Young Women - Speaking Up ?

Today's theme is young women. Are you a young woman? Have one as a friend? Do you think a young woman's relationship to silence is different from a young man's. How about an older woman? Why or why not?

If you are a young woman, how do you feel about silence?

Do you believe, as some have stated, that young women "talk too much"? What evidence do you have for this?

Do you believe, as others have stated, that it's harder for girls to "find their voice" and speak up as they enter their teenage years? What evidence do you have for this?

Simply click on "comments" below to respond. Be honest! Thanks.

Women and Silence

This will be the theme of the audio piece between the Strindberg and Beckett at the June performance.

There are many questions related to this subject and we expect to hear from a wide variety of voices and opinions to use as the raw material for the piece. We'll start posting a question a day for the next few weeks to generate specific thoughts and responses around certain themes.

But for now - anything that springs to mind about this subject that you'd like to share?

Some of you have asked for instructions about how to leave a comment. Simply click on the tiny work "comments" at the end of this post. (If people have already left comments the word will have a number in front of it, i.e., "3 comments".) This will open a new page, where you can read the comments others have left and with a box to the right where you can leave a comment yourself. You will also have the option of signing in with your name, or remaining completely anonymous. If you are anonymous, there is absolutely no way to tell who you are -- so feel free to be very honest!

Here's another plea to PLEASE leave comments! And please spread the blog to others. I'm getting a bit nervous that I won't have enough responses as raw material to construct a piece in which multiple viewpoints are honored. Plus, it's just nice to know people are out there.

No Comment

Between the stillness of the reader count odometer and the lack of commentary, I'm beginning to question the efficacy of this little blog. Are you out there? Have you stopped looking? Commenting? Please leave a comment if you can- you can be absolutely anonymous -- and let me know if you still check in from time to time. I'll post another "Silence Question", too, in the meantime. Maybe that will spark some lively discussion!

Germination and Breaking Silence



Today's Question: What kinds of ideas or thoughts do you simply "sit with" for a while before sharing? What determines when you break the silence? What has it felt like when you did?