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...gotten women around the globe to say the word vagina - a lot. Her play "The Vagina Monologues" is an annual institution at theaters worldwide and benefit performances have raised millions for anti-violence causes. Ensler, 53, has now set her sights on the issue of terror. She addresses the subject in "The Treatment," a play which recently opened in New York City, and in her first book, "Insecure at Last," a political memoir, which will be released next week. TIME's Carolina A. Miranda spoke with her about our security-conscious age, Hillary Clinton and, of course, that V-word...
...Ensler: I'm generally obsessed with the subject of violence and one person having power over another. I think that's been true in all my plays. After Abu Ghraib happened, I wanted to pose the question: how do good and decent people do terrible deeds? I have a profound hunger to understand that, especially having grown up in a household where I had this very attractive, successful father who was incredibly violent...
...your new book,Insecure at Last, you give a highly personal take on our culture's current obsession with security. What led you to this subject...
...took a post as Class of 1943 University Professor of Religion. And while Princeton announced plans to establish a Center for African American Studies last week, the New Jersey school may lose a valued academic in the field. “Last spring, it was the subject of conversation, and we definitely want him back,” Professor of Anthropology and of Af-Am J. Lorand Matory ’82 said of West. “He’s so smart, so popular, he’s the kind of person anyone would want to have...
...Lula probably wasn't thinking of it when he launched the program. The project in fact, wasn't even his. Lula adapted an existing program and his masterstroke was to alter the way aid was disbursed. Previously, federal funds for similar programs were given to municipalities and were therefore subject to the vagaries of local powerbrokers. Lula gave the poor a cash card so they themselves could go to the bank and take out their monthly allowance. "The poor didn't always get the money," said Carlos Manhanelli, president of the Brazilian Association of Political Consultants. "Lula changed it. Today...