How to Defend Yourself at Victory Gardens Theater

Zacek-McVay Theater:

How to Defend Yourself

Authors

• Liliana Padilla

I wish girls fought more. Like beat the shit out of each other for fun. I wish that was like a socially acceptable thing to do. Fight club, you know? If it was me and you, I think I'd win.
In a DIY self-defense class, college students learn to use their bodies as weapons. They learn to fend off attackers. They learn "not to be a victim." Self-defense becomes a channel for their rage, anxiety, confusion, trauma and desire-lots of desire.
-You asked how I like it, that's how I like it.
-Maybe you can interrogate why you like that.
-Maybe you can interrogate why it scares you.