almost 20 years ago and i now urge the house to do the same. all 22 senators who voted against the bill were of course men, republican men. tomorrow is the 15th anniversary of v-day, the movement created by the tony-award winning play right, in the move to push against violence. tomorrow, the campaign for the billions of women around the world, who are victims of violence in their life times. i rise, because one in three women will be raped in their life time. i think it is scary and insane to imagine that girl s and women s issues are a side issue. and as long as we continue to not stand up and rise and make it a thing at the forefront, we ll see every other issue before us continue to fail. rosario dawson, i have one of these introductions here to read
the latino community on. but also there was a reason why i ended up joining people who joined from arizona and went all the way to the dnc because deferred action doesn t help everybody nd they re hoping for a real promise of the dream act passing and comprehensive immigration reform. even with the latinos going over to obama s side, they re doing it with a bit of chagrin. though people are making a lot of talk, they want to see some real action. i want to take you to another area of your action, which is v day. you re on the board, right? yes. nd awe just had claire mccaskill on. she s running in missouri against a guy who said that there s a thing called legitimate rape and the female body has the ability to prevent pregnancy. you might expect to hear that kind of thing in some other
most thrilling times i ve had in the almost 15 years of v-day. lisa brown, have you seen the vagina monologues performed before or had you read the vagina monologues before? i saw it years ago with my mom in new york. and i remember sitting there and some of them, i was actually a little embarrassed, to be sitting next to my mom and hearing some of those things. and i think because of the vagina monologues, we all, as women, have come a long way. and eve, that embarrassment that lisa brown felt sitting beside her mother in your audience was something you were, i think, hoping to stimulate with the play, so that that embarrassment could be worked through and eventually eliminated. exactly. with one of the things i feel so strongly about is when you can say things, when you can own them, they exist. and one of the things i discovered with the va gina monologues is so many women had never said the word, they had
and i think just being in that place today, in that field of thousands of people who were screaming vagina, and having their voice, it was one of the most thrilling times i ve had in the almost 15 years of v-day. lisa brown, have you seen the vagina monologues performed before or had you read the vagina monologues before? i saw it years ago with my mom in new york. and i remember sitting there and some of them, i was actually a little embarrassed, to be sitting next to my mom and hearing some of those things. and i think because of the vagina monologues, we all, as women, have come a long way. and eve, that embarrassment that lisa brown felt sitting beside her mother in your audience was something you were, i think, hoping to stimulate with the play, so that that embarrassment could be worked through and eventually eliminated. exactly. with one of the things i feel so strongly about is when you can say things, when you can own them, they exist. and one of the things i d
the term today, meant to evoke a government that acts like a meddlesome governoress, denying us our freedom and agency and full sentist. but the nan judge state is a fitting name for a state that gives mothers the support that a nanny can, relief, another set of hands, a set of watchful, trusted eyes. a society even without an romney s privilege or a big bank account, don t have to mother alope. as one of the millions of parents negotiating the difficult world of balancing work and parenthood, that kind of nanny state sounds mighty appealing. right now joining me we have jimmy lebay, contributing to the washington post blog, she the people. katy to newsweek daily beast. and eve ensleer, her most recent play is emotional creature and the v-day movement to end