I chose to use "It Wasn't My Fault" from the Me Too Monologues:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdMfOI-J4w4
I originally had chosen to tell the stories of people close to me and their sexual assault stories, but after thinking about it, I realized that those are their private stories and if I wanted to share my final piece, I would not be able to use their stories. This monologue will be useful to me because it shows how to take one story, while also using statistics and other's stories while maintaining focus. It is still incredibly empowering and serious and talks about the deep and sensitive subject of sexual assault. I like how she also holds off on saying what it was, calling it a "four letter word" until finally she says it, rape. It holds so much emotion which is clear when you listen to it and see it, but it also goes into depth about what rape means to her, which I think would be good to include in mine because right now all I have is what rape meant to the survivors whose stories I told. I can take a lot of her sadness and poeticism and first person point of view and use it in my own story.
Jenn,
ReplyDeleteI think it's really great how you're pulling the things you liked from the attached monologue. I can imagine writing about sexual assault has its own set of difficulties, which you've actually mentioned I think, and you seem to be figuring out how to deal with that pretty well. I think the monologue seems like a great source of emotional effect, and like you said, could give the piece a more poetic feel depending on how you decide to use it.
I admire your decision to switch the focus of your piece from private situations to a more generalized view. I think this piece and the message you are conveying is important, and I think by adding statistics like you mentioned you may be able to provide more perspective on why this is the case. In class we discussed how statistics can defer from the storyline and be dull or boring, but I think if you weave them in with other things they could be very useful.
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