- ({}) is text speak for 'vagina.' ({}) is the symbol of women and our innate power. When we begin to understand our ({}) power, we can help other women to realize or regain their ({}) power.
Category Archives: Until The Violence Stops
Stephanie, if your vagina could …
The following video is the seventh and final in a series promoting V-Day Petaluma‘s 2015 production of The Vagina Monologues. The monologues are stories, written by Eve Ensler, after interviewing over 200 women. They express the resiliency and sensuality of … Continue reading
Posted in abuse, Activism in Art, Activists, Art, Break The Chain, dating abuse 101, domestic violence, Eve Ensler, Freedom from violence, Gender Equality, girls, Guided To Safety, healthy relatiionships, Intimate Partner Violence, mother nature, Petaluma, pregnancy, rape, relationship abuse, sexual assault, teens, The Vagina Monologues, unhealthy relationships, Until The Violence Stops, V-Day, V-Day Petaluma, vagina, vagina warrior, Videos, violence, volunteers, women
Tagged Alaina Preston, Becca Payne, Claudia de la Pena, Dianna Grayer, gender equality, Gretchen Lund, Guided To Safety, Kathleen Haynie, Katy Zincavage, Lynn Wong, Mary Neidel, resilience, Ronda, Ronda Black, Sandra Anfang, Sarah Soss, sensuality, Sheridan Gold, Stephanie Stone, The Vagina Monologues, Trisha Almond, violence against girls, violence against women
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4 days til the ({V})
Yes! Four days til V-Day Petaluma’s 2015 production of The Vagina Monologues! Hope you have your tickets! If not, here are the details … Show Only, advance – $20 (now through noon of show date) from BrownPaperTickets or Fourchette Show … Continue reading
Posted in abuse, Activism in Art, Activists, Break The Chain, dating abuse 101, domestic violence, Eve Ensler, Freedom from violence, Gender Equality, girls, Guided To Safety, healthy relatiionships, Intimate Partner Violence, North Bay Rises!, Petaluma, Petaluma Rises!, rape, relationship abuse, sexual assault, Take Back The Night, teens, The Vagina Monologues, Trigger Warning, unhealthy relationships, Until The Violence Stops, V-Day, V-Day Petaluma, V-Girls, vagina, vagina warrior, VAWA, Victims, violence, volunteers, women
Tagged Alaina Preston, Becca Payne, Claudia de la Pena, Dianna Grayer, DJVal, Gretchen Lund, Guided To Safety, Jerrie Patterson, Kathleen Haynie, Katy Zincavage, Lynn Wong, Mary Neidel, Ronda Black, Sandra Anfang, Sarah Soss, Sheridan Gold, Stephanie Stone, The Vagina Monologues, V-Day, V-Day Petaluma, Val Richman
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Katy, if your vagina could …
The following video is the sixth in a series promoting V-Day Petaluma‘s 2015 production of The Vagina Monologues. The monologues are stories, written by Eve Ensler, after interviewing over 200 women. They express the resiliency and sensuality of women as … Continue reading
Posted in abuse, Activism in Art, Activists, Art, Break The Chain, dating abuse 101, domestic violence, Eve Ensler, Freedom from violence, Gender Equality, girls, Guided To Safety, healthy relatiionships, Intimate Partner Violence, mother nature, Petaluma, pregnancy, rape, relationship abuse, sexual assault, teens, The Vagina Monologues, unhealthy relationships, Until The Violence Stops, V-Day, V-Day Petaluma, vagina, vagina warrior, Videos, violence, volunteers, women
Tagged gender equality, Guided To Safety, resilience, Ronda, sensuality, The Vagina Monologues, Trisha, violence against girls, violence against women
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Mary, if your Vagina could …
The following video is the second in a series promoting V-Day Petaluma‘s 2015 production of The Vagina Monologues. The monologues are stories, written by Eve Ensler, after interviewing over 200 women. They express the resiliency and sensuality of women. V-Day … Continue reading
Posted in Activism in Art, Dance!, domestic violence, Eve Ensler, Freedom from violence, Gender Equality, girls, Guided To Safety, healthy relatiionships, North Bay Rises!, One Billion Rising, Petaluma, Petaluma Rises!, rape, relationship abuse, sexual assault, The Vagina Monologues, unhealthy relationships, Until The Violence Stops, V-Day, V-Day Petaluma, vagina
Tagged DJ Val, DJVal, February, Fourchette, Guided To Safety, Mary, monologues, Trisha, V-Day Petaluma, VDay Petaluma
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RISE, WALK & DANCE!
Join us Saturday, February 14, for the 3rd annual One Billion Rising: REVOLUTION! One Billion Rising Revolution is an escalation of the first two campaign stages – One Billion Rising and One Billion Rising for Justice. We’ve danced. We’ve demanded … Continue reading
Posted in Activism in Art, Activists, Art, Break The Chain, Dance!, Eve Ensler, Flash Mobs, Freedom from violence, Gender Equality, Guided To Safety, healthy relatiionships, North Bay Rises!, One Billion Rising, Petaluma Rises!, relationship abuse, sexual assault, Silent No More - a walk, unhealthy relationships, Until The Violence Stops, V-Day, V-Day Petaluma, vagina, Why We Are Rising, women
Tagged accountability, art, catalyst, Change, dignity, drumming, equality, February 14, flash mobs, global movement, justice, paradigm shift, powerful, Revolution, transformation
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A Force that can Heal Trauma
The following is another in a series of stories building up to February 14th’s One Billion Rising: REVOLUTION! There’s a Force that Can Heal Trauma, and it’s Not What You Think By Sohini Chakraborty Dance can set you free. It … Continue reading
Posted in Activism in Art, Activists, Break The Chain, Eve Ensler, Flash Mobs, Freedom from violence, Gender Equality, Guided To Safety, healthy relatiionships, One Billion Rising, relationship abuse, sexual assault, The Vagina Monologues, unhealthy relationships, Until The Violence Stops, V-Day, V-Day Petaluma, vagina
Tagged advocates, dance movement therapy, Healing, Kolkata Sanved, Manjusri Chaki Sircar, Sanlaap, Sohini Chakraborty, The Vagina Monologues, Trauma
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Eve Ensler & Staying Safe
Eve Ensler, author, Tony-award winning playwright, performer and activist, lives in New York City. She is best known for having written “The Vagina Monologues.” Eve is also founder of the nonprofit V-Day, a global movement that uses films and stage … Continue reading
Posted in A Memory, A Monologue, A Rant & A Prayer, abuse, Activism in Art, Activists, Dance!, domestic violence, Emotional Creature, Eve Ensler, Freedom from violence, Gender Equality, girls, I Am An Emotional Creature, India, Intimate Partner Violence, North Bay Rises!, One Billion Rising, Petaluma, Petaluma Rises!, rape, relationship abuse, SAFER, teens, The Good Body, The Vagina Monologues, unhealthy relationships, Until The Violence Stops, V-Day, V-Day Petaluma, V-Girls, vagina, vagina warrior, violence
Tagged Fourchette, One Billion Rising North Bay
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2013: Good, Bad & Ugly for Women
There was a lot to celebrate in 2013 for women in the media. But some things aren’t changing fast enough. This video recaps the media highs and lows for women.
Posted in Activism in Art, Break The Chain, Censor, domestic violence, Freedom from violence, Gender Equality, Guided To Safety, Intimate Partner Violence, Media, One Billion Rising, Petaluma, Petaluma Rises!, rape, relationship abuse, Title IX, Until The Violence Stops, V-Day, V-Day Petaluma, vagina
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Rape ‘victor:’ ‘I survived you’
Sebetto confronts rapist, killer in court, tells him she, Jackson family will be heard. Jessica Cuffman Sandusky Register Elizabeth Sebetto, 19, of Clyde, was held captive in the 42-year-old’s Campbell Street apartment for hours one night in early September 2012. … Continue reading
Alabama Man Won’t Serve Prison Time for Raping 14-Year-Old
Austin Smith Clem raped a teenager three times. His punishment: supervision and probation. by Molly Redden Mother Jones Brian Jones, the Limestone County district attorney, tells Mother Jones that he is “reviewing available options to set aside this sentence and … Continue reading
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