2008 Woodie Awards
Those with ovaries can speak out this week
Gustavo Gruber
Issue date: 3/17/08 Section: News
Volunteer State Community College's student life office is scheduled to commemorate Women's History Month with an interactive play based on the book, "That Takes Ovaries!"
According to the Vol State student life events guide, the interactive play will be performed, in part, by Vol State students, faculty and staff.
"That Takes Ovaries!" was written by Boston, Mass., author and activist Rivka Solomon.
The book it is a collection of stories from women and girls about what the author calls the "gutsy, outrageous, courageous, things they have done," the guide states.
Solomon will be leading the performance at Vol State. She will be signing copies of the book, also according to the guide.
According to www.jwa.org, Solomon was born in 1962 and raised in the Northeast. Both of her parents were artists and activists in causes ranging from civil rights to anti-war to women's liberation.
Her paternal grandmother, too, was an activist, organizing support groups and classes for young mothers, and later encouraging her elderly neighbors to fight back against neighborhood violence, the website states.
From an early age, Solomon was also an outspoken advocate for women's and girls' issues, leading her young friends to stand up against discrimination in their school, families, and communities, the websites adds.
The "That Takes Ovaries!" website states that the book presents 64 brave, unabashed, fun-loving women and their short stories of strength and audacity.
In an interview on www.BlogCritics.org conducted by Blog Critics Online Magazine, Solomon was asked about the breaking point that made her collect the stories. She said that her book was a whole chapter dedicated to real women in the real world who feel real emotions, including emotion of anger.
Solomon also said that the book shows that in fact having access to ladies' ability to get angry keeps them able to defend themselves. Her book offers examples of women being boldly and righteously mad.
The "That Takes Ovaries!" events are designed to encourage local women and girls who have never led or organized before to become activists themselves, also according to the Blog Critics' website.
Thirty weeks after the publication of the book in the Spring of 2002, thirty-five "That Takes Ovaries!" events took place across America as well as in India, the website adds.
"That Takes Ovaries!" is scheduled to take place at 12:15 p.m. on March 19 in the Rochelle Center. Admission is free and the event is open to the public.
According to the Vol State student life events guide, the interactive play will be performed, in part, by Vol State students, faculty and staff.
"That Takes Ovaries!" was written by Boston, Mass., author and activist Rivka Solomon.
The book it is a collection of stories from women and girls about what the author calls the "gutsy, outrageous, courageous, things they have done," the guide states.
Solomon will be leading the performance at Vol State. She will be signing copies of the book, also according to the guide.
According to www.jwa.org, Solomon was born in 1962 and raised in the Northeast. Both of her parents were artists and activists in causes ranging from civil rights to anti-war to women's liberation.
Her paternal grandmother, too, was an activist, organizing support groups and classes for young mothers, and later encouraging her elderly neighbors to fight back against neighborhood violence, the website states.
From an early age, Solomon was also an outspoken advocate for women's and girls' issues, leading her young friends to stand up against discrimination in their school, families, and communities, the websites adds.
The "That Takes Ovaries!" website states that the book presents 64 brave, unabashed, fun-loving women and their short stories of strength and audacity.
In an interview on www.BlogCritics.org conducted by Blog Critics Online Magazine, Solomon was asked about the breaking point that made her collect the stories. She said that her book was a whole chapter dedicated to real women in the real world who feel real emotions, including emotion of anger.
Solomon also said that the book shows that in fact having access to ladies' ability to get angry keeps them able to defend themselves. Her book offers examples of women being boldly and righteously mad.
The "That Takes Ovaries!" events are designed to encourage local women and girls who have never led or organized before to become activists themselves, also according to the Blog Critics' website.
Thirty weeks after the publication of the book in the Spring of 2002, thirty-five "That Takes Ovaries!" events took place across America as well as in India, the website adds.
"That Takes Ovaries!" is scheduled to take place at 12:15 p.m. on March 19 in the Rochelle Center. Admission is free and the event is open to the public.
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