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Eve Ensler notes that capitalism keeps people split, so they can’t join in strength. She says humor and irony can draw people in, even on days like V‑Day. She also points out how many people feel sad, broke, or worried, and how prisons hold millions, showing how society can hurt and help at once.

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People are more afraid to love than they are to kill.

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Danger lurks when people are dissociated and detached from their own story or feelings.

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I think so much of neoliberalism and capitalism has caused people to live in a state of greed, fear and consumption that…

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Do I think it's great that we have a celebrity system where some people matter and some people don't? No. But do…

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Theater has an incredible capacity to move people to social change, to address issues, to inspire social revolution.

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Writing and giving voice to what I am feeling makes me happy. And supporting people in finding their voice, passion, outrage and…

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Today the United States has the highest prison population in the world, over 2.1 million people. ... We lock people up at…

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People think that when you're connected with other people it's more painful. The opposite is true. When you're connected to the river…

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I try not to think about what people think of me. You can't, because then you get hung up in all the…

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Security is elusive. It's impossible. We all die. We all get old. We all get sick. People leave us. People change us.…

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My dream is that people will find a way back home, into their bodies, to connect with the earth, to connect with…

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I am not saying people shouldn't be held accountable for terrible acts. But holding people in prisons does not necessarily make them…

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I was a young feminist in the '70s. Feminism saved my life. It gave me a life. But I saw how so…

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The fact that women have been moving forward, that a woman was running for president, that we had a black president -…

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We have to know people who are outside of our own circle, we have to reach out to people we don't know,…

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I think there are so many children being brought up in some form of violence, be it violence of poverty or sexism…

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What we all have to know is the struggle is long. It's long. It may not end in our lifetimes. But the…

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Good is towing the line, being behaved, being quiet, being passive, fitting in, being liked, and great is being messy, having a…

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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…

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There is a beautiful expression in Nicaragua: "struggle is the highest form of song". I love that. We are in the struggle.…

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This artistic uprising we had the other night in Washington Square park: there was poetry, there was dance, there was song, there…

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I think culture is where things change in us deeply. But right now, I think that people are very traumatised. They are…

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I believe in irony. And if V-Day has taught me anything, it's that if you go out with artistic, outrageous irony and…

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I've been involved in social activism my entire life, and I would argue that many people involved in social activist movements have…

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I think the thing that has always made me happy is being in the struggle, in a community of struggle with other…

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We live in a racist world. Everywhere there is racism. We say to White people, "You really have to examine how you…

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I am worried about this word, this notion - security. I see this word, hear this word, feel this word everywhere. Security…

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I think for me, happiness is crucial, but I think we think that happiness comes from amassing goods and getting things and…

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I think when people begin to tell their stories, everything changes, because not only are you legitimised in the telling of your…

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What I feel now is connected to people. I feel connected and I feel a lot of love for people. I feel…

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I think to be honest, that being is inside. I meet that being in so many people that I meet everywhere in…

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People need to dance. I'd say dance at least twice a day. That's how to get your energy up and how you…

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What neo-capitalism does so brilliantly is that it's always subdividing and dividing, so that people are never able to be joined in…

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I feel very passionate that we need CAT scanners in every country in the world. There's not a CAT scanner in all…

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Denial is really death. People think that when you're connected with other people it's more painful. The opposite is true. When you're…

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We have no idea how many women were raped in wars - because no one ever asked. So sometimes when people say…

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I really believe that is helping people. I've been talking to oncologists about how we can re-frame and re-think the chemo process,…

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People are sad. People are broke. People are worried about money, people are worried that they're not enough and not amounting to…

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The people who are on the front lines every day in hospitals, nurses, the people who are running clinics, the people who…

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You know I think so many of us live outside our bodies. My dream is that people will find a way back…

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I have been struggling to find my way back into my body my whole life.

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The clitoris is pure in purpose. It is the only organ in the body designed purely for pleasure.

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Anorexia was my attempt to have control over my body and manipulate my body and starve my body and shape my body. It was…

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…

People didn't feel so much shame around it and that they didn't feel so much humiliation around it. And the other thing that people…

Cancer essentially lives in us and becomes activated at some point, and then cells begin to psychotically divide. Initially, the cancer cell looks like…

Today the United States has the highest prison population in the world, over 2.1 million people. ... We lock people up at a rate…