Cancer was the most terrifying, arduous, painful thing, but it was also a profound gift in the sense that I was holding… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
In the United States, the last recorded clitoridectomy for curing masturbation was performed in 1948--on a five year old girl. — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
For many years now, I feel like my own body struggle has been linked and connected with women I meet in the… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
I finally know the difference between pleasing and loving, obeying and respecting. It has taken me so many years to be okay… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
I was a waitress for nine years, which I don't regret at all. It taught me about discipline. I was always writing;… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
Our bodies are critical. If I learned anything from getting really bad cancer seven years ago, it's that your body is what… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
If you just look at the fact that a woman was central in twittering the Cairo revolution, and women were central to… — 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… — Eve Ensler Copy Share Image
