Group Of Young Women To Talk About Vaginas At UW

The UW Daily alerts us to the news that the ASUW WAC-VOX production of Vagina Monologues opens tonight, as part of the V-Day campaign to end violence against women. We once watched the HBO version of The Vagina Monologues on a date and it totally worked out for us, so we're happy to recommend this to men and women alike. If for some reason you don't know already, it's a show where women deliver various monologues having to do with vaginas, some if it funny, some of it thoughtful, some of it searing.

All ticket proceeds go to Home Alive, a Seattle-based, anti-violence, non-profit organization. The cost of production is sponsored by ASUW WAC and VOX, and most of the cast and crew are volunteers who decided to get involved for various reasons, ranging from acting experience to simply “because I have a vagina,” said [director] O’Connell-Torgersen.

Naturally, it's not without controversy. Apparently, if you do the monologue titled "The Little Coochie Snorcher That Could" these days, you have to leave out the line "If it was rape, it was good rape," from a woman recalling her teenage experience with an older woman. Sometimes discretion is the better part of valor. For ourselves, we found "Because He Liked to Look At It" particularly relatable. This year's production features a scene called "Crooked Braid" that they haven't done before.

The Vagina Monologues
UW HUB
Through February 10, 8pm
$10 at the door/$7 in advance, $5 students

Photo: UW Daily file photo