Whatever culture, whatever country, girls are taught to please others as opposed to pleasing themselves. — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
I grew up in a tradition where having ideas and contributing to the community and creating art that had an impact on… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
Political change and academic change and intellectual change are obviously crucial, but they don't necessarily change society. They can change a particular… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
Terence McKenna says, "The culture is not your friend." I am not sure we can change this culture. But I think we… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
We're always learning. We're all in the process of decolonizing ourselves - removing all the parts of us that are sexist, homophobic,… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
We get off track. Capitalism takes us off track. You get off the "real" and get on the "wheel." The "wheel" becomes… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
Rock-and-roll was an example of change in the body of the culture. I think it's really what helped bring the anti-war movement… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
What I would say to young women is: Pay attention to the real. Pay attention to what you're really thirsting for. What… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
I think culture is where things change in us deeply. But right now, I think that people are very traumatised. They are… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
When I wrote 'The Good Body,' I turned 40 and suddenly had this stomach. It seemed like the end of the world. Because I… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
Cherish your solitude. Take trains by yourself to places you have never been. Sleep out alone under the stars. — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
Why are women immobile? Because so many feel like they're waiting for someone to say, 'You're good, you're pretty, I give you permission'. — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
Terence McKenna says, "The culture is not your friend." I am not sure we can change this culture. But I think we can rise… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
What neo-capitalism does so brilliantly is that it's always subdividing and dividing, so that people are never able to be joined in their numbers… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
The verb that's been enforced on girls is to please. Girls are trained to please...I want us all to change the verb. I want… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
“De acordo com os congressistas, ouvir as experiências reais de mulheres vítimas de violência era diferente de ler as estatísticas de violência contra mulheres.… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
The clitoris is pure in purpose. It is the only organ in the body designed purely for pleasure. — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
Anorexia was my attempt to have control over my body and manipulate my body and starve my body and shape my body. It was… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
I believe in irony. And if V-Day has taught me anything, it's that if you go out with artistic, outrageous irony and humor, people are drawn to it. — Eve Ensler Copy Share
