Insecure at Last: Losing It in Our Security-Obsessed World
 

Insecure at Last: Losing It in Our Security-Obsessed World

by Eve Ensler

“Why has all this focus on security made me feel so much more insecure? Nothing is secure. And this is the good news. But only if you are not seeking security as the point of your life.”–Eve Ensler

When her stage play The Vagina Monologues became a runaway hit and an international sensation, Eve Ensler emerged as a powerful voice and champion for women everywhere. Now... (read more)

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shelfari47
  • Rated 5 stars

It seems she has grown up and faced her demons and her self limiting beliefs. Now she can live free and do more great things.

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Aimeesue
  • Rated 2 stars

While Ensler is a fantastic playwright and actress, she might want to leave the poetry writing to actual poets. The rest of the book was written in a passable style, but the "poetry?" Good Grief was it horrible. Instead of invoking images through word choice and tempo, Ensler clobbers you over the head with her message. Which is, if you're still interested "violence is BAD!!!" Also "accepting your mortality will FREE you!!" No news there.

Part of the problem, for me, was that,...

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  • Rated 4.4 stars
 

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