 1/18/07)

Brazil (Belem, 4/13/07)

Brazil (Brasília, 11/26/06)

Brazil (Goiânia, 10/25/06)

Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, 1/28/07)

Canada (Toronto, 10/1/06)

Canada (Vancouver, 2/12/07)

China (10/21/06)

Colombia (Bogota, 12/8/06)

England (London, 2/13/07)

France (Paris, 4/19/07)

Israel (Jaffa, 11/30/06)

Israel (Tel Aviv, 10/7/06)

Japan (Tokyo, 11/7/06, 5:13 long)

Korea (Seoul, 10/17/06)

Mexico (Mexico City, 10/29/06, 4:28 long)

Netherlands (Amsterdam, 10/28/06)

Netherlands (Beverwijk, 12/6/06)

Netherlands (Maastricht, 12/26/06)

Norway (Trondheim, 12/7/06)

Peru (10/29/06, 4:17 long)

Portugal (Braga, 4/19/07)

Romania (Bucharest, 12/28/06)

Russia (10/12/06, a parade!, 1:45 long)

Spain (Seville, 2/22/07)

Spain (Seville university, 3/17/07)

Spain (Spanish song, 10/30/06)

Thailand (Bangkok, 2/21/07, pen on notebook paper at night!, 4:32 long)

Venezuela (Caracas, 10/13/06)

United States (Hollywood, 10/31/06, costumes, 5:17 long)

WORLD compilation (1/16/07, 3:57 long)

Here are pic links from our St. Louis 4-year anti-war protest Monday, 3/19/07...

Tombstones of fallen US troops matched with 1/60 of the Iraqi war dead... http://wikilou.com/wiki/images/uploads/thumb/e/e4/IMG_0096.JPG/800px-IMG_0096.JPG

March begins with the Bill now proposed that would fund troops in Iraq 1-3 years from now... http://wikilou.com/wiki/images/uploads/thumb/9/9c/IMG_0104.JPG/800px-IMG_0104.JPG

March of the Coffin for the war dead... http://wikilou.com/wiki/images/uploads/thumb/5/59/IMG_0118.JPG/800px-IMG_0118.JPG

March of the Deed of Congress' ownership... http://wikilou.com/wiki/images/uploads/thumb/8/82/IMG_0147.JPG/450px-IMG_0147.JPG

Die-In when the Deed was taken at the Federal Building... http://wikilou.com/wiki/images/uploads/thumb/e/e8/IMG_0176.JPG/800px-IMG_0176.JPG