Isabel Allende: Tales of passion

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www.ted.com Author and activist Isabel Allende discusses women, creativity, the definition of feminism -- and, of course, passion -- in this talk.

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Channel: People & Blogs
Uploaded: January 9, 2008 at 1:24 pm
Author: TEDtalksDirector

Length: 00:17:56
Rating: 4.79
Views: 26986

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Video Comments:
LANICACSM (January 1, 2009 at 11:28 pm)
Greatest writer!!! love her!
kof666deathmetal (December 24, 2008 at 11:45 pm)
la ciudad de las beastias and el reino del dragon de oro are the bests and only books that i have liked and that makes me wanna read more and sad when the book is over!
Carolina0333 (December 10, 2008 at 10:16 pm)
She is the best of the best!!!
davidalwaysdream (November 18, 2008 at 11:10 am)
what an amazing speech. thank you isabel allende for inspiring me.
NatalieCrossing (November 17, 2008 at 5:35 pm)
A fantastic inspiration for both men and women.
azukita18 (November 12, 2008 at 3:07 pm)
I love Isabel Allende. I started reading spanish literature after having read La Casa de los espiritus. And I can say with all certainty that I have not read a more beautiful, impressive and unforgetable novel. I highly recommend it.
Isabel Allende...una de las mejores escritoras de America Latina y del mundo entero.
I wish I could meet her one day.
AusFreak (November 7, 2008 at 3:11 am)
"Women are not equal to men"?
That's a dangerous game to play.
Discriminating comments on an anti-discrimination video aren't gonna get you a whole heap of positive replies.
De4sher (December 14, 2008 at 5:35 am)
Men have penises, women don't. Women have breasts, men don't.
That solves the argument of "equality" for me.

Regarding rights and injustice:
Nobody has any rights. All we have are temporary agreements. There's no such things as "rights", in nature. It's the responsibility of each one of us to fight for what we want and so "rights" were born.

Also the way others perceive you is almost entirely your responsibility, and doing something about it, works better than whining (my own experience).
elcamaleon1 (October 7, 2008 at 9:03 am)
I don't see how you can perceive her marvellous speech like that...I really don't. She opens up for males to participate in a strife for an equal society..in terms of condition. I think this is an excellent video.
elcamaleon1 (October 7, 2008 at 9:00 am)
If this is a feminist, I'll marry one. <3