Vagina Revolution!

Before I begin I want to point out, due to the sensitive nature of the topic, that this post in no way meant to be disrespectful or offensive to anyone.

That being said, it's V-Day so let's talk about what a vagina revolution looks like.


This past Saturday I had the pleasure of seeing Chapman's version of the Vagina Monologues. For those of you that may not know, the Vagina Monologues were derived from a series of interviews with over 200 women about their memories and experiences of sexuality.

This was my second time going to the play so I was definitely not a virgin to V-Day. Also, my girlfriend was performing so I had some extra motivation to attend. From the first act, the audience was completely taken off guard by the serveral (and most times ludicrous) names, of which I will not begin to mention, given to a woman's treasure box. If their vagina could talk there were various things that it would say like "slow down" or things that it would wear like "diamonds", "pink boas", "something machine washable", and "leather jackets".

During the more substantive portions of the show, there was a woman who became romantically fond of women after several sexually abusive moments with men during her childhood. There was a woman who stopped having sex because she had fears left over from a previous sexual experience. There were women whose vaginas were celebrated and valued and others whose vaginas were scared and exploited. I'm sure, watching it, many fellas felt very uncomfortable and shocked at some of the testimonies and memories the women shared. However, I took from the show that women were synonymous with their vaginas. Which means, they were happy when their vaginas were, scared when their vaginas were, devalued when their vaginas were, and celebrated when their vaginas were. The monologues, at best, were about the spiritual uplift of women everywhere letting them know that they are invaluable beings and deserve to be treated with love, dignity, and equality.

If you feel what I'm sayin' you have just joined the Vagina Revolution!--where we are taking the world back for women, one vagina at a time!