Eve Ensler on security | Video on TED.com - The Diigo Meta page

• 10 Feb 09
  

  Jaakko Helleranta

  Another excellent TEDtalk. Eva Ensler (the vagina monologue lady) talks about security and the paradox of it + things related.

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  Another excellent TEDtalk. Eva Ensler (the vagina monologue lady) talks about security and the paradox of it + things related.

  politics security women ted freedom feminism gender ensler inspiration my_bookmark_comments

• 22 Oct 08
  

  Steve Silver

  feminism women security Women and gender issues

  • Playwright Eve Ensler explores our modern craving for security -- and why it makes us less secure. Listen for inspiring, heartbreaking stories of women making change.
• 24 Sep 08
  

  "[global violence against women] is the desecration of the primary resource of planet...if we could figure out how to make women safe...it would be equal to honoring life itself"

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  • If we could understand the biological compulsions that are inherent in being a woman or man, we would have another tool in the arsenal against human suffering.
  • relevant to the current election season, where both major candidates are constantly posturing about national security, desperately trying to avoid "looking weak." If only ours was an America where admitting uncertainty and embracing the unknown were popularly interpreted as true strength

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