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As part of my speech for Public Speaking class, I had to choose a manuscript to read from. It was allowed to be anything, and I wanted to choose something that is really important, so I decided to read from a book by Eve Ensler. It was hard to choose which book, but I finally decided on The Good Body.
This is what I read:
I am stepping off the capitalist treadmill. I am going to take a deep breath and find a way to survive not being flat or perfect. I am inviting you to join me, to stop trying to be anything, anyone other than who you are. I was moved by women in Africa who lived close to the earth and didn’t understand what it meant to not love their body. I was lifted by older women in India who celebrated their roundness. I was inspired by Marion Woodman, a great Jungian analyst, who gave me confidence to trust what I know. She has said that “instead of transcending ourselves, we must move into ourselves.” Tell the image makers and magazine sellers and the plastic surgeons that you are not afraid. That what you fear the most is the death of imagination and originality and metaphor and passion. Then be bold and LOVE YOUR BODY. STOP FIXING IT. It was never broken.
Cat said I would look so weird reading that in front of the class, because I'm so thin. She was probably right. I bet it did seem strange. But Eve Ensler, in my opinion, is one of the most important women out there. She's just so freaking amazing. Anyway, I'm hoping that these words meant something to at least one person who listened to me read them.
I'm becoming more interested in feminism, LGBT rights, and general equality and 'loving yourself' kind of stuff every day. I want to be more active in all of those things, to become more comfortable with myself and fight for myself, as well as fight for others and help them. What I really want is to be the next Eve Ensler.
The main point of this post was to share what I read outloud, though, and I hope you guys like it / realize how true it is and decide to run with it!
<3
This is what I read:
I am stepping off the capitalist treadmill. I am going to take a deep breath and find a way to survive not being flat or perfect. I am inviting you to join me, to stop trying to be anything, anyone other than who you are. I was moved by women in Africa who lived close to the earth and didn’t understand what it meant to not love their body. I was lifted by older women in India who celebrated their roundness. I was inspired by Marion Woodman, a great Jungian analyst, who gave me confidence to trust what I know. She has said that “instead of transcending ourselves, we must move into ourselves.” Tell the image makers and magazine sellers and the plastic surgeons that you are not afraid. That what you fear the most is the death of imagination and originality and metaphor and passion. Then be bold and LOVE YOUR BODY. STOP FIXING IT. It was never broken.
Cat said I would look so weird reading that in front of the class, because I'm so thin. She was probably right. I bet it did seem strange. But Eve Ensler, in my opinion, is one of the most important women out there. She's just so freaking amazing. Anyway, I'm hoping that these words meant something to at least one person who listened to me read them.
I'm becoming more interested in feminism, LGBT rights, and general equality and 'loving yourself' kind of stuff every day. I want to be more active in all of those things, to become more comfortable with myself and fight for myself, as well as fight for others and help them. What I really want is to be the next Eve Ensler.
The main point of this post was to share what I read outloud, though, and I hope you guys like it / realize how true it is and decide to run with it!
<3