Calls for contributions:
Gender and stereotypes: where are we today?
Published on 27 March 2023
For its fall 2023 issue, the journal is committed to reflecting on the question of gender and the stereotypes associated with it. Magazines, films, documentaries, there are countless media outlets that have come in recent years to question the place of gender identity in contemporary society.
Influence and Minority Reports. Making and Unmaking Dominant Norms in the Light of Algorithmic Logic.
Published on 30 March 2023
From a transnational, socioeconomic and intersectional perspective, the challenge of this issue is to question the relationships of minimization that are played out in the world of "influence" with regard to constraints that govern valorization strategies and algorithmic logic.
“Dredging up” the museum and its sources: “queerness” in the face of archives.
Published on 03 April 2023
Under its usual slogan "Sources at work!", the ninth edition of the Kandinsky Library summer university intends to question what the queerness done to the museum, to the library, to the archives, and vice versa, what happens to it in the institutional context.
The Imaginary in Postcolonial Francophone African Literature
Published on 05 April 2023
Understood in its broadest sense, literature constitutes the place par excellence where the individual and collective imagination of a society is manifested. "These stories and these pictorial productions present in us contain," says Giust-Desprairies, "our fantasies, our desires, our perceptions, our fears and our myths."
The imaginary in postcolonial French-speaking African literature (RIDILCA review)
Understood in its broadest sense, literature constitutes the place par excellence where the individual and collective imagination of a society is manifested. "These stories and these pictorial productions present in us contain," says Giust-Desprairies, "our fantasies, our desires, our perceptions, our fears and our myths."
Fabula-LhT: Queer thinking in French. Literature, politics, epistemology
The ambiguities of the term "queer" are inseparable from the vicissitudes of its transatlantic circulation. Let us recall that in the New York slang of the 1920s and 1930s, this adjective lost its general meaning of "strange" to become an insult.
“Amateur practices, inclusive dances, committed postures: public participation in choreographic creation”
Amateur dances, participatory works, co-creations, territorial projects, the names proliferate, highlighting a particular disposition of the choreographic sector to include “non-professionals” in the making of the show.
Conferences, symposia, events…
Gender and heteronormativity in the sources. Representations and transgressions of the heterosexual injunction (Saint-Étienne)
Published on 29 March 2023
Following a first day on the theme of "gender and sources: reading, rereading, misreading", the SFR ALLHiS is organizing this year the second session of this cycle of seminars for young researchers on heteronormativity in the analysis of sources.
Recognition in progress: from concepts to practices
Published on 30 March 2023
This study day aims to be a space for testing and possible restructuring of the paradigm of recognition in the light of critical philosophy and decolonial thought. On this occasion, we will also offer a wide range of persistences and possible uses of the concept in contemporary thought.
Matrimonies and experimental heritage of “nature” in the city
Published on 30 March 2023
Matrimony will allow us to address the heritage of “gendered” minorities, but also in a much broader sense, “a territorialized, anchored heritage, which retains its value of existence but” which “also has a value of use” (Gravari-Barbas, 2014).
The (Good)doers
Round Table / Market and Creative Workshops Organized by the ÉGALES/ÉGALITÉS master's students of the University of Lyon 2. Raising awareness of artistic women and gender minorities in Lyon.
Equality Month – Round table: “Transidentity: the administrative, academic and medical journey of transgender people”
On the occasion of World Transgender Day of Visibility, the Faculty of Health is offering an interactive round table to address the different aspects of a trans person's journey.
Editorial news seminar on the gender axis: the creation of masculinities at work.
Each month, members of the gender axis receive authors of works whose themes overlap with those of the axis.
Conference-debate “Systemic racism in question”
On the occasion of the publication of the 2022 Special Edition of the journal Mouvements Qualifying racism: controversies and recognition of the racial fact, several authors of the issue compare their analyses around the notion of "systemic racism", which constitutes a sticking point in public and academic debates on the qualification of racism.
Witchcraft in (so-called) reality TV: gender, race and media arrangements
We will have the pleasure of welcoming Marc Jahjah, MCF in information and communication sciences at the University of Nantes, LAMO, who will close our series of meetings dedicated to reality TV with a presentation entitled: "Witchcraft in (so-called) reality TV: gender, race and media arrangements".
Gender and sexuality studies – EUR GSST Young Researchers Study Day
Master's and doctoral students from the Gender and Sexuality Studies (GSST) University Research School (EUR) are organizing a study day on Friday, April 14 from 9 a.m. to 18 p.m. on the Condorcet Campus. A drink will close the day.
A circus for women? Rethinking and reinventing genders (Bordeaux)
During this third day of study, after having addressed the questions of legitimacy and the spaces of committed circus, we wish to question the place of women in contemporary circus and the assignments that they undergo and/or that they manage to overturn.
Gender and Religions Seminar “(Re)conciliation of orders of magnitude? The case of female entrepreneurship from an Islamic perspective”
Entrepreneurship from an Islamic perspective is distinguished by respect for Islamic prescriptions with regard to the conduct of business affairs, professional practices such as marketed products and services (objects of the market) and the organization of work.
Health in the light of gender, here and elsewhere, yesterday and today. Interdisciplinary approach
9:30 a.m. – 12 p.m. > GENDER INEQUALITIES IN HEALTH, A SOCIETAL ISSUE
Feminist and Queer Art in Latin America
On the occasion of the exhibition Liliana Porter, the game of reality. From the 1960s to today, the Abattoirs invited Thérèse Courau and Marie-Agnès Palaisi to draw the “Outline of a political cartography of feminist and queer art in Latin America”, during a Thursday at the Abattoirs.
Gender in movement – heteronormativity: in fact and in law
“Gender in movement” is a program of activities initiated by the Institut du Genre in order to make visible, disseminate and mediate the results of research on gender and sexuality. The aim of these activities is to enrich research by organizing collaborations with artists and collectives whose work questions these themes. The sessions are open to all.”
Feminist and Queer Corporities in Performative and Circassian Practices
As part of the CORPS Project (CORporéités et COnsentement dans les Pratiques Physiques et Sportives) supported by the Ministry of Higher Education and Research, the ENACR (National School of Circus Arts of Rosny-Sous-Bois) and the Delegation for Equality and the Fight against Gender Discrimination of the UPJV (University of Picardie Jules Verne) are joining forces with the MCA (Maison de la Culture d'Amiens) to offer two days of discussion and reflection on current circus and performance practices involving transformations in the representations of corporealities.
Others
Anti-racism, all united?
Published on 23 March 2023
The term "anti-racism" appeared in the interwar period. Today, militant anti-racism presents itself in a fragmented form, at a time when Europe is experiencing worrying manifestations of identity withdrawal.
JK Rowling has attacked SNP candidate Humza Yousaf over women's rights, sparking a Twitter row.
Published on 23 March 2023
JK Rowling has criticised SNP leadership candidate Humza Yousaf over women's rights. The Scottish health minister shared a picture of himself holding a pink heart with the slogan 'Upholding Rights' on Twitter.
PHEW! BLAISE CENDRARS ESCAPES WOKE CENSORSHIP AT GALLIMARD
Published on 24 March 2023
Blaise Cendrars, Trop c'est trop, folio edition published last fall. We read this Editor's Note in the form of a warning, well isolated and visible on one of the first pages before the preface: "We have chosen to faithfully reprint this book in its original version, initially published in 1957, whose dated vocabulary may offend the sensibilities of some readers today. While it is undeniably a product of its time, the collection denotes an openness to the world and its multiple cultures to which the author pays a fine tribute here."
"Multiculturalism is not communitarianism"
Published on 26 March 2023
After two essays on "universalism on trial" and then "the disturbing familiarity of race", published in 2021, Alain Policar, associate researcher at Sciences Po (Cevipof), returns in a book of interviews (1) to a debate polluted by repeated controversies: the hatred of anti-racism.
In the United States, Republicans on a crusade against “woke capitalism”
Published on 26 March 2023
More and more Republican states are canceling their contracts with large companies, particularly on Wall Street, accused of being too concerned about the climate, discrimination or the fight against firearms.
The company confronted with Islamo-wokeism?
Published on 27 March 2023
Xerfi Canal received Dominique Reynié, professor at Sciences Po and General Director of the Foundation for Political Innovation (Fondapol), to talk about the company facing the debates of society.
A student denounces the censorship of his number at Secondaire en spectacle
Published on 28 March 2023
A student at École secondaire des Pionniers in Trois-Rivières was unable to recite the entire famous poem Speak White by Michèle Lalonde for his performance at Secondaire en spectacle because it contains the “n-word.” For the student, this represents censorship.
The elusive wokeness: we read “Deconstruct, reconstruct” by Philippe Forest
Published on 28 March 2023
In "Deconstruct, Reconstruct" (Gallimard), the novelist and essayist Philippe Forest attempts to take stock of wokism in France. While he struggles to grasp the extent of the phenomenon, he offers an interesting vision of the historical debate around progressivism.
Twitter in revolt against cancellations of queer series
Published on 30 March 2023
For some, it's always the same shows that get cancelled: those with characters from the LGBTQIA+ community.
“Fat,” “black”… How did these words become “offensive”?
Published on 02 April 2023
ANALYSIS – It seems that certain terms can no longer be pronounced in the land of wokes. How did these qualifiers become scandalous?
Bernard Cazeneuve: “Mauriac would have had little taste for cancel culture”
Published on 02 April 2023
Freedom, universalism, the right to a second chance... Through the life and writings of the author of "Bloc-notes" to which he devotes a book, the former Prime Minister explores these highly topical themes.
'PROBLEMATIC', 'RACIST', 'HURTFUL': NEW EDITION OF 'GONE WITH THE WIND' COMES WITH A WARNING
Published on 02 April 2023
Publisher Pan Macmillan is now reprinting Margaret Mitchell's bestseller Gone With the Wind with a warning for readers.
Making your life a manifesto, with Rokhaya Diallo
Published on 03 April 2023
Rokhaya Diallo is a journalist, author, director and feminist and anti-racist activist. Well known in the French media landscape, she had not planned to become a figurehead of progressivism and diversity. By entering this environment, she wanted above all to highlight issues such as inequality and racism. She says it bluntly: "I speak without concession."
Islamo-leftism at the University: when government lies prevent knowledge of a worrying phenomenon
Published on 03 April 2023
The false investigation into Islamo-leftism at the university, announced but not carried out by the supervisory authorities, shows the lack of confidence that one can have in the government's word. It also demonstrates the cowardice of the government, as well as of the University, when it comes to truly defending academic freedoms. Céline Pina's rant.
“Wall of Shame” at Sciences Po Lille: Anti-Blockade Students Targeted
Published on 04 April 2023
In a press release published on Tuesday, April 4, Pierre Mathiot, president of Sciences Po Lille, denounced a "thought police" in his school. A complaint will be filed.
Researchers accuse Quebec of censoring training on racism
Published on 05 April 2023
The Legault government denies any political interference, but documents obtained by Radio-Canada demonstrate the opposite.
Édouard Tétreau: “In the United States, the fall of the “woke empire”?”
Published on 06 April 2023
OPINION – While it is too early to say that woke culture will one day disappear, it is clear that the term has become pejorative and that this movement is struggling across the Atlantic, the essayist analyzes.
"The trans lobby erases women and mothers"
Published on 06 April 2023
INTERVIEW – Today, 75% of adolescents who ask to change gender are girls. In a recently published essay in two voices, feminist activist Marie-Jo Bonnet and gynecologist Nicole Athéa attempt to answer the question: “Why do so many young girls want to become boys?”
Limay: High school students demand the right to wear the abaya and the djellaba at school
Published on 06 April 2023
Students from the Condorcet high school in Limay (Yvelines) have circulated a petition asking that the wearing of the abaya and the djellaba be authorized in the establishment.
Songs reworked for a more feminist 'Little Mermaid'
Published on 06 April 2023
The composer of the original titles of "The Little Mermaid" retouched certain texts to add the notion of consent and erase misogyny.
Wokism: "The cult of identity is a major weapon of destruction of freedom", warns Nicolas Baverez
Published on 06 April 2023
The Esprits Libres program broadcast this Thursday, April 6, had as its theme "Are our liberal democracies equipped to face the new authoritarian empires?". To debate this, Alexandre Devecchio was surrounded by Mathieu Bock-Côté, essayist and columnist at Le Figaro, Cnews and Europe1 and Nicolas Baverez, historian and author of "Democracies against authoritarian empires" at Editions de l'Observatoire.
Dany Robert-Dufour: “Sex change has become a commercial offer encouraged by the law”
Published on 07 April 2023
INTERVIEW – The philosopher publishes Le Phénomène trans, in which he analyzes what lies behind the rise of transgender claims in Western democracies. He criticizes the left for getting caught up in this crazy project.
DÉBATDOC – FRANCE AND ITS POST-COLONIAL WORKFORCE
In France, among the immigrants from non-European countries over 65 years old, there are 130 Algerians, 000 Moroccans and 65 Tunisians. This documentary debate focuses on the often overlooked history of the workforce from the former French colonies.
Trans identities: from invisibility to media obsession
This is an unprecedented study. The Association of LGBTI+ Journalists (AJL) presented its work on the treatment of trans identities in the media on Thursday, March 30 at the Institut Pratique du Journalisme in Paris. How did a subject that was previously invisible become a media obsession for titles such as Le Figaro and Marianne? Analysis.
We are talking
"Strasbourg's "gender-neutral" budget, a sign of the porosity between the communitarian virtue leagues and the Greens"
Published on 22 March 2023
FIGAROVOX/TRIBUNE – The Green municipality of Strasbourg has announced the implementation of a “gender-sensitive” budget. For Xavier-Laurent Salvador, this initiative is part of a community dynamic, supported by the European Commission.
Philippe d'Iribarne: "What the French want is autonomy"
Published on 22 March 2023
For the author of The Great Downgrade (Albin Michel), work in France is linked to traditional notions of honor and freedom. Whatever the profession.
Doing good for the French in spite of themselves or the slow asphyxiation of French democracy by its elites
Published on 23 March 2023
On Tuesday evening, the President of the Republic considered, in front of the majority parliamentarians received at the Élysée, that "the crowd" of demonstrators opposed to the pension reform had "no legitimacy" in the face of "the people who express themselves through their elected representatives".
Jean Szlamowicz: beware of preconceived ideas!
Published on 23 March 2023
INTERVIEW. The linguist distinguishes between ready-made formulas, which are harmless, and “ideological beliefs,” which “are downright toxic.”
There is no democracy without a middle class
Published on 24 March 2023
ANALYSIS. For historian Pierre Vermeren, deindustrialization has impoverished the French and discredited politics. The republican pact is shaken.
Horizons is trying to become the centre of gravity of a new right, but what are its chances of succeeding?
Published on 26 March 2023
The party founded by Édouard Philippe organized its annual congress this Saturday and intends to try to exploit the existential turmoil that took hold of LR on the occasion of the vote on the motion of censure on pensions.
Fundamentalist Islamism: Exposing it to the light of day means taking the risk of being threatened
Published on 27 March 2023
How did fundamentalist Islamism take root in France? Can we still fight against this poison? To talk about it, Florence Bergeaud-Blackler was André Bercoff's guest on Sud Radio on Monday March 27 in "Bercoff dans tous ses états" for her book "Le Frérisme et ses réseaux, l'enquête" published by Odile Jacob, accompanied by her lawyer, Thibault de Montbrial.
[Interview] “Deconstruction, a weapon of war against the universal republic”
Published on 30 March 2023
On the occasion of the publication of the proceedings of a conference reflecting on the origins and impact of “wokism”, Xavier-Laurent Salvador underlines the anti-democratic nature of this ideology.
Pensions: has the far left won the battle of ideas?
Published on 30 March 2023
Find the Le Figaro Idées club around Eugénie Bastié with the philosopher Pierre-Henri Tavoillot and the academic Emmanuelle Hénin.
"Putin's propaganda speech is boring"
Published on 30 March 2023
INTERVIEW. Yana Grinshpun, linguist, has just published an essay on contemporary propaganda discourses. Enlightening.
Pierre Vermeren's column: This French university prevented from teaching
Published on 01 April 2023
The "1968 baccalaureate" and the diplomas, generously awarded after the student and social events of May, remained in the memories for two generations. And then, what had been exceptional - because the baccalaureate and the competitive exams were even taken in France in the summer of 1944 - became the norm in the XNUMXst century.
"University of Bordeaux: when students invite Jean-Marc Rouillan, a far-left terrorist"
Published on 03 April 2023
TRIBUNE – The agrégé of modern literature and lecturer in medieval language and literature, Xavier-Laurent Salvador, denounces the double standards of the militant left, so quick to denounce “systemic” violence but tolerant of terrorism.
Ramadan fasting: “Why the French Football Federation is right to ban breaks during matches”
Published on 03 April 2023
FIGAROVOX/TRIBUNE – Former member of the secularism mission of the High Council for Integration Guylain Chevrier welcomes, in the name of secularism and universalism, the decision of the French Football Federation to ban breaks during matches for players observing Ramadan.
We're in the news
The Tears of Secularism
Published on 14 March 2023
In this text published on his blog after the publication of a book of exchanges with Nathalie Heinich on secularism, Jean Baubérot returns to a "difficult debate" but which "fulfilled" his hopes since he was able to give "some different angles of attack" in the face of the sociologist who, "for her part, clearly sets out a conception that is currently quite widely shared."
Deconstructing Deconstruction
Published on 27 March 2023
The subject. This paving stone, thrown into the pond of ardent contemporary deconstructionists, has its weight. Proceedings of a conference at the Sorbonne, which made history and gave rise to arguments over "wokism", it brings together around fifty contributors.
Controversies
Agatha Christie classics latest to be rewritten for modern sensibilities
Published on 25 March 2023
Poirot and Miss Marple mysteries have original passages reworked or removed in new editions published by HarperCollins.
Valérie Pécresse does not want an “Angela Davis” high school in Saint-Denis… for reasons of secularism
Published on 30 March 2023
Anti-racist activist, American Angela Davis gave her name to a high school in Seine-Saint-Denis, on the choice of the school community. But the president of the Île-de-France region opposes this name, because of criticism expressed by Angela Davis towards secularism "à la française".
Gone With the Wind: a “harmful” and “racist” book warns its publisher
Published on 04 April 2023
A new edition of Margaret Mitchell's novel, published by Pan Macmillan, contains a warning alerting readers to its "problematic" content.
Feminist activist Marguerite Stern's visit to a conference in Nantes cancelled following threats
Published on 05 April 2023
The activist with the criticized positions on trans identities was to speak on April 15 at the invitation of the Comité Laïcité République des Pays de la Loire, which filed a complaint. The conference was finally postponed and "will take place in Paris, with Marguerite Stern."
Ordinary propaganda
Foix. The systems of domination studied by Philippe Merlant
Published on 27 March 2023
The Popular University of the Pays de Foix (UPPF) invited Philippe Merlant, journalist, for a gesticulated conference on the theme of "The Perfume of the Man in White", a mischievous nod to "The Perfume of the Lady in Black".
Valérie Pécresse does not want an “Angela Davis” high school in Saint-Denis… for reasons of secularism
Published on 30 March 2023
Anti-racist activist, American Angela Davis gave her name to a high school in Seine-Saint-Denis, on the choice of the school community. But the president of the Île-de-France region opposes this name, because of criticism expressed by Angela Davis towards secularism "à la française".
Against transphobia, the left must speak out
Published on 31 March 2023
On this March 31, International Transgender Day of Visibility, left-wing parliamentarians are calling for a relentless fight against the reactionary climate and the proponents of a "moral" order who stigmatize transgender identity, in the United States, the United Kingdom and France.
"On Islam", a corseted vision of Muslim tradition
Published on 31 March 2023
Philosopher Rémi Brague explores the originality of Islam and analyses its aims in a book that suffers from a lack of historical anchoring.
20 films on queer and feminist issues screened at the Cinémarges festival in Gironde
Published on 31 March 2023
Bordeaux, but also La Réole, Blanquefort and Saint-Médard-en-Jalles are hosting the Cinémarges festival: eight documentaries and 12 fictions around lesbian, gay, trans and feminist causes, and a selection that asserts its cinephile dimension
Mariátegui, precursor of the decolonial – Tarik Yakis
Published on 01 April 2023
Youtube video.
“La Villa”: Bisexuality and transidentity, reality TV changes its approach to gender and sexual orientation
Published on 02 April 2023
Fourteen candidates never seen before in a program of this kind make up the cast of the eighth season of "La Villa", a show launched this Monday on TFX and which attempts to open a new era in reality TV.
In & Out + l'Alphabet: discover these queer events at the cinema and the theater
Published on 03 April 2023
In this show, Benoît Arnulf, Artistic Director of the 15th In&Out with France Bleu Azur, tells us why it's cool to participate. We also welcome Sébastien Morena, Director of L'Alphabet in Nice, who talks about a comedy show with champagne and chocolate for the Easter weekend.
Daniel Radcliffe had a message for Transgender Day of Visibility
Published on 03 April 2023
Daniel Radcliffe participated in a roundtable organized by The Trevor Project with young trans and non-binary people.
Artist Audrey Couppé de Kermadec celebrates the silenced voices of black and queer people
Published on 03 April 2023
Punk, Antilles, Middle Ages… The artist combines disciplines to deliver a militant eulogy of vulnerability and better represent black and queer people.
When transgender identity bothers the media
Published on 04 April 2023
According to the Association of Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans and Intersex Journalists (AJL), there has been “undeniable progress” in the representation of trans people in the media, but there is still a long way to go.
The Queer Circus, unclassifiable
Published on 05 April 2023
The artists of Cirque Queer are preparing to experience their baptism of fire in Châlons, by performing the grand premiere of their first show. A joyful artistic melting pot where all extravagances are permitted, provided that they are experienced together and that they (re)awaken consciences.
Queer amann: new pride march in Quimper on July 1st
Published on 06 April 2023
Community village, book fair, pride march, drag queen shows, DJ sets… The program for the second edition of the Queer amann in Quimper has been revealed.
Congress communication
FORUM “Gender, place names and public space”
Published on 03 April 2023
The UNESCO Chair in Inclusive Toponymy is organizing its first thematic forum on April 5 and 6, 2023, called "Gender, place names and public space", which aims to advance jointly, on an academic level by establishing a state of the art and international research perspectives, and on a more applied level with the actors and actresses of operational and potentially inclusive toponymy.
Intersectionality in doctoral research
Like the concept of gender in its time, the notion of intersectionality, modifying the prisms through which to grasp the complexity of social facts, encounters a certain number of resistances (Bilge, 2015).
Walter Mignolo and the decolonial manifesto
This text was written on the occasion of the seminar "Decolonial and universal: crossed perspectives", coordinated by Elara Bertho and Michel Cahen and proposed by the Maison des Sciences de l'homme de Bordeaux and the research center "Africas in the world" (CNRS/Sciences Po Bordeaux).
Inclusive writing: uses, debates and mobilizations
Various publications
Gender and inequalities in rural areas (Norths/Souths) – doctoral contract
Published on 27 March 2023
In recent years, global climate change and the Covid-19 pandemic have given rise to renewed studies on inequalities in rural areas of the North and South.
When men will love
Published on 27 March 2023
For African-American feminist bell hooks, patriarchy mutilates men's emotional lives and cuts them off from love. Their "relational healing" will allow the development of a feminist masculinity. An innovative or psychologizing thesis?
Inclusive language in secondary 1: How and why to teach it? [Electronic resource]
This professional dissertation aims to propose avenues for introducing inclusive language in secondary I classes. This includes writing, speaking, but also iconography and the diversity of references used by the teaching staff.
Exploring the intersectionality of characteristics among individuals who have experienced an opioid overdose: a cluster analysis
As Canada continues to face an opioid crisis, it is important to understand the overlap between demographic, socioeconomic and service use characteristics among people experiencing opioid overdoses in order to improve prevention and treatment programs.
Items
José Esteban Muñoz, Cruiser Utopia, the After and Elsewhere of Queer Future (trans. Alice Wambergue, 2nd ed.)
Published on 27 March 2023
Cruising Utopia is the result of more than ten years of research into the queer potentialities that José Esteban Muñoz observed in the artistic and literary practices of the 1960s and 1970s in New York and Los Angeles, practices that allowed him to shed light on the design of a future well beyond the dominant reproductive heteronormativity.
Maya Gonzalez, Jeanne Neton, Logic of gender
Published on 28 March 2023
What is gender in contemporary capitalism? This collection invites us to answer this question, based on a theoretical approach inspired by feminism and Marxism.
Africa's Long Struggle for its Art
For decades, African nations have fought to return countless works of art stolen during the colonial era to be displayed in Western museums. Bénédicte Savoy sheds light on this largely unknown history.
Magazine
