Books & ideas

The ecofeminism of ordinary people

Maureen Bal — 2025-12-02T09:00:00Z

By shedding light on alternative ways of life that have hitherto been kept in the shadows, Constance Rimlinger shows that ecofeminist utopias are a reality that seeks emancipation from capitalism and patriarchy.

The Earth Mother vs. God the Father

Jean-Baptiste Vuillerod — 2025-06-26T06:30:00Z

Christianity is based on an egalitarian indifference to sexual difference, but in practice treats women very unequally. God the father has replaced the pagan idea of the Earth Mother, who celebrates humanity's shared belonging to Gaia.

Syria's Quest for Justice & Unity

Adèle Audouy — 2025-02-18T09:30:00Z

Lawyer, feminist activist and a prominent figure of the Syrian opposition, Dima Moussa advocates for an inclusive political transition, the establishment of genuine democratic institutions, and the necessity of a national debate open to all components of Syrian society.

Philosophy as a feminist triumph

Martine Storti — 2024-10-17T08:08:00Z

Under the French Third Republic, the gender of “citizenship” and “philosophy” was masculine. Yet women pioneers managed to obtain university degrees and rise to positions of responsibility
from which they had been excluded.

Daring to Embrace Feminist Philosophy

Cléo Salion-Girault — 2024-09-10T12:55:03Z

Do you really know what intersectionality is? What about the epistemology of positioning? A new collection of introductory essays on feminist philosophy questions the way feminist thought has been relatively overlooked by French philosophy, and brings to light the promise of emancipation that fuels it.

Implicit gender bias

Sélima Kebaïli — 2023-11-03T08:31:00Z

Whether at work, at school, or in personal relationships, implicit gender biases are still very much alive and well. What is more, despite numerous attempts to prevent stereotypes and their effects, they continue to affect people's performance, preferences, and opinions.

Mom's Emancipation

Géraldine Farges — 2023-03-30T07:30:00Z

By retracing the itineraries of their mothers, two authors reconstruct the lifestyles of two teachers in the 1960s and 1970s and their quest for economic and intellectual emancipation.

The Force of Feminisms

Johanna Lenne-Cornuez — 2021-10-06T08:21:00Z

This collective book, which studies feminisms through the prism of intersectionality and gender, recalls the dynamism of struggles from the Revolution through to current debates, for instance around single-sex spaces and means of action.

How Power came to Men

Martine Storti — 2021-09-29T06:30:00Z

Éliane Viennot continues her investigation of the history of the inequality, hierarchies and disqualifications that have been imposed on women. Legally organising their subjection is not enough; the latter also has to be legitimated.

Françoise d'Eaubonne's Ecofeminism

Iris Derzelle — 2021-03-22T08:00:00Z

Rediscovering an activist thinker who was at the origins of eco-feminism, but remains unknown. Her work inspired an extremely heterogeneous movement, but has her ambition to concretely transform the social, economic and political organisation of society been pursued?