Our opinion pieces
The Observatory is an institution that works seriously, but does not take itself too seriously.
The Observatory works diligently to produce reports, books and documents. It does so meticulously and with a strong sense of documentation.
But wokism has this peculiarity: it makes people laugh. And sometimes, enough is enough…
Vincent Tournier
Lecturer in political science at the IEP of Grenoble.
At the University of Grenoble, it's Equality Month!
The "month of equality" organised by the University of Grenoble-Alpes replaces academic debate with ideological awareness-raising actions that take the place of intellectual reflection.
Rita and Grema are on a boat
A short chronicle of an "all inclusive" cruise and a selective overview of the year 2025 by Lucien Vollesan, short story writer.
Claudio Rubiliani
Biologist, member of the Little Mermaid Observatory.
The Who's Woke – Pearls of Spring
Claudio Rubiliani presents his spring selection of personalities with selective commitment and ideological conformity.
Xavier-Laurent Salvador
Linguist, President of LAIC
PERPETUAL ABOLITION: FOR A FINALLY LIBERATED DECOLONIAL FRANCE (BUT NOT TOO FAST)
While campaigning with absolute intransigence for total abolition here, we must guard against any attempt at hasty judgment on non-Western societies which, for their part, have perhaps found in certain forms of servitude a civilizational balance that it is not up to us to deconstruct. The essential thing is to abolish, again and again, in France only.
Claudio Rubiliani
Biologist, member of the Little Mermaid Observatory.
Who's Woke 2025 – Our Top 10
A satirical text by Claudio Rubiliani that provocatively ranks ten political figures and institutions, denouncing their hypocrisy and their offbeat commitment in the name of progressivism.
Degendering the game of chess
A remnant of a monarchical universe with nauseating sexist and patriarchal overtones, a chessboard condenses all inequalities and all discriminations.