I woke up this morning with this to share in mind. I dug it out of my old scriptbook I was using for the Vagina Monologues. I remember hearing this for the first time being read out loud by a room full of my strong castmates and found it so powerfully moving.
So! This is for International Women's Day:
To Stop the Violence Against Woman - Alice Walker
WOMAN
TO STOP THE VIOLENCE
AGAINST
WOMAN,
WOMAN
MUST STOP THE VIOLENCE
AGAINST
HERSELF.
WE CAN BEGIN TO DO THIS
NOW, NOW THAT WE SEE
A SKY
AND NOT A ROCK
A STICK
OR A FIST
ABOVE ALL
OUR HEADS.
WOMAN
TO STOP THE VIOLENCE
AGAINST WOMAN,
STOP THE VIOLENCE
THAT YOU
PERPETUATE
AGAINST
YOUR OWN
SISTER
WHO IS
A WOMAN, YOUR OWN
DAUGHTER
WHO IS
A WOMAN,
YOUR OWN
DAUGHTER-IN-LAW
WHO IS
A WOMAN.
YOUR OWN
MOTHER
WHO IS
A WOMAN.
WOMAN
TO STOP THE VIOLENCE
AGAINST WOMAN,
STOP THE VIOLENCE THAT LIVES
IN OPPOSITION
TO YOUR LIFE,
DEEP IN YOUR
OWN TERRORIZED AND
UNCHERISHED
HEART.
WOMAN
REMEMBER WHO WE ARE:
NOT "GUYS"
BUT
THE MOTHER
OF ALL
LIVING.
WE CREATE OUT OF OUR OWN BLOOD
AND MILK
EVEN
THE CREATURES
WHO OPPRESS US;
WHETHER THEY ARE MEN
OR OURSELVES.
WOMEN
AWAKE!
ARISE!
STAND UP!
WOMAN
TO STOP THE VIOLENCE
AGAINST
WOMAN,
GET UP
ON YOUR PERFECTLY
UNBOUND
FEET!
WE HAVE LOST THE EARTH
LIVING ON OUR KNEES.
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