A
      Success
      Despite
      The
     
     
      Weather:
      The
      Vagina
     
     
      Monologues
      Came
      Again!
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      By
      Laura
      FANNING
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Even
      bad
      weather
      couldn't
      keep
      y
     
    
   
   
    
     
      enthusiastic
      fans
      away
      from
      the
      Vagina
     
     
      Monologues.
      The
      show
      was
      a
      huge
      suc-
     
     
      cess,
      with
      the
      Thursday
      and
      Friday
      night
     
     
      shows
      filling
      to
      approximately
      eighty-five
     
     
      percent
      and
      the
      Saturday
      night
      show
      sell-
     
     
      ing
      out.
     
    

    
     
      For
      five
      bucks,
      people
      enjoyed
     
     
      the
      personal,
      the
      political,
      and
      the
      some-
     
     
      times
      down-right
      raunchy
      monologues
      pre-
     
     
      sented
      by
      the
      zealous
      cast.
      There
      were
     
     
      monologues
      on
      "hair,"
      on
      "the
      flood,"
      and
     
     
      on
      more
      serious
      topics
      such
      as
      the
      social
     
     
      stigmas
      surrounding
      sex
      and
      sexuality.
     
     
      The
      all
      female
      cast
      maintained
      an
      energy
     
     
      level
      that
      was
      astounding,
      and
      left
      the
     
     
      audience
      exhausted,
      yet
      satisfied.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      For
      five
      bucks,
      people
      enjoy
     
     
      the
      personal,
      the
      political,
      a
     
     
      —
      the
      sometimes
      i
      “|
     
     
      _
      raunchy
      monolog
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      One
      particular
      monologue
     
     
      designed
      to
      get
      the
      audience
      involved
      was
     
     
      called
      "Reclaiming
      the
      Word
      Cunt."
     
     
      Although
      the
      audience
      was
      shy
      about
     
     
      screaming
      the
      word
      at
      the
      top
      of
      their
     
     
      lungs,
      and
      one
      woman
      even
      yelled
      out
     
     
      "NO!"
      when
      Trish
      Daley
      asked
      her
      to
      "say
     
     
      it,"
      the
      point
      of
      the
      exercise
      was
      well
     
     
      received.
      To
      support
      this
      point,
      included
     
     
      in
      the
      program
      was
      an
      explanation
      of
      the
     
     
      word.
      Since
      most
      people
      probably
      didn't
     
     
      read
      it
      the
      night
      of
      the
      show
      (including
     
     
      myself),
      I
      will
      reiterate
      the
      origin
      of
      the
     
     
      word
      cunt
      as
      it
      was
      presented
      in
      the
      pro-
     
     
      gram.
     
    

    
     
      "*Cuneiform'
      the
      most
     
     
      ancient
      form
      of
      writing.
      Derives
     
     
      from
      ‘kunta'
      meaning
      ‘female
      geni-
     
     
      talia'
      in
      Sumerian
      of
      ancient
      Iraq.
     
     
      ‘Kunta'
      is
      ‘woman!
      in
      several
      Near
     
     
      Eastern
      and
      African
      languages
      and
      a
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
     
         
     
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      priestesses
      were
      known
      to
      be
      accountants/
     
     
      administrators
      of
      the
      Temple
      of
      Inanna
      in
     
     
      Sumeria
      c3100BC
      when
      cuneiform
      was
     
     
      first
      used.
      It
      is
      highly
      likely
      that
     
     
      cuneiform
      was
      ‘the
      sign
      of
      the
      kunta'
      who
     
     
      kept
      the
      books
      (clay
      tablets)
      for
      the
      temple
     
     
      economy/redistribution
      of
      wealth
      that
     
     
      evolved
      from
      communal
      economies
      of
     
     
      ancient
      mother-cultures.
      So
      when
      an
      abus-
     
     
      er
      calls
      a
      woman
      a
      ‘cunt'
      he
      is
      actually
     
     
      calling
      her
      a
      ‘queen'
      who
      invented
      writing
     
     
      and
      numerals."
      -From
      STONE
      AGE
     
     
      DIVAS,
      by
      Gloria
      Bertonis,
      M.
      Ed.
      Now
     
     
      that
      you
      know
      the
      real
      meaning
      of
      the
     
     
      word
      maybe
      you
      wont
      be
      so
      squeamish
     
     
      about
      saying
      it.
     
    

    
     
      Behind
      the
      humour
      and
      general
     
     
      entertainment
      factor
      of
      the
      Vagina
     
     
      Monologues
      is
      a
      specific
      purpose.
      These
     
     
      monologues
      were
      compiled
      by
      Eve
      Ensler
     
     
      in
      response
      to
      the
      ongoing
      abuse
      of
     
     
      women
      around
      the
      world.
      They
      are
      the
     
     
      stories
      of
      real
      women
      with
      real
      experi-
     
     
      ences,
      and
      through
      the
      Vagina
      Monologues
     
     
      these
      women
      are
      given
      a
      powerful,
      unified
     
     
      voice.
      The
      Vagina
      Monologues
      are
      stories
     
     
      of
      joy
      and
      heart-break,
      of
      triumph
      and
     
     
      tragedy;
      because
      of
      these
      qualities
      they
      are
     
     
      included
      in
      the
      V-Day
      campaign
      to
      end
     
     
      sexual
      violence
      against
      women.
      The
      V-
     
     
      Day
      campaign
      proclaims
      "Valentines
      Day
     
     
      as
      the
      day
      to
      celebrate
      women
      and
      demand
     
     
      the
      end
      of
      abuse."
     
    

    
     
      The
      Vagina
      Monologues
      was
     
     
      sponsored
      by
      the
      UPEI
      Women's
      Centre
     
     
      and
      was
      organized
      and
      performed
      entirely
     
     
      by
      volunteers.
      The
      proceeds
      from
      this
     
     
      years
      show
      will
      be
      donated
      to
      the
     
     
      Grandmother’s
      House,
      the
      Native
      Council
     
     
      of
      PEI
      shelter
      for
      women
      and
      children.
      If
     
     
      you
      missed
      the
      show
      this
      year...
      don't
     
     
      worry
      because
      it
      will
      come
      again
      next
     
     
      year!
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Mother
      Tongue
      that
      is
      being
      compiled
      Vv
      pe
      fy
     
     
      by
      linguists
      today.
      It
      was.also
      spelled
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ‘quna'
      which
      is
      the
      root
      of
      ‘queen.'
      Since
      UNTIL
      THE
      VIOLENCE
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ‘page
      6
     
    
   
   
    
     
      This
      is
      your
      opportunity
      to
      join
      our
      team
      in
      the
     
     
      New
      Student
      Centre!
     
    
   
   
    
     
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      roplcatondesieis
      Friday,
      February
      28,
      2003
      at
      3:00
      PM
     
    
   
   
    
     
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