Vagina Monologues Analysis

This past Friday, I watched our Hunter College’s very own Vagina Monologues and Other Stories, and it was truly and unforgettable experience. The production consisted of pieces from the Vagina Monologues along with beautiful original pieces written by students here at HUnter College. Each performance was well constructed and touched a number of various topics. They covered topics such a human trafficking, transgender male’s obstacles, women in black history, how women dress, and many other thought invoking topics. It made me think about topics that I’ve never thought to consider before, even as a feminist. It commenced with a piece called, “I Bet You Were Worried” and all the negative connotations that come along with the word “vagina”. They made fun of how the word sounds like a medical instrument or how unflattering it would sound during sex. It was then followed by the “Love Your Vagina” song. There was also skit narrated and performed by Lisa Finn called “My Angry Vagina” talking about all the strenuous activity that a vagina has to go through. The monologue covers subjects from uncomfortable tampons and unpleasant visits to the gynecologists with their cold instruments. There was even a skit about reclaiming the word cunt and questioning why another word for the female genitalia had become such an offensive word. There was also an original piece by the name of “Bush”, where the creator pretends to be a male that’s okay with female pubic hair. Women are expected to be clean shaven down there at all times because of the unrealistic expectations and this piece breaks that mold. These skits help to remove the stigma that vagina’s have and it normalizes it. It was refreshing to see such a new intake to the word “vagina”. The part of the production that stood out to me the most was where a trans male talks about this fine line between the actions and knowledge of a cis male versus a trans male.Ashton Santo was a female for a good 16 years of his life, so out of habit, he still carried around tampons. When others found to know that a seemingly cis male carried tampons, they found it strange. He explains how a cis male isn 't supposed to know so much about …show more content…
She displays that there are young girls out there who are taken advantage of by their pimp under the false pretense that he’s in love with them. Also the difficulty of escaping such a lifestyle and standing on their own two feet. Similar to the topic of human trafficking, “I Am Thinking” discussed the sex slavery under ISIS. Girls as young as a year old are sold off for sexual pleasure. The younger the female, the more costly. This information was haunting and heart wrenching. Another piece I was hoping they would talk about because of the Angela Davis book we’re currently reading was black women in history and how they 're undermined today. Three girls each had talked about how American society was built on the blood, sweat and bones of female slaves but in society they are at the bottom of the food because of their combination of race and gender. There was also a slideshow of the name of women killed by police and spoken word by Ammae discussing police