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This collaborative effort between two activist artists is very well-meaning and does have some strong content. It evolved out of Ms. Ensler's conversations with women who approached her after the earliest performances of The Vagina Monologues, women who felt the need to witness to her, to tell their own experiences. However, very little of that detail exists in these many pages, and the effort feels more like an overgown pamphlet than a real book. That is a shame, considering the true excellence of Ensler's and photographer Joyce Tenneson's work, as well as the strength of the "V Day" cause that sales of this work help to raises funds for. In 2004, V Day had grown to 2300 events and had raised 25 million dollars to support women's rights. The Vagina Monologues gets much of its considerable power from the specificity, the viscerality and the humor of the play. Yet all of these elements are missing from this collaboration. The book is laid out rather cheesily, with portraits of "Vagina Warriors" next to very brief statements that speak to the idea of the Vagina Warrior in modern society. In the end, this is a souvenir, not really much of a book. Ensler's text is minimal, and the photographs are not even given full-page treatment, nor are they printed particularly well. But if what you want is a souvenir for a truly amazing movement, it's certainly fine as such. --Mike McGonigal
From Publishers Weekly
As the Obie Award-winning author of The Vagina Monologues defines them, the eponymous warriors are "fierce," "no longer beholden to social customs," "citizens of the world" and "community makers," who "cherish humanity over nationhood" and "work primarily on a grassroots level." And, "like vaginas, warriors are central to human existence, but they still remain largely unvalued and unseen." In this collaboration with photographer Tenneson (Wise Women), the focus is on the women (and sometimes men) involved in V-Day, a movement designed to raise consciousness about and funds for anti-violence organizations across the globe. Tenneson's posed duotone photographs (which vary in clarity and interest) show these warriors against the mottled background of a typical photo studio; facing pages feature quotes from the subjects or snippets from Ensler's introductory essay. Actress Rosie Perez notes how she "became a Vagina Warrior to be part of the healing process and to help those in pain stand tall." Karin Heisecke, a young German woman, describes how she got bakeries to list abuse help-lines on their bread packaging. Personal finance guru Suze Orman grins fiercely but offers no quote about her own position in the brigades. Other warriors featured include Gloria Steinem, Ricki Lake, Jane Fonda and numerous organizers of V-Days throughout the world. It's a great idea that could have made a great book-but this volume's minimal text ensures that it will appeal primarily to those who are already enlisted to the cause.
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This collaborative effort between two activist artists is very well-meaning and does have some strong content. It evolved out of Ms. Ensler's conversations with women who approached her after the earliest performances of The Vagina Monologues, women who felt the need to witness to her, to tell their own experiences. However, very little of that detail exists in these many pages, and the effort feels more like an overgown pamphlet than a real book. That is a shame, considering the true excellence of Ensler's and photographer Joyce Tenneson's work, as well as the strength of the "V Day" cause that sales of this work help to raises funds for. In 2004, V Day had grown to 2300 events and had raised 25 million dollars to support women's rights. The Vagina Monologues gets much of its considerable power from the specificity, the viscerality and the humor of the play. Yet all of these elements are missing from this collaboration. The book is laid out rather cheesily, with portraits of "Vagina Warriors" next to very brief statements that speak to the idea of the Vagina Warrior in modern society. In the end, this is a souvenir, not really much of a book. Ensler's text is minimal, and the photographs are not even given full-page treatment, nor are they printed particularly well. But if what you want is a souvenir for a truly amazing movement, it's certainly fine as such. --Mike McGonigal
From Publishers Weekly
As the Obie Award-winning author of The Vagina Monologues defines them, the eponymous warriors are "fierce," "no longer beholden to social customs," "citizens of the world" and "community makers," who "cherish humanity over nationhood" and "work primarily on a grassroots level." And, "like vaginas, warriors are central to human existence, but they still remain largely unvalued and unseen." In this collaboration with photographer Tenneson (Wise Women), the focus is on the women (and sometimes men) involved in V-Day, a movement designed to raise consciousness about and funds for anti-violence organizations across the globe. Tenneson's posed duotone photographs (which vary in clarity and interest) show these warriors against the mottled background of a typical photo studio; facing pages feature quotes from the subjects or snippets from Ensler's introductory essay. Actress Rosie Perez notes how she "became a Vagina Warrior to be part of the healing process and to help those in pain stand tall." Karin Heisecke, a young German woman, describes how she got bakeries to list abuse help-lines on their bread packaging. Personal finance guru Suze Orman grins fiercely but offers no quote about her own position in the brigades. Other warriors featured include Gloria Steinem, Ricki Lake, Jane Fonda and numerous organizers of V-Days throughout the world. It's a great idea that could have made a great book-but this volume's minimal text ensures that it will appeal primarily to those who are already enlisted to the cause.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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