It is over! I performed in my very last Vagina Monologues this past weekend and it was bittersweet. I was lucky enough to have Jerods’ whole family and mine in attendance (even though Oni and Jerods dad were thoroughly embarrassed by the entire play being about Vaginas). I love the Vagina Monologues for so many reasons. Not only because I love the stories that are told, but because it is truly a bonding experience with the cast. We met every Sunday for about three months. You really get used to seeing these wonderful women every Sunday and then you feel a little lost when it’s done. 
The Vagina Monologues is very close to my heart this year as the spotlight issue was to Stop Rape in the Congo to young girls and women. Civil war is something that no one in our generation or even our grandparents’ generation has experienced in America. However, my parents have both experienced the effects of a civil war and what it can do to a country. This year the new monologue hit me the hardest. It spoke about how we as Americans perpetuate civil wars in other countries. How in America we do not care about where the goods we buy come from, we just care if it works properly or looks nice. Like most countries in Africa, natural resources are in abundance. In the Congo, one of their major natural resources is rubber and the materials needed for cell phones and game machines like play station three. Which we do not realize that over here because many times we do not care to know. However if you have a minute take some time and explore the website below and read up on the aftermath of this civil war in the Congo. Moreover, the next time you look at your diamond, your cell phone, pump your gas, or play basketball stop and think where these items may be coming from.
The Vagina Monologues is very close to my heart this year as the spotlight issue was to Stop Rape in the Congo to young girls and women. Civil war is something that no one in our generation or even our grandparents’ generation has experienced in America. However, my parents have both experienced the effects of a civil war and what it can do to a country. This year the new monologue hit me the hardest. It spoke about how we as Americans perpetuate civil wars in other countries. How in America we do not care about where the goods we buy come from, we just care if it works properly or looks nice. Like most countries in Africa, natural resources are in abundance. In the Congo, one of their major natural resources is rubber and the materials needed for cell phones and game machines like play station three. Which we do not realize that over here because many times we do not care to know. However if you have a minute take some time and explore the website below and read up on the aftermath of this civil war in the Congo. Moreover, the next time you look at your diamond, your cell phone, pump your gas, or play basketball stop and think where these items may be coming from.Peace, Self Love and Vagina.
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