Eve Ensler: Embrace your inner girl

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Namaste. Good morning.

Namaste. Dobro jutro.

I'm very happy to be here in India.

Veoma mi je drago da sam ovdje u Indiji.

And I've been thinking a lot about what I have learned

I mnogo sam razmišljala o tome što sam naučila

over these last particularly 11 years

u ovih posljednjih 11 godina

with V-Day and "The Vagina Monologues,"

sa V-Day-om (organizacija protiv nasilja nad ženama) i „Vagininim monolozima“

traveling the world,

putujući svijetom,

essentially meeting with women and girls across the planet

upoznajući se sa djevojkama i ženama diljem planeta

to stop violence against women.

ne bi li spriječili nasilje nad ženama.

What I want to talk about today

Ono o čemu danas želim govoriti je ta

is this particular cell,

posebna stanica

or grouping of cells, that is in each and every one of us.

ili grupa stanica koja je u svakome od nas.

And I want to call it the girl cell.

I želim ju nazvati stanica djevojka.

And it's in men as well as in women.

I nalazi se u muškarcima jednako kao i u ženama.

I want you to imagine that this particular grouping of cells

Želim da zamislite da je ta određena grupa stanica

is central to the evolution of our species

središte evolucije naše vrste

and the continuation of the human race.

i nastavak ljudske rase.

And I want you imagine that at some point in history

I želim da zamislite da je grupa moćnih ljudi u nekom trenu u povijesti

a group of powerful people invested in owning and controlling the world

uložila u posjedovanje i kontrolu svijeta

understood that the suppression of this particular cell,

kako bi on razumio da je suzbijanje te stanice,

the oppression of these cells,

tlačenje tih stanica,

the reinterpretation of these cells,

reinterpretacija tih stanica,

the undermining of these cells,

potkopavanje tih stanica,

getting us to believe in the weakness of these cells

navelo nas da povjerujemo u slabost tih stanica

and the crushing, eradicating, destroying,

i gnječenje, iskorijenjivanje, uništavanje,

reducing these cells,

smanjivanje tih stanica,

basically began the process of killing off the girl cell,

te je zapravo započeo proces ubijanja stanice djevojke,

which was, by the way, patriarchy.

što je, usput, bio patrijarhat.

I want you to imagine that the girl is a chip

Želim da zamislite da je djevojka čip

in the huge macrocosm of collective consciousness.

u velikom svemiru kolektivne svijesti.

And it is essential to balance, to wisdom

I osnova je ravnoteži, mudrosti

and to actually the future of all of us.

i stvarnoj budućnosti svih nas.

And then I want you to imagine that this girl cell

I onda želim da zamislite da je ova stanica djevojka

is compassion,

suosjećanje,

and it's empathy, and it's passion itself,

i empatija, i strast sama po sebi,

and it's vulnerability,

i ranjivost,

and it's openness, and it's intensity,

i otvorenost, i jačina,

and it's association, and it's relationship,

i udruženje, i veza,

and it is intuitive.

i da je intuitivna.

And then let's think how compassion informs wisdom,

I pomislimo sada kako suosjećanje informira mudrost

and that vulnerability is our greatest strength,

i kako je ranjivost naša najveća snaga

and that emotions have inherent logic,

te kako osjećaji imaju imanentnu logiku

which lead to radical, appropriate, saving action.

koja vodi do radikalne, prikladne akcije spašavanja.

And then let's remember that we've been taught

I onda se prisjetimo kako su nas oni moćniji učili

the exact opposite by the powers that be,

da je upravo suprotno,

that compassion clouds your thinking,

da suosjećanje zamračuje sposobnost razmišljanja,

that it gets in the way,

da ometa,

that vulnerability is weakness,

da ranjivost je slabost,

that emotions are not to be trusted,

da se osjećajima ne treba vjerovati,

and you're not supposed to take things personally,

i da ne biste trebali stvari shvaćati osobno,

which is one of my favorites.

što je jedno od meni najdražih.

I think the whole world has essentially

Mislim da je cijeli svijet u suštini

been brought up not to be a girl.

odgojen da ne bude djevojka.

How do we bring up boys? What does it mean to be a boy?

Kako smo stvorili dječake? Što znači biti dječak?

To be a boy really means not to be a girl.

Biti dječak zaista znači ne biti djevojka.

To be a man means not to be a girl.

Biti muškarac znači ne biti djevojka.

To be a woman means not to be a girl.

Biti žena znači ne biti djevojka.

To be strong means not to be a girl.

Biti jak znači ne biti djevojka.

To be a leader means not to be a girl.

Biti vođa znači ne biti djevojka.

I actually think that

Zaista mislim da je

being a girl is so powerful

biti djevojka toliko snažno

that we've had to train everyone not to be that.

da smo morali sve istrenirati kako to ne bismo bili.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

And I'd also like to say that the irony

I također bih voljela reći kako nas je ironija,

of course, is that denying girl,

naravno, a to je odbijanje djevojke,

suppressing girl, suppressing emotion,

gušenje djevojke, potiskivanje osjećaja,

refusing feeling has lead thus here.

odbijanje osjećaja, dovela ovdje.

Where we have now come to live in a world where

Došli smo do toga da živimo u svijetu gdje

the most extreme forms of violence,

su najekstremniji oblici nasilja

the most horrific poverty,

među strašnim siromaštvom,

genocide, mass rapes,

genocidima, masovnim silovanjima,

the destruction of the Earth, is completely out of control.

uništavanjem Zemlje, potpuno izvan kontrole.

And because we have suppressed our girl cells

I to zato što smo potisnuli svoje stanice djevojke

and suppressed our girl-ship,

i potisnuli naš djevojački brod,

we do not feel what is going on.

zato ne osjećamo što se događa.

So, we are not being charged with

Dakle, nismo opremljeni s

the adequate response to what is happening.

prikladnim odazivom na to što se događa.

I want to talk a little bit about

Želim malo pričati o

the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Demokratskoj Republici Kongo.

For me, it was the turning point of my life.

Za mene, to je bio ključan trenutak u životu.

I have spent a lot of time there in the last three years.

Provela sam mnogo vremena tamo u posljednje tri godine.

I feel up to that point I had seen a lot in the world,

Došla sam do te točke da sam vidjela mnogo u svijetu,

a lot of violence.

mnogo nasilja.

I essentially lived in the rape mines of the world for the last 12 years.

Zapravo sam živjela u svjetskim rudnicima silovanja zadnjih 12 godina.

But the Democratic Republic of Congo

Ali Demokratska Republika Kongo

really was the turning point in my soul.

zaista je bila točka preokreta u mojoj duši.

I went and I spent time

Otišla sam i provela vrijeme

in a place called Bukavu

u mjestu koje se zove Bukavu

in a hospital called the Panzi Hospital,

u bolnici imenom Panzi,

with a doctor who was as close to a saint as any person I've ever met.

s doktorom koji je bio toliko blizu svecu kao nijedna osoba koju sam upoznala.

His name is Dr. Denis Mukwege.

Njegovo ime je dr. Denis Mukwege.

In the Congo, for those of you who don't know,

I u Kongu, za vas koji ne znate,

there has been a war raging for the last 12 years,

posljednjih je 12 godina trajao rat,

a war that has killed nearly six million people.

rat u kojem je ubijeno oko šest milijuna ljudi.

It is estimated that somewhere between 300,000 and 500,000 women

Procijenjeno je da je tamo silovano negdje između

have been raped there.

300 i 500 tisuća žena.

When I spent my first weeks at Panzi hospital

U prvim tjednima koje sam provela u bolnici Panzi,

I sat with women

sjedila sam pokraj žena

who sat and lined up every day to tell me their stories.

koje bi čekale u redu svaki dan da mi pričaju svoje priče.

Their stories were so horrific,

I njihove se priče bile toliko užasavajuće strašne,

and so mind-blowing and so on the other side of human existence,

i toliko na drugoj strani ljudske egzistencije

that to be perfectly honest with you, I was shattered.

da sam iskreno bila shrvana.

And I will tell you that what happened

I reći ću vam što se dogodilo

is through that shattering,

kroz tu shrvanost,

listening to the stories of eight-year-old girls who had their insides eviscerated,

slušajući priče osmogodišnjih djevojčica kojima je utroba bila izvađena,

who had guns and bayonets and things shoved inside them

kojima su pištolji i bajuneti i razne stvari bile ugurane u njih

so they had holes, literally, inside them

tako da su doslovno imale rupe

where their pee and poop came out of them.

iz kojih je izlazila mokraća i stolica.

Listening to the story of 80-year-old women

Slušajući priču osamdesetogodišnjakinja

who were tied to chains and circled,

koje su bile vezane lancima i okružene,

and where groups of men would come and rape them periodically,

gdje su grupe muškaraca dolazile i naizmjence ih silovale,

all in the name of economic exploitation

sve u ime ekonomske eksploatacije

to steal the minerals so the West can have it and profit from them.

koja je krala minerale kako bi ih Zapad mogao dobiti i imati zaradu na njima.

My mind was so shattered.

Um mi je bio rastrojen.

But what happened for me is that that shattering

Ali ono što mi se dogodilo je to da me ta rastrojenost

actually emboldened me

zapravo ohrabrila

in a way I have never been emboldened.

na način na koji nikad nisam bila hrabra.

That shattering, that opening of my girl cell,

Ta rastrojenost, to otvaranje moje stanice djevojke,

that kind of massive breakthrough of my heart

to nekakvo golemo prodiranje mog srca

allowed me to become more courageous, and braver,

mi je omogućilo da budem snažnija i hrabrija

and actually more clever

i zapravo pametnija

than I had been in the past in my life.

no ikad prije u životu.

I want to say that I think the powers that be

I želim reći da mislim da moći

know that empire-building

koje su gradile carstvo,

is actually -- that feelings get in the way of empire-building.

zapravo je da su osjećaji stali na put tom carstvu.

Feelings get in the way of the mass acquisition of the Earth,

Osjećaji su se našli na putu masovne akvizicije Zemlje

and excavating the Earth, and destroying things.

i kopaju Zemlju i uništavaju stvari.

I remember, for example, when my father,

Sjećam se, na primjer kad me moj otac,

who was very, very violent, used to beat me.

koji je bio veoma, veoma nasilan, znao tući.

And he would actually say, while he was beating me,

I on bi zapravo rekao, dok me tukao,

"Don't you cry. Don't you dare cry."

„Nemoj plakati. Da se nisi usudila plakati.“

Because my crying somehow exposed his brutality to him.

Zato što mu je moje plakanje nekako otkrilo njegovu brutalnost.

And even in the moment he didn't want to be reminded

A čak i u trenucima kad nije želio biti podsjećan

of what he was doing.

na to što je radio.

I know that we have systematically annihilated the girl cell.

Znam da smo sustavno istrijebili stanicu djevojku.

And I want to say we've annihilated it in men as well as in women.

Želim reći da smo ju istrijebili iz muškaraca jednako kao i iz žena.

And I think in some ways

Mislim da smo na neki način

we've been much harsher to men

bili mnogo grublji pri istrijebljivanju stanice

in the annihilation of their girl cell.

djevojke iz muškaraca.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)

I see how boys have been brought up, and I see this across the planet:

Vidim kako se dječaci podižu, i vidim diljem čitavog svijeta,

to be tough, to be hardened,

biti žilavi, očvrsnuti,

to distance themselves from their tenderness, to not cry.

biti udaljeni od svoje suosjećajnosti, ne plakati.

I actually realized once in Kosovo,

Zapravo sam jednom na Kosovu primijetila,

when I watched a man break down,

kada sam gledala kako se muškarac slama,

that bullets are actually hardened tears,

da su metci zapravo očvrsnuli suze,

that when we don't allow men to have their girl self

da kada ne dopustimo muškarcima da u sebi imaju djevojku

and have their vulnerability, and have their compassion,

i da imaju svoju ranjivost, i svoje suosjećanje

and have their hearts, that they become hardened and hurtful

i da imaju svoja srca, da su postali čvrsti i skloni ozljeđivanju

and violent.

i nasilni.

And I think we have taught men to be secure

Mislim da smo naučili muškarce da budu sigurni

when they are insecure,

kada su nesigurni,

to pretend they know things when they don't know things,

da se pretvaraju da sve znaju kad ne znaju

or why would we be where we are?

jer zašto bismo inače bili tu gdje jesmo?

To pretend they're not a mess when they are a mess.

Pretvarati se da nisu u škripcu kad jesu.

And I will tell you a very funny story.

I ispričat ću vam veoma smiješnu priču.

On my way here on the airplane, I was walking up and down the aisle of the plane.

Na putu ovamo, u zrakoplovu, hodala sam gore dolje po prolazu.

And all these men, literally at least 10 men,

I svi ti muškarci, doslovno najmanje 10 muškaraca

were in their little seats watching chick flicks.

bilo je u svojim malim sjedalima i gledali su „ženske filmove“.

And they were all alone, and I thought, "This is the secret life of men."

I svi su bili sami i pomislila sam, „Ovo je tajni život muškaraca.“

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

I've traveled, as I said,

Putovala sam, kao što sam rekla,

to many, many countries,

u mnoge zemlje

and I've seen, if we do what we do to the girl inside us

i vidjela sam, ako radimo to što radimo djevojci u sebi,

then obviously it's horrific to think

da je tada očito užasno pomisliti

what we do to girls in the world.

što radimo djevojkama u svijetu.

And we heard from Sunitha yesterday,

I čuli smo od Sunithe jučer

and Kavita about what we do to girls.

i Kavite o tome što radimo djevojkama.

But I just want to say that

Ali samo želim reći da sam

I've met girls with knife wounds and cigarette burns,

upoznala djevojke s ranama od noževa i opeklinama od cigareta

who are literally being treated like ashtrays.

koje su doslovno bile tretirane kao pepeljare.

I've seen girls be treated like garbage cans.

Vidjela sam djevojke koje su bile tretirane kao koševi za smeće.

I've seen girls who were beaten by their mothers

Vidjela sam djevojke koje su pretučene od vlastitih majki,

and brothers and fathers and uncles.

braće, očeva i ujaka.

I've seen girls starving themselves to death in America

Vidjela sam djevojke koje se izgladnjuju do smrti u Americi

in institutions to look like some idealized version of themselves.

u ustanovama kako bi izgledale kao nekakva idealna verzija same sebe.

I've seen that we cut girls and we control them

Vidjela sam da prekidamo djevojke i kontroliramo ih

and we keep them illiterate,

i držimo ih nepismenima

or we make them feel bad about being too smart.

ili im nabijamo osjećaj krivnje ako smatramo da su previše pametne.

We silence them. We make them feel guilty

Ušutkujemo ih. Nabijamo im osjećaj krivnje

for being smart. We get them to behave,

zato što su pametne. Učimo ih kako da se ponašaju,

to tone it down, not to be too intense.

da se stišaju, da ne budu žestoke.

We sell them, we kill them as embryos,

Prodajemo ih, ubijamo ih dok su još embriji.

we enslave them, we rape them.

Zarobljujemo ih. Silujemo ih.

We are so accustomed to robbing girls

Tako smo navikli krasti djevojkama

of the subject of being the subjects of their lives

ideju da budu tema svog života

that we have now actually objectified them

da smo ih sada zapravo objektivizirali

and turned them into commodities.

i pretvorili u robu.

The selling of girls is rampant across the planet.

Prodaja djevojaka golema je diljem svijeta.

And in many places they are worth less than goats and cows.

I na mnogim mjestima vrijede manje nego ovce i krave.

But I also want to talk about the fact that

Ali također želim govoriti o činjenici da,

if one in eight people on the planet

ako su jedna od osmero ljudi na planetu

are girls between the ages of 10 to 24,

djevojke između 10 i 24 godine,

they are they key, really, in the developing world,

one su ključ, zaista, u razvoju svijeta,

as well as in the whole world, to the future of humanity.

jednako kao i u cijelom svijetu za budućnost čovječanstva.

And if girls are in trouble because they face systematic disadvantages

I ako djevojke imaju problema zbog sustavnih nedostataka na licu,

that keep them where society wants them to be,

koji ih drže tamo gdje društvo želi da budu,

including lack of access to healthcare,

uključujući manjak pristupa zdravstvenoj njezi,

education, healthy foods,

obrazovanju, zdravoj hrani,

labor force participation.

sudjelovanju u radnoj snazi.

The burden of all the household tasks

Kako bi olakšali zadatke u kućanstvu,

usually falls on girls and younger siblings,

najčešće nastradaju djevojčice i mlađa braća.

which ensures that they will never overcome these barriers.

Što osigurava to da nikad neće prijeći preko ovih prepreka.

The state of girls, the condition of girls,

Stanje djevojaka, kondicija djevojaka,

will, in my belief -- and that's the girl inside us

će, prema mom uvjerenju, a to je djevojka u nama

and the girl in the world -- determine whether

i djevojka u svijetu, biti određeni ovisno

the species survives.

o tome hoće li vrsta preživjeti.

And what I want to suggest is that,

I ono što želim predložiti je,

having talked to girls, because I just finished a new book called

razgovarajući s djevojkama, zato što sam upravo završila knjigu pod nazivom

"I Am an Emotional Creature: The Secret Life of Girls Around the World,"

„Ja sam emocionalno biće: Tajni život djevojaka diljem svijeta,“

I've been talking to girls for five years,

da sam razgovarala s djevojkama pet godina,

and one of the things that I've seen is true everywhere

i jedna od stvari koje sam vidjela, a istinita je svugdje

is that the verb that's been enforced on girl

ta da je glagol koji je primijenjen na djevojkama

is the verb "to please."

je glagol „zadovoljiti.“

Girls are trained to please.

Djevojke su istrenirane da zadovolje.

I want to change the verb.

Želim promijeniti glagol.

I want us all to change the verb.

Želim da svi mi promijenimo glagol.

I want the verb to be "educate,"

Želim da glagol bude „educirati“

or "activate," or "engage,"

ili „aktivirati“ ili „sudjelovati“

or "confront," or "defy," or "create."

ili „suočiti se“ ili „prkositi“ ili „stvarati.“

If we teach girls to change the verb

Ako naučimo djevojke da promijene glagol,

we will actually enforce the girl inside us

zapravo ćemo potaknuti djevojku u nama

and the girl inside them.

i djevojku u njima.

And I have to now share a few stories

I sada moram podijeliti s vama nekoliko priča

of girls I've seen across the planet

o djevojkama koje sam vidjela diljem planeta

who have engaged their girl,

koje su angažirale svoju djevojku,

who have taken on their girl in spite of

koje su prihvatile svoju djevojku u inat

all the circumstances around them.

svim okolnostima oko njih.

I know a 14-year-old girl in the Netherlands,

Znam 14-ogodišnju djevojku u Nizozemskoj,

for example, who is demanding that she take a boat

na primjer, koja je zahtjevala da uzme brod

and go around the entire world by herself.

i krene na put oko svijeta sama samcata.

There is a teenage girl who just recently

Postoji jedna adolescentica koja je baš nedavno

went out and knew that she needed 56 stars

izašla van i znala je da treba istetovirati 56 zvijezda

tattooed on the right side of her face.

na desnoj strani svog lica.

There is a girl, Julia Butterfly Hill,

Postoji djevojka, Julia Butterfly Hill

who lived for a year in a tree

koja je živjela godinu dana na drvetu

because she wanted to protect the wild oaks.

zato što je željela zaštititi divlje hrastove.

There is a girl who I met 14 years ago in Afghanistan

Postoji djevojka koju sam upoznala prije 14 godina u Afganistanu

who I have adopted as my daughter

i koju sam posvojila kao svoju kćer

because her mother was killed. Her mother was a revolutionary.

jer joj je majka ubijena. Majka joj je bila revolucionarka.

And this girl, when she was 17 years old,

I ta je djevojka, kada je imala 17 godina

wore a burqa in Afghanistan,

nosila burku u Afganistanu

and went into the stadiums

i išla na stadione i

and documented the atrocities that were going on towards women,

svjedočila grozotama koje su se provodile nad ženama,

underneath her burqa, with a video.

pod burkom, s videom.

And that video became the video that went out all over the world

I ta snimka postala je snimka koja je okružila svijet

after 9/11 to show what was going on in Afghanistan.

nakon 11.09. da bi pokazala što se događa u Afganistanu.

I want to talk about Rachel Corrie

Željela bih govoriti o Rachel Corrie

who was in her teens when she stood in front of an Israeli tank

koja je bila u pubertetu kada je stala pred izraelski tenk

to say, "End the occupation."

da bi rekla „završite s okupacijom.“

And she knew she risked death and she was literally gunned down

I znala je da se igra sa smrću i doslovno je bila ustrijeljena

and rolled over by that tank.

i oborena tenkom.

And I want to talk about a girl that I just met recently

I želim pričati o djevojci koju sam nedavno upoznala

in Bukavu, who was impregnated by her rapist.

u Bukavu, koja je ostala trudna sa svojim silovateljem.

And she was holding her baby.

I držala je svoje dijete.

And I asked her if she loved her baby.

I pitala sam voli li svoje dijete.

And she looked into her baby's eyes and she said,

A ona je pogledala u djetetove oči i rekla:

"Of course I love my baby. How could I not love my baby?

„Naravno da volim svoje dijete. Kako ne bih voljela svoje dijete?

It's my baby and it's full of love."

To je moje dijete i puno je ljubavi.“

The capacity for girls to overcome situations

Smještaji za djevojke da bi savladale takve situacije

and to move on levels, to me, is mind-blowing.

i nastavile dalje, za mene, su grozne.

There is a girl named Dorcas, and I just met her in Kenya.

I postoji djevojka po imenu Dorcas. Nedavno sam je upoznala u Keniji.

Dorcas is 15 years old,

Dorcas ima 15 godina.

and she was trained in self-defense.

Trenirala je samoobranu.

A few months ago she was picked up on the street

I prije nekoliko mjeseci na ulici su

by three older men.

ju pokupila tri starija muškarca.

They kidnapped her, they put her in a car.

Oteli su ju, ugurali u auto.

And through her self-defense, she grabbed their Adam's apples,

I pomoću samoobrane, zgrabila ih je za Adamove jabučice,

she punched them in the eyes

lupila ih u oči,

and she got herself free and out of the car.

oslobodila se i pobjegla iz auta.

In Kenya, in August,

U Keniji sam u kolovozu

I went to visit one of the V-Day safe houses for girls,

otišla posjetiti jednu od V-Day sigurnih kuća za djevojke,

a house we opened seven years ago

kuću koju smo otvorili prije sedam godina

with an amazing woman named Agnes Pareyio.

uz pomoć divne žene Agnes Pareyio.

Agnes was a woman who was cut when she was a little girl,

Agnes je bila žena koja je bila osakaćena kad je bila mala djevojčica,

she was female genitally mutilated.

osakaćene su joj ženske genitalije.

And she made a decision as many women do across this planet,

I donijela je odluku kao što to rade mnoge žene diljem planeta

that what was done to her would not be enforced and done

da to što se dogodilo njoj neće biti učinjeno i nametnuto

to other women and girls.

drugim ženama i djevojkama.

So, for years Agnes walked through the Rift valley.

Dakle, godinama je Agnes hodala kroz dolinu Rift.

She taught girls what a healthy vagina looked like,

Naučila je djevojke kako izgleda zdrava vagina,

and what a mutilated vagina looked like.

a kako izgleda osakaćena vagina.

And in that time she saved many girls. And when we met her

I u to vrijeme spasila je mnogo djevojaka. I kada smo je sreli,

we asked her what we could do for her,

pitali smo ju što možemo učiniti za nju,

and she said, "Well, if you got me a Jeep I could get around a lot faster."

a ona je rekla, „Pa kada bi mi nabavili Jeep, stizala bih svuda mnogo brže.“

So, we got her a Jeep. And then she saved 4,500 girls.

Pa smo joj nabavili Jeep. I onda je spasila 4.500 djevojaka.

And then we asked her, "Okay, what else do you need?"

I onda smo je pitali, „Ok, što još trebaš?“,

And she said, "Well, now, I need a house."

a ona je rekla, „Pa, sada trebam kuću.“

So, seven years ago Agnes built the first V-Day safe house

Pa je prije sedam godina Agnes izgradila prvu V-Day sigurnu kuću

in Narok, Kenya, in the Masai land.

u Naroku u Keniji na zemlji Masaija.

And it was a house where girls could run away,

I to je bila kuća u koju bi djevojke mogle pobjeći,

they could save their clitoris, they wouldn't be cut,

mogle bi spasiti svoj klitoris, ne bi bile osakaćene,

they could go to school.

mogle bi ići u školu.

And in the years that Agnes has had the house,

I u godinama kada je Agnes imala kuću,

she has changed the situation there.

promijenila je situaciju tamo.

She has literally become deputy mayor.

Doslovno je postala zamjenica gradonačelnika.

She's changed the rules.

Promijenila je pravila.

The whole community has bought in to what she's doing.

Cijela zajednica bila je zaokupljena time što je radila.

When we were there she was doing a ritual

Kada smo bili tamo, imala je ritual

where she reconciles girls, who have run away, with their families.

u kojem spaja djevojke koje su pobjegle s njihovim obiteljima.

And there was a young girl named Jaclyn.

I tamo je bila mlada djevojka po imenu Jaclyn.

Jaclyn was 14 years old and she was in her Masai family

Jaclyn je imala 14 godina i bila je u svojoj Masai obitelji,

and there's a drought in Kenya.

a tamo je suša u Keniji.

So cows are dying, and cows are the most

I stoga krave umiru, a krave su nešto

valued possession.

najcjenjenije što možete posjedovati.

And Jaclyn overheard her father

A Jaclyn je čula kako njen otac

talking to an old man about

priča sa starijim čovjekom o

how he was about to sell her for the cows.

tome kako nju planira prodati za krave.

And she knew that meant she would be cut.

I znala je da to za nju znači da će biti osakaćena.

She knew that meant she wouldn't go to school.

Znala je da to znači da neće ići u školu.

She knew that meant she wouldn't have a future.

Znala je da to znači da neće imati budućnosti.

She knew she would have to marry that old man, and she was 14.

Znala je da će se morati udati za tog starog čovjeka, a imala je 14 godina.

So, one afternoon, she'd heard about the safe house,

Tako, jednog popodneva kad je čula za sigurnu kuću,

Jaclyn left her father's house

Jaclyn je otišla iz očeve kuće i

and she walked for two days, two days

hodala je dva dana, dva dana

through Masai land.

kroz zemlju Masaija.

She slept with the hyenas. She hid at night.

Spavala je s hijenama. Skrivala se noću.

She imagined her father killing her on one hand,

S jedne strane je zamišljala kako je otac ubija,

and Mama Agnes greeting her,

a s druge strane kako je Mama Agnes pozdravlja,

with the hope that she would greet her when she got to the house.

s nadom da će je pozdraviti kada dođe do kuće.

And when she got to the house she was greeted.

I kada je došla do kuće, bila je pozdravljena.

Agnes took her in, and Agnes loved her,

I Agnes ju je primila. I Agnes ju je voljela.

and Agnes supported her for the year.

I Agnes ju je podržavala godinu dana.

She went to school and she found her voice,

I vratila se natrag u školu i povratila glas

and she found her identity, and she found her heart.

i pronašla identitet i pronašla svoje srce.

Then, her time was ready

I onda, nakon godinu dana, došlo je vrijeme

when she had to go back to talk to her father

da se vrati i razgovara s ocem

about the reconciliation, after a year.

o pomirenju.

I had the privilege of being in the hut

I imala sam privilegiju da budem u kolibi

when she was reunited with her father and reconciled.

kada se ponovno sastala i pomirila s ocem.

In that hut, we walked in,

A u toj kolibi, ušli smo,

and her father and his four wives were sitting there,

a njen otac i njegove četiri žene sjedili su tamo,

and her sisters who had just returned because

a sestre koje su se upravo vratile zato što su

they had all fled when she had fled,

i one pobjegle nakon što je ona pobjegla,

and her primary mother, who had been beaten

i njihova prva majka koja je bila pretučena

in standing up for her with the elders.

zato što se založila za nju među starijima.

When her father saw her and saw who she had become,

I kada ju je otac vidio i kada je vidio što je postala,

in her full girl self,

potpuna djevojka,

he threw his arms around her and broke down crying.

zagrlio ju je i slomio se plačući.

He said, "You are beautiful. You have grown into a gorgeous woman.

I rekao je, „Prelijepa si. Izrasla si u predivnu ženu.

We will not cut you.

Nećemo te osakatiti.

And I give you my word, here and now,

I dajem ti svoju riječ, sada i ovdje

that we will not cut your sisters either."

da nećemo osakatiti ni tvoje sestre.“

And what she said to him was,

A ono što je ona njemu rekla bilo je,

"You were willing to sell me for four cows,

„Bio si me spreman prodati za četiri krave,

and a calf and some blankets.

tele i nešto plahti.

But I promise you, now that I will be educated

Ali obećajem ti da ću sada biti educirana

I will always take care of you,

i uvijek ću paziti na tebe

and I will come back and I will build you a house.

i doći ću natrag i sagraditi ti kuću.

And I will be in your corner for the rest of your life."

I bit ću uz tebe do kraja tvog života.“

For me, that is the power of girls.

Za mene, to je moć djevojaka.

And that is the power of transformation.

I to je moć transformacije.

I want to close today

Želim danas završiti

with a new piece from my book.

s novim dijelom iz moje knjige.

And I want to do it tonight

I želim to večeras učiniti

for the girl in everybody here.

za svaku djevojku u svakome danas.

And I want to do it for Sunitha.

I želim to učiniti za Sunithu.

And I want to do it for the girls that Sunitha talked about yesterday,

I želim to učiniti za djevojke o kojima je Sunitha jučer govorila,

the girls who survive, the girls who can become somebody else.

djevojkama koje su preživjele, djevojkama koje mogu postati netko drugi.

But I really want to do it for each and every person here,

Ali zaista to želim učiniti za svaku osobu ovdje,

to value the girl in us,

da cijeni djevojku u nama,

to value the part that cries,

da cijeni dio koji plače,

to value the part that's emotional,

da cijeni dio koji je osjećajan,

to value the part that's vulnerable,

da cijeni dio koji je ranjiv,

to understand that's where the future lies.

da razumije da je to ono gdje leži budućnost.

This is called "I'm An Emotional Creature."

Ovo se zove „Ja sam emocionalno biće.“

And it happened because I met a girl in Watts, L.A.

I dogodilo se zato što sam upoznala djevojku u Watts-u u L.A.-u.

I was asking girls if they like being a girl,

Pitala sam djevojke vole li biti djevojke,

and all the girls were like, "No, I hate it. I can't stand it.

a sve djevojke rekle su, „Ne, mrzim to. Ne mogu to podnijeti.

It's all bad. My brothers get everything."

Užasno je loše. Moj brat sve dobiva.“

And this girl just sat up and went, "I love being a girl.

A jedna je djevojka ustala i rekla, „Ja volim biti djevojka.

I'm an emotional creature!"

Ja sam emocionalno biće!“

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

This is for her:

Ovo je za nju:

I love being a girl.

Volim biti djevojka.

I can feel what you're feeling

Mogu osjetiti što ti osjećaš

as you're feeling inside the feeling before.

kao što ti osjećaš onaj osjećaj unutra prije.

I am an emotional creature.

Ja sam emocionalno stvorenje.

Things do not come to me as intellectual theories

Stvari mi ne dolaze kao intelektualne teorije

or hard-pressed ideas.

ili teške ideje.

They pulse through my organs and legs and burn up my ears.

Pulsiraju kroz moje organe i noge i izgaraju mi u očima.

Oh, I know when your girlfriend's really pissed off,

Oh, ja znam kad ti je djevojka zaista ljuta

even though she appears to give you what you want.

iako se pravi da ti daje što ti želiš.

I know when a storm is coming.

Znam kada dolazi oluja.

I can feel the invisible stirrings in the air.

Mogu osjetiti nevidljive titraje u zraku.

I can tell you he won't call back. It's a vibe I share.

Mogu ti reći da te neće nazvati. To je vibracija koju dijelim.

I am an emotional creature.

Emocionalno sam biće.

I love that I do not take things lightly.

Volim to što ne shvaćam stvari olako.

Everything is intense to me,

Sve mi je intenzivno,

the way I walk in the street, the way my momma wakes me up,

način na koji hodam ulicom, način na koji me mama budi ujutro,

the way it's unbearable when I lose, the way I hear bad news.

način koji je nepodnošljiv kada gubim, način na koji primam loše vijesti.

I am an emotional creature.

Emocionalno sam biće.

I am connected to everything and everyone. I was born like that.

Povezana sam sa svime i svakime. Rođena sam takva.

Don't you say all negative

Nemoj govoriti negativno,

that it's only only a teenage thing,

da je to samo, samo pubertetska stvar

or it's only because I'm a girl.

ili da je to samo zato što sam djevojka.

These feelings make me better.

S tim osjećajima se osjećam bolje.

They make me present. They make me ready. They make me strong.

Osjećam se stvarno. Osjećam se spremno. Osjećam se jako.

I am an emotional creature.

Emocionalno sam biće.

There is a particular way of knowing.

Postoji specifičan način spoznaje,

It's like the older women somehow forgot.

kao da su to starije žene nekako zaboravile.

I rejoice that it's still in my body.

Veselim se što je to još uvijek u mom tijelu.

Oh, I know when the coconut's about to fall.

Oh, znam kada će kokos pasti.

I know we have pushed the Earth too far.

Znam da smo pogurali Zemlju predaleko.

I know my father isn't coming back,

Znam da se moj otac neće vratiti

and that no one's prepared for the fire.

i da nitko nije spreman za vatru.

I know that lipstick means more than show,

Znam da ruž znači više od show-a,

and boys are super insecure,

a dječaci su super nesigurni

and so-called terrorists are made, not born.

i takozvani teroristi to postaju, nisu takvi rođeni.

I know that one kiss

Znam da jedan poljubac

could take away all my decision-making ability.

može oduzeti svu moju moć rasuđivanja.

(Laughter)

(Smijeh)

And you know what? Sometimes it should.

I znate što? Ponekad i treba.

This is not extreme. It's a girl thing,

To nije ekstremno. To je ženska stvar,

what we would all be if the big door inside us flew open.

što bi sve bile kad bi se velika vrata unutar nas širom otvorila.

Don't tell me not to cry, to calm it down,

Ne govori mi da ne plačem, da se smirim,

not to be so extreme, to be reasonable.

da ne idem u krajnosti, da budem razumna.

I am an emotional creature.

Ja sam emocionalno biće.

It's how the earth got made, how the wind continues to pollinate.

To je onako kako je zemlja napravila, kako vjetar nastavlja oprašivati.

You don't tell the Atlantic Ocean to behave.

Ne govoriš Atlantskom oceanu kako da se ponaša.

I am an emotional creature.

Ja sam emocionalno biće.

Why would you want to shut me down or turn me off?

Zašto bi me želio ušutkati ili odbiti?

I am your remaining memory.

Ja sam tvoja preostala memorija.

I can take you back.

Mogu ti vratiti.

Nothing's been diluted.

Ništa nije ublaženo.

Nothing's leaked out.

Ništa se nije pročulo.

I love, hear me, I love

Ja volim, slušaj me, ja volim to

that I can feel the feelings inside you,

što mogu osjetiti osjećaje unutar tebe

even if they stop my life,

čak i ako mi zaustave život,

even if they break my heart,

čak i ako mi slome srce,

even if they take me off track,

čak i ako me skrenu s puta,

they make me responsible.

oni me čine odgovornom.

I am an emotional, I am an emotional,

Emocionalna sam, emocionalno sam,

incondotional, devotional creature.

bezuvjetno, odano biće.

And I love, hear me,

I volim, slušaj me,

I love, love, love being a girl.

volim, volim, volim biti djevojka.

Can you say it with me?

Možeš li to reći sa mnom?

I love, I love, love, love

Volim, volim, volim, volim,

being a girl!

volim biti djevojka!

Thank you very much.

Hvala vam puno.

(Applause)

(Pljesak)