Feminism enjoys nearly universal acceptance across today’s political and intellectual landscape. To declare oneself antifeminist in 2026 is often enough to be labeled as indifferent to women’s dignity ...
Award-winning author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has commented for the first time on Beyoncé's feminism. The singer used fragments of the famous feminists speech in her song ****Flawless, but 'her type ...
Olympe de Gouges is a name you might remember from your history classes as another casualty of the French Revolution’s bloody Reign of Terror. It’s names like ...
Synopsis: Locked up in her cell at the Conciergerie shortly before her trial, Olympe de Gouges confided in Fabien, her jailer, before being taken before the Revolutionary Tribunal presided over by ...
A golden statue of campaigning lawyer Gisèle Halimi now stands proudly in the northern Paris neighbourhood. Halimi, who was born in Tunisia and died five years ago at the age of 93, gained national ...
It’s the French Revolution and four prominent women — playwright Olympe de Gouges, assassin Charlotte Corday, Haitian spy Marianne Angelle and Queen Marie Antoinette — find themselves holed up ...
A grand and dream-tweaked comedy about violence and legacy, art and activism, feminism and terrorism, compatriots and chosen sisters, and how we actually go about changing the world. Playwright Olympe ...
Women in France secured the right to vote on 21 April 1944 through a wartime decree issued by the provisional government under General de Gaulle. "Women are voters and eligible [for election] under ...
I have nothing but respect for the de-Google movement and everyone involved in it. With Mountain View’s influence over our household technology ever strengthening, it’s quite understandable that some ...
Sophie Lewis grapples with the ways the feminist movement has harbored prejudices and abetted wrongdoing in Enemy Feminisims. Every institution is prone to rot—even great causes like feminism. It ...
Four beautiful, badass women lose their heads in this irreverent, girl-powered comedy set during the French Revolution's Reign of Terror. Playwright Olympe de Gouges ...