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From: CK VISHWANATH <ckvishwan...@gmail.com>
To: C.K. Vishwanath <ck_vishwanath2...@yahoo.com>
Sent: Sun, 21 March, 2010 9:58:21 AM
Subject: Re: Women's Month Celebration: Vagina Monologue
On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 9:54 AM, Rinita Mazumdar <revfemini...@gmail.com> wrote:
Hey Guys and Gals,
>Absolutely excited!!! At least saw a play worth watching, brought in the
>notion of GLOBAL FEMINISM the play is calledVAGINA MONOLOGUE, and is by the
>author Eve Ansler.
>
>We must absolutely perform the play in India. There are several things worth
>about the play: (some of the women in this play performed in my plays "Sutteee
>debate in the British Parlour and the Kitchen" where I went through a
>quasi-Taslima type adventure with the Hindu Temple at the forefront!!!!!)
>
>The play "VAGINA MONOLOGUE" is worth watching for several reasons:
>1) While it talks about the universal phenomena such as rape it also talks
>about women's pleasure (a taboo subject in phallo centric order)
>But I think the best thing about the play is this:
>it really moves away from the notion of a hegemonic US dominated "feminism" to
>women's oppression globally. So while one performed and spoke of the Female
>Genital Mutilation, the other performer on the stage talked about how women's
>bodies are mutilated and commodified in Western Capitalist society via use of
>silicon boobs and artificial beauty product and so on many of which are
>actually very harmful for the body; a parallel in India is the craze to whiten
>skins (spans both genders but more so on women).
>
>So, this shows, that women's bodies whether veiled or open are all products of
>patriarchy and that is the best msg of the play besides being very sex
>positive about women taking control of their bodies and refusing to obey
>patriarchical taboos and laws of pleasure and performance.....
>
>Let us think and try to make an "Indian" version of "VAGINA MONOLOGUE",
>
>Rinita
>
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