Posted on 06/18/2012 7:23:01 PM PDT by presidio9
A state lawmaker who says she was barred from speaking in the Michigan House because Republicans objected to her saying "vagina" during debate over anti-abortion legislation performed "The Vagina Monologues" on the Statehouse steps — with a hand from the author.
Eve Ensler, whose groundbreaking play about women's sexuality still packs theaters 16 years after it debuted, oversaw Monday night's performance by Democratic state Rep. Lisa Brown, 10 other lawmakers and several actresses.
Capitol facilities director Steve Benkovsky estimated about 2,500 spectators — women and men — watched the play in downtown Lansing from lawn chairs and blankets. Billed on Facebook as the "Vaginas Take Back the Capitol!" event, the combination play and protest included political signs and chants of "Vagina! Vagina!"
Ensler, who flew in from California, where she's overseeing production of her new play, said she was thrilled to be involved and likened the punishment meted out by the Republican leadership of the state House to "the Dark Ages."
"If we ever knew deep in our hearts that the issue about abortion ... was not really about fetuses and babies, but really men's terror of women's sexuality and power, I think it's fully evidenced here," Ensler told The Associated Press by phone Monday before arriving in Lansing.
"We're talking about the silencing of women, we're talking about censoring people for saying a body part," she said. "Half of these people who are trying to regulate vaginas, they can't even say the word."
Brown made her comments during debate last week on legislation that supporters say would make abortions safer but that opponents say would make it much harder for women to get abortions. While speaking against a bill that would require doctors to ensure abortion-seekers haven't been coerced into ending their pregnancies,
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Nope, not touching that with a ten foot pole.
Personally, I think that both of these women were talking out of their _ _ _!
ah.... on the left.
Yes. The Culture of Death. Nihilism. Materialism. Absolutely a pathetic way to “live” a life.
It is pedophile propaganda.
I should have put a /sarc on it.....just using a play on words.
She engaged in homosexual rape in public?
The Japanese sure are different, aren't they?
They too are searching for 'happiness' in the material world. It's just that their culture embraces sexuality, while ours represses it.
I don't believe they have any better results (with robots) than Hollywood celebrities do with child stars.
In the end, what you get to take with you is what you DID for others.
If they were made out of plastic, they don't count.
If you DID IT TO THEM, instead of FOR THEM, it didn't count.
Odd how those who get 'everything they want', seem to commit suicide.
“Some people are too stupid to be ashamed.”
I don’t believe I’ve ever heard a better summative description.
“Some people are too stupid to be ashamed.”
I don’t believe I’ve ever heard a better summative description.
Can you imagine if some man wrote a play with men telling stories about their genitals? Nobody, especially heterosexual men, would go to see it. It would be a huge flop.
A woman writes it, and then tells other women it is “empowering” somehow, and KA-CHING! Suckers.
Don’t worry, we will. The Japanese are perfecting the technology as we speak.
Maybe we could make them all happy if we just killed them.
I’m in a discussion about this topic with a Leftist on another message board not FR. The Michigan Legislature has rules for Floor debates and Lisa Brown ignored them. Vagina and no means no had nothing to do with the legislation. If they can’t voice an intelligent idea Leftists distract attention using nonsense rhetoric.
Odd how 'perfecting' them means that they make sure they don't act like real people.
And if you disagree with contemporary, public social politics, forget about getting a job, getting any permits, etc.
Well, who wants a robot that acts like a real person? Real people don’t always do what they are told.
If they can’t voice an intelligent idea Leftists distract attention using nonsense rhetoric.And it's easy to lie about what really happened when the media has your back.
misleading headline from AP, the “performance” was OUTSIDE the building.
If a feminist has offensive body odor and nobody goes to the performance does she still reek?
You can’t mention a dead baby when it comes to abortion. Someone seems to be off her meds and in hysterics.
You can’t mention a dead baby when it comes to abortion. Someone seems to be off her meds and in hysterics.
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