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Inside the Literary Salon I: the Female Voice of the French Renaissance
Columnist Martha Leggett discusses the legacy left by female-only salons in French literary culture.
Flâneur bops and flops 1: Songs for when you gaslight so much, your husband girlbosses— a Madame Bovary playlist
Have you ever wondered which Mitski song best encapsulates the psycho-sexual melodrama of Madame Bovary? If you answered yes then I hate you but you're welcome to read this column nonetheless - though, you're on thin ice.
La Quête Queer II: As a lesbian, I can no longer trust Simone de Beauvoir
Columnist Miruna Tiberiu explores in her column ‘La Quête Queer’ queer life and culture in France. In her second article for the column, she writes on her re-evaluation of Simone de Beauvoir as a queer figure, looking into the often overlooked passages on lesbians in her seminal ‘Le Deuxième Sexe’.
La femme française 1: The Birth of French Feminism
In the first instalment of her column, Helena Pruszewicz traces French feminism back to its roots- revolution- and analyses the égalité achieved in the ensuing period
La Quête Queer I: Queer Self-Perception in the Films of Xavier Dolan
Columnist Miruna Tiberiu explores in her column ‘La Quête Queer’ queer life and culture in France. In her first instalment, she analyses perception and self-perception in Xavier Dolan’s films, and reflects on her own experiences.
The French Dispatch III: New friends, old friends, and everything in between
In the next instalment of her column, Emily Moss is grateful for the changing nature of friendships on her year abroad, both old and new.
The French Dispatch II - Where’s all my money gone?
In the second instalment of her column, Paris newly-local Emily Moss gives tips on how to stay financially afloat living abroad.
The French Dispatch I - Feeling Lonely in the City of Lights
In the first instalment of her column The French Dispatch, Emily Moss discusses the loneliness of first moving abroad, and how to overcome it.
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- Deformation as Reformation
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- Does Michel Houellebecq still matter?
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- Germanistik: In search of the female writer…
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- Las ideas no se matan: reflexiones sobre la literatura latinoamericana
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- More than Music
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