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I know what you're thinking: "I don't care what boycotting sex does for the environment -- this has to be the most terrifying idea ever conceived by mankind." That's exactly what I thought when I began reading about The Boycott -- a play about women withholding sex in order to pressure world leaders into taking action on global warming. Lo and behold, I was relieved to find out that it was just a play, and a comedy at that.

For those of you who have never experienced activist theater, it's a fun, weird, and sometimes highly uncomfortable affair, where the more outrageous an idea is, the better. It will certainly get more blogger attention. That's why Kathryn Blume -- the co-founder of the world's first theatrical event for peace -- has featured herself in a one-woman play where she portrays a host of characters, all embroiled in a nationwide sex strike to save the planet.

The story is based on the Greek comedy "Lysistrata," in which women boycott sex to end the Peloponnesian War. In The Boycott, Blume portrays a feisty First Lady who coordinates the infamous sex strike while bearing the brunt of criticism from the press and the oil industry. Mostly, her efforts are an attempt to get her self-centered husband, the President, to take on the issue of global warming, her adviser throughout this ordeal -- a Brazilian tree frog. Check the show's website to see if it's coming to a theater in your area.



[via Ecorazzi]