This post is by guest writer Bianca, written in celebration of V-Day 2012 Singapore, held at the Arts House on 22 April. V-Day is a global activist movement to stop violence against women and girls through the use of creative events to promote awareness and action.
18 women
In swashes of pink, red and black
Red shoes, or black or barefoot with pink painted toes
Red roses, pink hairclips, lipstick, rouge, glitter
On sacred stage
Eager to show, talk, listen, laugh, moan, cry
To tell the story on sacred stage
18 women
In the heart of the city, old arts house
Straight, gay, bisexual, all colours, ages
United in heart, voice, colour
To love all women, to love ourselves
Sharing the sacred emotions and stories of the vagina
V-Day 2012 – stories untold, retold, connected and disconnected
18 women
In the heart of the city, old arts house
Miles away from every woman corner of the earth
Uniting on one stage, all woman corners
From Haiti to Congo to Toa Payoh, Bedok, Hougang and Serangoon
Hair, Happy Vagina Fact, My Angry Vagina
Vaginas spilling everywhere on stage
18 women
In the heart of the city, old arts house
Opening up to The Flood, The Vagina Workshop
And walking into the Village of my Vagina
Destroyed one moment
Reclaimed the next. For my sisters in portauprincebukavuneworleans
18 women
In the heart of the city, old arts house
We held your hands and hearts on sacred stage
Heads held high, voices strong, quivering with emotion
So that you would know and remember
Your story and mine
18 women
In the heart of the city, old arts house
On sacred stage
V-Day 2012 – the Vagina Monologues