The talented group of women who have collaborated their time and energies on the production of ‘The Vagina Monologues’ here at Fairfield University were stunningly beautiful and genuine as they poured their hearts out on stage for those of you who were fortunate enough to have been able to nab a ticket to one of the three sold out performances.
As the artistic director of this piece, I have been blessed to witness the glory of this brilliant piece of scripted activism!’ This production is more than courage.’ It is more than the debunking of the unfair and unhealthy taboo that is the word ‘vagina’ in our society.
This production is more than what those who try to kill it believe it to be.
Women and girls around the world, America included, continue to suffer at the hands of patriarchy.’ The residue of the inequality between the men and women who walk this earth can be detected from the wage gap in this county all the way to sexual violence happening in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where rape is being used as a war tactic to torture and humiliate women and girls.’ This systematic sexual violence destroys entire families and communities as well.’ This is femicide.’ This is the destruction of women.
This production is the understanding that something must be done to stop the femicide that our world is waging on women and girls.’ This production is the students of Fairfield University’s awareness that college should be a mecca of ideas and questioning of these ideas while simultaneously acting as a breeding ground for political and social change in this country.’ This production is about saving humanity on this earth!’ It is about stopping the destruction of women and their vaginas ‘- OUR portals to life!
Our production of ‘The Vagina Monologues’ is about preventing the end of the world through the salvation of humanity’s greatest natural resource ‘- not oil, not gold, not George Bush ‘- but women!
‘ ‘ ‘ An ally,
‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ Gary Lee Pelletier
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