Comments on: Lunchbreak Inspiration – Eve Ensler http://rebelwomencafe.com/lunchbreak-inspiration-eve-ensler/ Life & Career Tools to Inspire and Empower the Modern Woman Mon, 25 Jul 2011 07:11:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Emma-Louise http://rebelwomencafe.com/lunchbreak-inspiration-eve-ensler/comment-page-1/#comment-567 Emma-Louise Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:34:19 +0000 http://rebelwomencafe.com/?p=740#comment-567 Dear Lauri and Shelley, Thanks for taking the time and for your thoughtful replies! It's great to see it's not just me that was inspired, uplifted and encouraged by this talk - if not a little saddened by the brutality that still goes on in so many parts of the world. I don't know if you saw Isabel Allende's TED talk on feminism, passion and more. She was very funny and inspiring. http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/isabel_allende_tells_tales_of_passion.html And Shelley - so much thought as always! Warmly, EL Dear Lauri and Shelley,

Thanks for taking the time and for your thoughtful replies! It’s great to see it’s not just me that was inspired, uplifted and encouraged by this talk – if not a little saddened by the brutality that still goes on in so many parts of the world.

I don’t know if you saw Isabel Allende’s TED talk on feminism, passion and more. She was very funny and inspiring. http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/isabel_allende_tells_tales_of_passion.html

And Shelley – so much thought as always!

Warmly, EL

]]> By: Lauri http://rebelwomencafe.com/lunchbreak-inspiration-eve-ensler/comment-page-1/#comment-555 Lauri Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:04:22 +0000 http://rebelwomencafe.com/?p=740#comment-555 It's so fantastic to read this post. It's as if you were in my head 2 weeks ago. I too spend my breaks during the day watching TED Talks. There is nothing like filling my head with new information before I head back out into the rest of my day. Two weeks ago I watched "Embrace Your Inner Girl" and it consumed my thinking for the rest of the week. Thanks for writing about it so that more people will experience it. Let's connect...I think it would be a fabulous experience to connect our like minds. It’s so fantastic to read this post. It’s as if you were in my head 2 weeks ago. I too spend my breaks during the day watching TED Talks. There is nothing like filling my head with new information before I head back out into the rest of my day. Two weeks ago I watched “Embrace Your Inner Girl” and it consumed my thinking for the rest of the week. Thanks for writing about it so that more people will experience it. Let’s connect…I think it would be a fabulous experience to connect our like minds.

]]> By: Shelley http://rebelwomencafe.com/lunchbreak-inspiration-eve-ensler/comment-page-1/#comment-498 Shelley Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:23:27 +0000 http://rebelwomencafe.com/?p=740#comment-498 I related to a lot of what Ms. Ensler articulated in this TED speech. I AM an emotional creature and have often felt criticism for this - as well as being passionate about issues I believe in or in supporting a point I wish to make. The empathy that I feel that often brings me to tears is looked upon as a weakness, something that I need to suppress or hide. In particular, I liked the suggestion to embrace the inner girl - celebrate the girl cell: "imagine that this girl cell is compassion, and it's empathy, and it's passion itself, and it's vulnerability, and it's openness and it's intensity and it's association, and it's relationship, and it is intuitive." But it was mostly her talk about the violence against women and girls in the world that I struggled with. The absolute horror of what has been done is almost unimaginable. I've grown up in a privileged country, in a peaceful city, in a loving family and what Ms. Ensler describes is almost beyond my comprehension. Yes, I have read about female genital mutilation and the systematic rapes of women and girls of all ages in other countries but Ms. Ensler brings this information to 'me' in a way that I have not experienced before. So, a step that I am taking (be more informed!) is to follow the http://www.vday.org/home website. It's only one step but I do believe that it is in the right direction. I like very much the idea of being part of a sisterhood, a humankind, that is working towards ending violence. Something that is beyond the 'anonymous donations to favourite charities' program. It's a bit tough pulling ones self from a safe little haven (cave!) out into the big bad world but just think - if people can organize an event in Dawson City (http://events.vday.org/2010/community/Dawson_City_%28MMRP%29) then it has to be possible to explore options everywhere! I related to a lot of what Ms. Ensler articulated in this TED speech. I AM an emotional creature and have often felt criticism for this – as well as being passionate about issues I believe in or in supporting a point I wish to make. The empathy that I feel that often brings me to tears is looked upon as a weakness, something that I need to suppress or hide.

In particular, I liked the suggestion to embrace the inner girl – celebrate the girl cell: “imagine that this girl cell is compassion, and it’s empathy, and it’s passion itself, and it’s vulnerability, and it’s openness and it’s intensity and it’s association, and it’s relationship, and it is intuitive.”

But it was mostly her talk about the violence against women and girls in the world that I struggled with. The absolute horror of what has been done is almost unimaginable. I’ve grown up in a privileged country, in a peaceful city, in a loving family and what Ms. Ensler describes is almost beyond my comprehension. Yes, I have read about female genital mutilation and the systematic rapes of women and girls of all ages in other countries but Ms. Ensler brings this information to ‘me’ in a way that I have not experienced before.

So, a step that I am taking (be more informed!) is to follow the http://www.vday.org/home website. It’s only one step but I do believe that it is in the right direction. I like very much the idea of being part of a sisterhood, a humankind, that is working towards ending violence. Something that is beyond the ‘anonymous donations to favourite charities’ program.

It’s a bit tough pulling ones self from a safe little haven (cave!) out into the big bad world but just think – if people can organize an event in Dawson City (http://events.vday.org/2010/community/Dawson_City_%28MMRP%29) then it has to be possible to explore options everywhere!

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