Insecure at Last by Eve Ensler explores the paradox of security in a world obsessed with safety. Through personal stories and interviews, she reveals how this fixation can diminish our humanity and compassion. The book challenges readers to embrace vulnerability as a path to true freedom and fulfillment.
From the bestselling author of "The Vagina Monologues," a visionary memoir ofseparation and connection--to the body, the self, and the world.
"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. The Apology, written by Eve from her father's point of view in the words she longed to hear, attempts to transform the abuse she suffered with unflinching truthfulness, compassion, and an expansive vision for the future. Through The Apology Eve has set out to provide a new way for herself and a possible road for others, so that survivors of abuse may finally envision how to be free. She grapples with questions she has sought answers to since she first realized the impact of her father's abuse on her life: How do we offer a doorway rather than a locked cell? How do we move from humiliation to revelation, from curtailing behavior to changing it, from condemning perpetrators to calling them to reckoning? What will it take for abusers to genuinely apologize? Remarkable and original, The Apology is an acutely transformational look at how, from the wounds of sexual abuse, we can begin to re-emerge and heal. It is revolutionary, asking everything of each of us: courage, honesty, and forgiveness."--Jacket
A selection of original writings and illuminating essays documents the continuing problem of violence against women in works by such notables as Alice Walker, Michael Cunningham, Kathy Najimy, Jane Fonda, Maya Angelou, and Edwidge Danticat
This memoir delves into the author's personal battles with cancer and the broader conflicts surrounding women's health and empowerment. Drawing on her experiences, it weaves together themes of resilience and activism, offering an inspiring narrative that resonates deeply with readers. The work has also been adapted into a critically acclaimed play, further amplifying its impact and message. Renowned figures like Naomi Klein have praised it as a masterpiece, highlighting its significance in contemporary discussions on health and social justice.
In this daring book, internationally acclaimed author and playwright Eve Ensler offers fictional monologues and stories inspired by girls around the globe. Fierce, tender, and smart, I Am an Emotional Creature is a celebration of the authentic voice inside every girl and an inspiring call to action for girls everywhere to speak up, follow their dreams, and become the women they were always meant to be. This paperback edition features new material about starting a discussion group based on the book.
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 all across America and at hundreds of college campuses, and has inspired a dynamic grassroots movement--V-Day--to stop violence against women. Witty and irreverent, compassionate and wise, Eve Ensler's Obie Award-winning masterpiece gives voice to real women's deepest fantasies and fears, guaranteeing that no one who reads it will ever look at a woman's body, or think of sex, in quite the same way again.
In her first new work since The Vagina Monologues, her Obie Award-winning smash hit, Eve Ensler tells the story of two American women, a Park Avenue psychiatrist and a human rights worker, who go to Bosnia to help women confront their memories of war and emerge deeply changed themselves. Necessary Targets is a groundbreaking play about women and war—about the violence of dark memories and the enduring resilience of the human spirit.Melissa, an ambitious young writer, and J.S., a successful but unsatisfied middle-aged psychiatrist, have nothing in common beyond the methods they have been taught to distance themselves from other people. As J.S. begins to feel compassion for the women whose tragedies she has been sent to expose, she turns on Melissa, who finds safety in control. In an unexpected moment of revelation, J.S. and the women she is supposedly treating find a common ground, a place to be taught and a place to learn.Necessary Targets has been staged in New York by Meryl Streep, Anjelica Huston, and Calista Flockhart, and performed in Sarajevo with Glenn Close and Marisa Tomei.
Botox, bulimia, breast implants, stomach tucks - Eve Ensler is back, with another round of poignant and hilarious stories about the secret lives of women.
Eve Enslerová, žena, která propůjčuje svůj hlas ženám celého světa. Žena, která si vzala problémy žen celého světa za své. Žena, která stála u zrodu celosvětového hnutí proti násilí na ženách. Žena, která neváhala vydat se do míst, kde se znásilňování žen stalo nástrojem k bezohlednému pronikání do útrob země. Žena, která se postavila na obranu lůna žen i světa. Žena, která dala novou naději obětem znásilňování. Žena, která na vlastním těle pocítila, jaké to je, ztratit to, co dělá ženu ženou. Žena, která ví, jaké to je, bát se o život. Žena, která se o něj dokázala poprat s rakovinou. Žena, které pomohlo vrátit se do života vědomí, že přesně to umožnila tolika jiným. Žena, která se nebojí otevřeně hovořit o nejhrůznějších zločinech ani nejintimnějších záležitostech. Žena, která se neostýchala dát zaznít Monologům vaginy. Žena, která promlouvá z lůna. Žena, která promlouvá ze samého těla světa. Žena Dne V. Žena V těle světa.
