French Resistance: Nancy Wake & the O’Leary line
Who is Nancy Wake? What was the Pat O'Leary line? Discover heroism in the French Resistence.
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02, 2021
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08, 2019
FGM: fighting against female genital mutilation in France and beyond
An estimated 200 million women and girls have undergone FGM worldwide.
11
02, 2019
Parisians pissed off with pissoires
Controversy: pissoires are causing a (metaphorical) stink in Paris.
19
10, 2018
King Kong Théorie, Virginie Despentes – in theatre: unsettling, raw, fantastic
Unsettling, raw, fantastic: read about the theatre adaptation of Virginie Despentes' hard-hitting feminist text, King Kong Theory.
26
09, 2018
MyFrenchLife™ French Book Club: Amélie Nothomb, Stupeur et Tremblements – September 2018
Amélie Nothomb - Stupeur et Tremblements: join us as we continue our 2018 book club with Nothomb's personal story of a challenging life in Japan.
23
08, 2018
Female Immortals – 9 French intellectuals: Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité
The Académie française has a total of 732 members, known as 'Immortals' - but only nine are women! Let’s find out more about these female intellectuals.
17
08, 2018
Playing cat & mouse with feminism in France
Join us as we discuss French feminism over the years, from first-wave suffrage to the gender pay gap.
22
03, 2018
Inspiring women: Lucille Desjonquères – corporate ‘skirt hunter’
Meet inspiring woman Lucille Desjonquères, fighting for equality in the boardroom.
16
01, 2018
Simone de Beauvoir: women of the world – only 217 years to go
With gender inequality making headlines worldwide, we take a look back at Simone de Beauvoir's 'The Second Sex'.
12
01, 2018
French film Friday: the female protagonist – top 5 favourite films
Join us as we celebrate feminism and shine the spotlight on the best female acting talent in French cinema.
