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CHRISTINE DREW BENJAMINChristine is a writer, etc. -- originally from Northern California, currently rooted in Los Angeles by way of New York. She is a feminist, activist, and the creator of S.H.E. (Stories Heard Everywhere), a storytelling advocacy platform dedicated to cultivating conversations, breaking down barriers, and interpersonal human connection through the use of social media, blogging, and film. In 2017, S.H.E. raised over $2,000 to support Planned Parenthood through a theatrical fundraising event combining stories surrounding health care, at a time when the benefits of Planned Parenthood were under threat.
In 2016, Christine served as a writer for Draw the Line, a campaign with the Center for Reproductive Rights in which seven actresses share real women's stories about the impact of attacks on reproductive health care. |
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As a playwright, Christine's work includes Castles in the Air (Untold Stories of Jewish Women, 2018), Unruly Women (Stories of the Resistance, 2017 and five IN ASYLUM, 2012), The Purity Play (FullStop Collective, 2012), Carries On (Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s NTI’s Playwright’s Week, 2010), and The Secret Seduction of Little Girls (John Woods Scholarship, Prague Summer Program for Writers, 2009).
She has created and published two other blogs: beat by beat and Misunderstandings, Misconceptions, and Myths: A Look at Gender Issues Through a Sideways Microscope.
Christine graduated with a bachelor degree in Theatre Arts with a minor in Women's Studies from California State University, Fullerton.
She has created and published two other blogs: beat by beat and Misunderstandings, Misconceptions, and Myths: A Look at Gender Issues Through a Sideways Microscope.
Christine graduated with a bachelor degree in Theatre Arts with a minor in Women's Studies from California State University, Fullerton.