Eve Ensler: Embrace your inner girl

Prevodilac: Marija Milenovic Lektor: Mateja Nenadovic

Namaste. Good morning.

Namaste! Dobro jutro!

I'm very happy to be here in India.

Veoma sam srećna da sam ovde, u Indiji.

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

Razmišljala sam dosta o tome šta sam naučila

over these last particularly 11 years

tokom ovih poslednjih 11 godina

with V-Day and "The Vagina Monologues,"

sa V-danom (V-Day) i "Vagininim monolozima"

traveling the world,

putujući svetom,

essentially meeting with women and girls across the planet

upoznajući žene i devojke širom cele planete

to stop violence against women.

radi borbe protiv nasilja nad ženama.

What I want to talk about today

Ono o čemu želim da pričam danas

is this particular cell,

je jedna određena ćelija

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

ili grupa ćelija, koja je u svakome od nas.

And I want to call it the girl cell.

I nazvala bih je ženskom ćelijom.

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

Ona se nalazi u muškarcima kao i u ženama.

I want you to imagine that this particular grouping of cells

I želim da zamislite da je ova posebna grupa ćelija

is central to the evolution of our species

jako bitna za evoluciju naše vrste

and the continuation of the human race.

i produživanja ljudske rase.

And I want you imagine that at some point in history

I želim da zamislite kako je nekada u prošlosti

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

grupa moćnih ljudi posvećena osvajanju i kontrolisanju sveta

understood that the suppression of this particular cell,

shvatila da uništavanje ove posebne ćelije

the oppression of these cells,

njihovo ugnjetavanje,

the reinterpretation of these cells,

i reinterpretacija,

the undermining of these cells,

njihovo podaništavanje

getting us to believe in the weakness of these cells

nas navodi da verujemo u njihovu slabost

and the crushing, eradicating, destroying,

i lomljenje, uništavanje, iskorenjivanje

reducing these cells,

i smanjivanje broja ovih ćelija;

basically began the process of killing off the girl cell,

je zapravo započelo proces ubijanja ženske ćelije,

which was, by the way, patriarchy.

što je, zapravo, preraslo u patrijarhat.

I want you to imagine that the girl is a chip

Želim da zamislite devojku kao čip

in the huge macrocosm of collective consciousness.

u ogromnom makrokosmosu kolektivne svesti.

And it is essential to balance, to wisdom

I kako je taj čip esencijalan za ravnotežu, za mudrost

and to actually the future of all of us.

i za budućnost svih nas.

And then I want you to imagine that this girl cell

I onda želim da zamislite da je ta ženska ćelija

is compassion,

saosećanje

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

i empatija, i sama strast,

and it's vulnerability,

kao i ranjivost.

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

Da je otvorenost i intezivnost

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

i asocijacija i odnos među ljudima

and it is intuitive.

i intuicija.

And then let's think how compassion informs wisdom,

I hajde sada da razmislimo o tome kako saosećanje obogaćuje mudrost

and that vulnerability is our greatest strength,

i kako je ta ranjivost naša najveća snaga

and that emotions have inherent logic,

i kako ta emocija podrazumeva nerazdvojnu logiku

which lead to radical, appropriate, saving action.

koja dovodi do radikalne, ali odgovarajuće, akcije očuvanja.

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

I ne zaboravimo ono čemu su nas učili,

the exact opposite by the powers that be,

potpuno suprotno od toga

that compassion clouds your thinking,

da saosećanje zamagljuje naše razmišljanje

that it gets in the way,

da mu staje na put,

that vulnerability is weakness,

da je ta ranjivost zapravo slabost,

that emotions are not to be trusted,

da ne treba verovati tim emocijama

and you're not supposed to take things personally,

i da ne treba da stvari shvatate lično,

which is one of my favorites.

što je jedna od mojih favorita.

I think the whole world has essentially

Mislim da je ceo svet odgajan

been brought up not to be a girl.

da ne bude žensko.

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

Kako vaspitavamo dečake? Šta znači biti dečak?

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

Biti dečak zapravo znači ne biti žensko.

To be a man means not to be a girl.

Biti čovek znači ne biti žensko.

To be a woman means not to be a girl.

Biti žena znači ne biti žensko.

To be strong means not to be a girl.

Biti jak znači ne biti žensko.

To be a leader means not to be a girl.

Biti vođa znači ne biti žensko.

I actually think that

Ja u stvari mislim da

being a girl is so powerful

je biti žensko toliko snažno da smo

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

morali da treniramo svakoga da ne bude žensko.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

And I'd also like to say that the irony

Još bih htela reći da je ironija,

of course, is that denying girl,

naravno, u tome da nas je negiranje postojanja žene,

suppressing girl, suppressing emotion,

suzbijanje devojke, potiskivanje emocije,

refusing feeling has lead thus here.

odbijanje osećaja dovelo dovde.

Where we have now come to live in a world where

I sada živimo u svetu gde su

the most extreme forms of violence,

najekstremnije forme nasilja,

the most horrific poverty,

najveće siromaštvo,

genocide, mass rapes,

genocidi, masivna silovanja i

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

uništavanje Zemlje van svake kontrole.

And because we have suppressed our girl cells

I, pošto smo već potisnuli svoje ženske ćelije,

and suppressed our girl-ship,

i svoj ženski brodić

we do not feel what is going on.

nismo svesni toga šta se dešava.

So, we are not being charged with

Tako da ne osećamo odgovornost

the adequate response to what is happening.

za ono što se dešava.

I want to talk a little bit about

Želim malo da govorim o

the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Demokratskoj Republici Kongo.

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

Ova zemlja predstavlja prekretnicu mog života.

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

Puno vremena sam provela tamo tokom poslednje tri godine.

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

Do tada sam videla mnogo toga,

a lot of violence.

puno nasilja. Zapravo, poslednjih 12 godina,

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

živela sam u mestima koja su predstavljala žarišta nasilja.

But the Democratic Republic of Congo

Ali je Demokratska Republika Kongo

really was the turning point in my soul.

zaista bila obrtna tačka za mene.

I went and I spent time

Provela sam neko vreme

in a place called Bukavu

u mestu koje se naziva Bukavu,

in a hospital called the Panzi Hospital,

u bolnici po imenu "Panzi" sa doktorom

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

koji je bliži svecu od svih osoba koje sam ikad upoznala.

His name is Dr. Denis Mukwege.

Njegovo ime je dr Denis Mukvege.

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

U Kongu je, za one koji ne znaju,

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

rat poslednjih 12 godina,

a war that has killed nearly six million people.

rat u kome je nastradalo skoro šest miliona ljudi.

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

Postoji procena da je između 300.000 i 500.000 žena

have been raped there.

silovano tamo.

When I spent my first weeks at Panzi hospital

Tokom moje prve nedelje u "Panzi" bolnici,

I sat with women

sedela sam sa ženama

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

koje su se nizale svakog dana da mi ispričaju svoje priče.

Their stories were so horrific,

I njihove priče su bile toliko užasavajuće,

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

toliko potresne, i toliko daleko od humanosti,

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

da sam se osećala, da budem potpuno iskrena sa vama, kao da

And I will tell you that what happened

sam razbijena na komadiće. Reći ću vam da je i ono

is through that shattering,

što se dešavalo prošlo kroz isto stanje rasprštenosti.

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

Slušala sam priče osmogodišnjih devojčica čije su unutrašnjosti bile unakažene,

who had guns and bayonets and things shoved inside them

kojima su uguravali pištolje i bajonete

so they had holes, literally, inside them

da sada imaju rupe, bukvalno, na mestima

where their pee and poop came out of them.

gde su nekada piškile i kakile.

Listening to the story of 80-year-old women

Slušajući priče osamdesetgodišnjih žena

who were tied to chains and circled,

koje su vezane lancima morale da idu u krug

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

i gde su grupe muškaraca povremeno dolazile i silovale ih,

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.

da kradu minerale da bi zapad došao do njih i tako profitirao.

My mind was so shattered.

Moj um je bio potpuno rastrojen.

But what happened for me is that that shattering

Ali ono što se meni desilo je da me je ta rastrojenost

actually emboldened me

zapravo ohrabrila

in a way I have never been emboldened.

na način na koji nikad ranije nisam bila ohrabrena.

That shattering, that opening of my girl cell,

To razbijanje, to otvaranje moje ženske ćelije,

that kind of massive breakthrough of my heart

ta vrsta ogromnog prodora u moje srce,

allowed me to become more courageous, and braver,

dozvolila mi je da postanem hrabrija i smelija,

and actually more clever

pa i pametnija

than I had been in the past in my life.

nego što sam bila pre toga.

I want to say that I think the powers that be

I želim dodati da mislim

know that empire-building

da su zapravo osećanja ta koja

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

mogu stati na put moći.

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

Osećanja mogu stati na put masovnoj akviziciji na Zemlji,

and excavating the Earth, and destroying things.

kao i iskopavanju Zemlje i uništavanju stvari.

I remember, for example, when my father,

Sećam se, kada me je otac, koji je

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

bio veoma nasilan, tukao.

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

I on bi mi zapravo govorio, dok me je tukao:

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

"Nemoj da si zaplakala! Da se nisi usudila da plačeš!"

Because my crying somehow exposed his brutality to him.

Zato što je moje plakanje na neki način oslikavalo njegovu brutalnost.

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

I ni tada nije hteo da se podseća na to

of what he was doing.

šta radi.

I know that we have systematically annihilated the girl cell.

Znam da smo sistematično uništavali žensku ćeliju.

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

To je slučaj i sa muškarcima, ne samo sa ženama.

And I think in some ways

I mislim da smo na neki način

we've been much harsher to men

bili mnogo stroži prema muškarcima

in the annihilation of their girl cell.

kada je u pitanju ženska ćelija.

(Applause)

(Aplauz)

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

Vidim kako su dečaci odgajani širom planete

to be tough, to be hardened,

da budu čvrsti, jaki,

to distance themselves from their tenderness, to not cry.

da se izoluju od svoje nežnosti, da ne plaču.

I actually realized once in Kosovo,

Shvatila sam dok sam bila na Kosovu i

when I watched a man break down,

gledala kako je čovek plakao

that bullets are actually hardened tears,

da su meci u stvari kaljene suze,

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

da kada ne dopustimo muškarcima da zadrže svoju nežniju

and have their vulnerability, and have their compassion,

stranu i svoju ranjivost, i svoje saosećanje,

and have their hearts, that they become hardened and hurtful

i svoja srca, oni otupe, povređuju druge

and violent.

i postaju nasilni.

And I think we have taught men to be secure

I mislim da smo odgajali muškarce da se osećaju

when they are insecure,

samopouzdano kada to u stvari nisu,

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

da se prave da znaju nešto, kada to ne znaju.

or why would we be where we are?

Da nije tako zašto bi sve bilo tako kako jeste?

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

Da se pretvaraju da nisu u haosu, kada to jesu.

And I will tell you a very funny story.

I ispričaću vam veoma zanimljivu priču.

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

Na putu ovamo, šetala sam po avionu gore dole.

And all these men, literally at least 10 men,

I svi ti muškarci, bukvalno njih 10,

were in their little seats watching chick flicks.

gledali su ženske filmove. I svi su bili

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

sami i pomislila sam: "Ovo je njihov tajni život."

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

I've traveled, as I said,

Putovala sam u mnoge zemlje,

to many, many countries,

kao što sam već rekla, i videla sam da

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

ako uradimo ono što obično radimo toj ženskosti u nama

then obviously it's horrific to think

onda je očigledno zastrašujuće i da pomislimo

what we do to girls in the world.

šta se dešava devojčicama i ženama u svetu,

And we heard from Sunitha yesterday,

Čuli juče smo od Sunite i Kavite

and Kavita about what we do to girls.

šta radimo devojkama.

But I just want to say that

Ali moram da kažem da sam sretala

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

devojke sa ranama od noževa i opekotinama od cigareta,

who are literally being treated like ashtrays.

koje su bukvalno tretirane kao pepeljare. Videla sam

I've seen girls be treated like garbage cans.

devojke prema kojima su se odnosili kao prema kantama za otpatke.

I've seen girls who were beaten by their mothers

Devojke prebijene od strane svojih majki,

and brothers and fathers and uncles.

i braće, očeva i stričeva.

I've seen girls starving themselves to death in America

Videla sam devojke koje se izgladnjuju do smrti u Americi

in institutions to look like some idealized version of themselves.

u institucijama da izgledaju kao neka idealna verzija sebe.

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

Videla sam kako sečemo devojke i kontrolišemo ih

and we keep them illiterate,

i držimo ih nepismene,

or we make them feel bad about being too smart.

ili činimo da se osećaju loše jer su previše pametne.

We silence them. We make them feel guilty

Ućutkujemo ih. Činimo da se osećaju krivima

for being smart. We get them to behave,

zbog svoje inteligencije. Učimo ih ponašanju,

to tone it down, not to be too intense.

umirujemo ih, da ne budu napadne.

We sell them, we kill them as embryos,

Prodajemo ih, ubijamo kao embrione.

we enslave them, we rape them.

Okujemo ih. Silujemo,

We are so accustomed to robbing girls

Toliko smo naviknuti na pljačkanje

of the subject of being the subjects of their lives

njihovih identiteta

that we have now actually objectified them

da smo počeli da se prema njima odnosimo

and turned them into commodities.

kao prema predmetima.

The selling of girls is rampant across the planet.

Prodavanje devojaka je zastupljeno po celoj planeti.

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

A u mnogim mestima vrede manje i od koza i krava.

But I also want to talk about the fact that

Ali želim da govorim i o činjenici da

if one in eight people on the planet

ako je jedna od osam osoba na planeti

are girls between the ages of 10 to 24,

ženskog pola, starosti od 10. do 24. godine

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

ona predstavlja ključ u delu sveta koji je u razvoju,

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

kao i u celom svetu, za budućnost čovečanstva.

And if girls are in trouble because they face systematic disadvantages

I ako su devojke u nevolji, jer se suočavaju sa sistematskim nedostacima

that keep them where society wants them to be,

koji ih drže tamo gde ih društvo želi,

including lack of access to healthcare,

uključujući i uskraćivanje pristupa zdravstvenoj nezi,

education, healthy foods,

obrazovanju, zdravoj hrani

labor force participation.

i prava na rad.

The burden of all the household tasks

Teret svih kućnih obaveza

usually falls on girls and younger siblings,

uglavnom pada na leđa devojaka i dece u porodici.

which ensures that they will never overcome these barriers.

To osigurava da nikad ne prevaziđu ove barijere,

The state of girls, the condition of girls,

Stanje ženskih osoba, uslovi u kojima žive

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

kao i ta ženskost u nama i u svetu,

and the girl in the world -- determine whether

će, verujem, ustanoviti da li će cela ljudska rasa

the species survives.

da opstane.

And what I want to suggest is that,

I ono što želim da predložim je,

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

dok sam pričala sa devojkama, jer sam upravo završila novu knjigu

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

"Ja sam emotivno stvorenje: Tajni život devojaka širom sveta",

I've been talking to girls for five years,

razgovarala sam sa osobama ženskog pola tokom pet godina

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

i jedno od zapažanja je

is that the verb that's been enforced on girl

da je glagol koji opisuje devojku,

is the verb "to please."

svuda, "udovoljiti".

Girls are trained to please.

Devojke su učene da udovoljavaju.

I want to change the verb.

Ja želim da promenim taj glagol.

I want us all to change the verb.

Želim da svi to uradimo.

I want the verb to be "educate,"

Želim da glagol bude "obrazovati"

or "activate," or "engage,"

ili "aktivirati" ili "uključiti"

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

ili "suprostaviti se", "prkositi" ili "stvarati".

If we teach girls to change the verb

Ukoliko učimo devojke da promene glagol koji im se

we will actually enforce the girl inside us

pripisuje, zapravo ćemo podstaći ženskost u sebi

and the girl inside them.

kao i ženskost u njima samima.

And I have to now share a few stories

Sada bih podelila sa vama nekoliko priča

of girls I've seen across the planet

o ženama širom sveta

who have engaged their girl,

koje su pronašle i aktivirale ženskost u sebi,

who have taken on their girl in spite of

koje su prihvatile ko su, uprkos

all the circumstances around them.

svojim okruženjima,

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

Znam za 14-godišnju devojčicu u Holandiji,

for example, who is demanding that she take a boat

na primer, koja je zahtevala da uzme čamac

and go around the entire world by herself.

i ceo svet proputuje sama.

There is a teenage girl who just recently

Jedna tinejdžerka je nedavno

went out and knew that she needed 56 stars

izašla i rešila da istetovira

tattooed on the right side of her face.

56 zvezdica na desnoj strani lica.

There is a girl, Julia Butterfly Hill,

Postoji devojka, Džulija Baterflaj Hil,

who lived for a year in a tree

koja je godinu dana provela na drvetu

because she wanted to protect the wild oaks.

jer je želela da zaštiti divlje hrastove.

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

Postoji i devojčica koju sam srela pre 14 godina u Avganistanu,

who I have adopted as my daughter

koju sam usvojila

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

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

And this girl, when she was 17 years old,

I ova devojčica je sa 17 godina,

wore a burqa in Afghanistan,

nosila feredžu u Avganistanu

and went into the stadiums

i išla na stadione

and documented the atrocities that were going on towards women,

i dokumentovala gadosti koje su se radile ženama

underneath her burqa, with a video.

tako što je ispod feredže nosila kameru.

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

I taj snimak je obišao ceo svet

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

posle 11. septembra da pokaže šta se dešavalo u Avganistanu.

I want to talk about Rachel Corrie

Želim da razgovaram o Rejčel Kori,

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

koja je bila tinejdžerka kada je stala ispred izraelskog tenka

to say, "End the occupation."

da bi se "suprostavila okupaciji".

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

I znala je da rizikuje svoj život, oborena je pucnjavom

and rolled over by that tank.

i pregazio ju je tenk.

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

I želim da govorim o devojci koju sam nedavno upoznala

in Bukavu, who was impregnated by her rapist.

u Bukavu, koja je zatrudnela posle silovanja.

And she was holding her baby.

I držala je svoju bebu.

And I asked her if she loved her baby.

Pitala sam je da li voli svoju bebu.

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

Ona je pogledala u oči svog deteta i rekla:

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

"Naravno da volim svoju bebu. Kako da je ne volim?

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

To je moje dete i puno je ljubavi."

The capacity for girls to overcome situations

Kapacitet devojaka da prevaziđu neke situacije

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

i da se izdignu iznad njih, meni je neverovatan.

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

Postoji i devojčica po imenu Dorkas. Upoznala sam je nedavno, u Keniji.

Dorcas is 15 years old,

Dorkas ima 15 godina.

and she was trained in self-defense.

I ona je obučavana u samoodbrani.

A few months ago she was picked up on the street

Pre nekoliko meseci, pokupila su je na ulici

by three older men.

tri odrasla muškarca.

They kidnapped her, they put her in a car.

Kidnapovali su je, stavivši je u kola.

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

I, kako se branila, zgrabila ih je za adamove jabučice,

she punched them in the eyes

udarila ih u oči

and she got herself free and out of the car.

i uspela da se oslobodi i pobegne iz auta.

In Kenya, in August,

U avgustu sam išla u Keniju

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

da posetim jednu od V-dan sigurnih kuća za devojčice,

a house we opened seven years ago

kuću koju smo otvorili pre sedam godina

with an amazing woman named Agnes Pareyio.

sa neverovatnom ženom po imenu Agnes Parejio.

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

Agnes je žena koja je obrezana dok je bila mala,

she was female genitally mutilated.

odsečene su joj ženske genitalije.

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

I donela je odluku, kakvu mnoge žene donose širom sveta,

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

da ono što je njoj urađeno neće doživeti

to other women and girls.

ni jedna druga žena ili devojčica.

So, for years Agnes walked through the Rift valley.

Tako je Agnes godinama pešačila kroz Rift dolinu,

She taught girls what a healthy vagina looked like,

učeći devojčice kako izgleda zdrava vagina,

and what a mutilated vagina looked like.

a kako unakažena. I tokom vremena,

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

spasila je mnogo devojčica. Kada smo je upoznali,

we asked her what we could do for her,

pitali smo je šta možemo da učinimo za nju

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

i odgovorila je: "Ako biste mi nabavili džip, mogla bih mnogo brže da se krećem."

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

Tako smo joj nabavili džip. I onda je spasila 4.500 devojčica.

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

Ponovo smo je pitali šta joj još treba.

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

I ona je rekla: "Pa, sada mi treba kuća."

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

Tako je pre sedam godina Agnes sagradila svoju prvu

in Narok, Kenya, in the Masai land.

V-dan sigurnu kuću, u Naroku, Keniji, u zemlji Masaija.

And it was a house where girls could run away,

To je sklonište za devojke da im

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

ne bi odsecali klitoris, da ne budu obrezane,

they could go to school.

gde mogu da idu u školu.

And in the years that Agnes has had the house,

I tokom svih ovih godina od kada postoji sigurna kuća

she has changed the situation there.

Agnes je uspela da promeni situaciju tamo.

She has literally become deputy mayor.

Ona je bukvalno postala zamenik gradonačelnika.

She's changed the rules.

Promenila je pravila.

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

Cela zajednica je prihvatila ono što ona radi.

When we were there she was doing a ritual

Kada smo bili tamo, vršila je ritual u kome je mirila devojake

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

koje su pobegle od kuće, sa članovima njihovih porodica.

And there was a young girl named Jaclyn.

Bila je među njima jedna devojka po imenu Žaklin.

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

Žaklin je imala 14 godina i bila deo Masai porodice

and there's a drought in Kenya.

kada je bila suša u Keniji.

So cows are dying, and cows are the most

Krave su uginule, a te životinje

valued possession.

su tamo najvrednija imovina.

And Jaclyn overheard her father

I Žaklin je slučajno čula svog oca

talking to an old man about

kako priča sa starijim čovekom o tome

how he was about to sell her for the cows.

kako će da je proda za krave.

And she knew that meant she would be cut.

Znala je da je to značilo da će biti obrezana.

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

Takođe je znala, da neće ni ići u školu.

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

Znala je da je to značilo da neće imati budućnost.

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

Znala je da je trebalo da se uda za tog starca sa svojih 14 godina.

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

Ali jednog popodneva je saznala za sigurnu kuću.

Jaclyn left her father's house

Ona je otišla iz očeve kuće

and she walked for two days, two days

i pešačila dva dana,

through Masai land.

dva dana kroz Masai zemlju.

She slept with the hyenas. She hid at night.

Spavala je s hijenama. Krila se noću.

She imagined her father killing her on one hand,

s jedne strane je zami[ljala svoga oca kako je ubija,

and Mama Agnes greeting her,

a sa druge mamu Agnes kako je dočekuje,

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

za koju se nadala da će je dočekati kada stigne do kuće.

And when she got to the house she was greeted.

I kada je stigla do sigurne kuće, bila je srdačno dočekana.

Agnes took her in, and Agnes loved her,

I Agnes ju je prihvatila. I Agnes ju je volela.

and Agnes supported her for the year.

I Agnes ju je izdržavala godinu dana.

She went to school and she found her voice,

I ona je išla u školu i našla svoj glas,

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

i našla svoj identitet i našla svoje srce.

Then, her time was ready

I onda, njeno vreme je došlo,

when she had to go back to talk to her father

i trebalo je da se susretne sa ocem,

about the reconciliation, after a year.

da pokušaju da se pomire, posle godinu dana.

I had the privilege of being in the hut

I imala sam tu privilegiju da se nađem u kolibi

when she was reunited with her father and reconciled.

kada je došlo do njihovog susreta i pomirenja.

In that hut, we walked in,

I u toj kolibi je bio njen otac

and her father and his four wives were sitting there,

i njegove četiri žene

and her sisters who had just returned because

i njene sestre koje samo što su se vratile

they had all fled when she had fled,

a sve su bile pobegle, kada je i ona to učinila,

and her primary mother, who had been beaten

i njena majka koju su tukli

in standing up for her with the elders.

jer se suprostavljala starijima braneći Žaklin.

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

I kada je otac ugledao i video ko je postala,

in her full girl self,

u kakvu je devojku izrasla,

he threw his arms around her and broke down crying.

zagrlio je jako i počeo da plače.

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

I rekao joj je: "Prelepa si. Izrasla si u predivnu ženu.

We will not cut you.

Nećemo te obrezivati.

And I give you my word, here and now,

I dajem ti reč, ovde i sada,

that we will not cut your sisters either."

da nećemo obrezivati ni tvoje sestre."

And what she said to him was,

A ona mu je rekla:

"You were willing to sell me for four cows,

"Hteo si da me prodaš za četiri krave,

and a calf and some blankets.

jedno tele i nekoliko ćebadi.

But I promise you, now that I will be educated

Ali ti obećavam da sada kada idem u školu

I will always take care of you,

uvek ću voditi računa o tebi,

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

i vratiću se i sagradiću ti kuću.

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

I biću sa tobom do kraja tvog života."

For me, that is the power of girls.

Za mene, to je moć devojaka.

And that is the power of transformation.

I to je moć transformacije.

I want to close today

Želim da završim danas

with a new piece from my book.

sa novim delom moje knjige.

And I want to do it tonight

Želim da to uradim večeras

for the girl in everybody here.

za devojku u svima nama ovde.

And I want to do it for Sunitha.

I želim da to uradim za Sunitu.

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

I želim da to uradim za devojčice o kojima je Sunita govorila juče,

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

devojčice koje preživljavaju, koje mogu da postanu nešto drugo.

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

Ali zaista želim to da uradim za svaku osobu ovde,

to value the girl in us,

da bismo vrednovali tu ženskost u sebi,

to value the part that cries,

da bismo vrednovali taj delić koji plače,

to value the part that's emotional,

taj deo koji je emotivan,

to value the part that's vulnerable,

koji je ranjiv,

to understand that's where the future lies.

da razumemo da upravo tu leži naša budućnost.

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

Ovaj tekst se zove "Ja sam osećajno biće".

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

Nastao je zahvaljujući susretu sa devojčicom u Votsu, u Los Anđelesu.

I was asking girls if they like being a girl,

Pitala sam devojčice da li vole to što su devojčice

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

i večina je rekla: "Ne, mrzim to. Ne mogu da podnesem.

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

Baš je bezveze. Moja braća dobijaju sve."

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

A ova devojčica je samo ustala i rekla:"Ja obožavam što sam devojčica.

I'm an emotional creature!"

Ja sam osećajno biće!"

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

This is for her:

Ovo je za nju:

I love being a girl.

Volim što sam žensko

I can feel what you're feeling

Mogu da osetim ono što ti osećaš

as you're feeling inside the feeling before.

i pre nego što si toga svestan.

I am an emotional creature.

Ja sam osećajno biće.

Things do not come to me as intellectual theories

Ne vidim svet kroz intelektualne teorije

or hard-pressed ideas.

ili uređene šablone.

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

Svet pulsira kroz moje organe i moje ektremitete i gori u mojim ušima.

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

O, ja znam kada ti je devojka ljuta

even though she appears to give you what you want.

i kada deluje da ti udovoljava.

I know when a storm is coming.

Ja znam kada se nevreme sprema.

I can feel the invisible stirrings in the air.

Ja mogu da vidim nevidljiva komešanja u vazduhu.

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

Mogu ti reći da te on neće pozvati. To je vibracija koju delimo.

I am an emotional creature.

Ja sam osećajno biće.

I love that I do not take things lightly.

Ja volim što stvari ne prihvatam olako.

Everything is intense to me,

Sve dožvljavam intezivno,

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

način na koji hodam po ulici, način na koji me mama budi ujutru,

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

osećaj koji je neizbežan posle poraza, način na koji saznam loše vesti.

I am an emotional creature.

Ja sam osećajno stvorenje.

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

U vezi sam sa svetom koji me okružuje. Takva sam rođena.

Don't you say all negative

Nemoj da govoriš sve negativno

that it's only only a teenage thing,

da je sve to zbog tinejdžerskih godina

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

ili samo zbog toga što sam žensko.

These feelings make me better.

Ova osećanja me čini boljom nego što to jesam.

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

Čine da sam prisutna. Čine da sam spremna, Čine me jakom.

I am an emotional creature.

Ja sam osećajno biće.

There is a particular way of knowing.

Postoji poseban način na koji znam,

It's like the older women somehow forgot.

kao da su starije žene nekako to zaboravile,

I rejoice that it's still in my body.

Radujem se što to i dalje osećam.

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

O, ja znam kada kruška samo što nije pala sa grane.

I know we have pushed the Earth too far.

Ja znam da smo previše opteretili Zemlju.

I know my father isn't coming back,

Znam da se moj otac ne vraća

and that no one's prepared for the fire.

i da niko nije pripremljen za požar,

I know that lipstick means more than show,

Znam da karmin znači više od samoulepšavanja,

and boys are super insecure,

i da su dečaci veoma nesigurni,

and so-called terrorists are made, not born.

i tzv. teroristi su napravljeni, nisu rođeni takvi.

I know that one kiss

Znam da bi jedan poljubac

could take away all my decision-making ability.

mogao da mi oduzme moć rasuđivanja.

(Laughter)

(Smeh)

And you know what? Sometimes it should.

I znate li šta? Nekada bi i trebalo.

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

Ovo nije nekakva krajnost. To je jednostavno ženska stvar,

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

ono što bismo sve bile da se velika vrata u nama otvore.

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

Nemojte mi reći da ne plačem, da se smirim,

not to be so extreme, to be reasonable.

da ne budem tako ekstremna, da budem razumna.

I am an emotional creature.

Ja sam osećajno biće.

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

Kao što je zemlja stvorena, kao što vetar nastavlja da oprašuje cveće.

You don't tell the Atlantic Ocean to behave.

Ne možete reći Atlanskom okeanu da pazi kako se ponaša.

I am an emotional creature.

Ja sam osećajno biće.

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

Zašto bi želeli da me isključujete ili ugasite?

I am your remaining memory.

Ja sam ono čega se sećate.

I can take you back.

Mogu vas odvesti natrag.

Nothing's been diluted.

Ništa nije razređeno.

Nothing's leaked out.

Ništa nije iscurelo.

I love, hear me, I love

Ja volim, čujte, ja volim

that I can feel the feelings inside you,

što mogu da osetim šta je u tebi

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 poremete,

they make me responsible.

smatraju me odgovornom.

I am an emotional, I am an emotional,

Ja sam osećajno, ja sam osećajno

incondotional, devotional creature.

neuslovljavajuće, posvećeno biće.

And I love, hear me,

I ja volim, čujte,

I love, love, love being a girl.

ja volim, volim, volim što sam žensko!

Can you say it with me?

Možete li ponoviti sa mnom?

I love, I love, love, love

Ja volim, volim, volim, volim

being a girl!

što sam žensko!

Thank you very much.

Puno vam hvala!

(Applause)

(Aplauz)