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Artist-activist Déborah de Robertis charged after engraving “Me Too” on five works of art

Activist Deborah de Robertis, who tagged "Me Too" on five works on display at the Centre Pompidou-Metz, including Gustave Courbet's painting "L'origine du monde",...

You Are Not Alone: powerful new film documents how women’s protest against misogyny helped change Spain’s rape laws

Wrote by Abigail Loxham, Lecturer in Hispanic Studies and Film, University of Liverpool and Deborah Shaw, Professor of Film and Screen Studies, University of...

The Marquis de Sade as feminist icon ? Angela Carter’s surprising take on a notorious writer

Wrote by Alexander Howard, Senior Lecturer, Discipline of English and Writing, University of Sydney, By The Conversation Social constructs and questions of control are preoccupations...

An Opinionated Guide to Women Painters explores how women influenced the trajectory of art

Wrote by Lydia Merrett, Lecturer in Fine Art, Manchester Metropolitan University, by The Conversation. Have you ever wondered where all the women artists are when...

Exceptional gala in Cannes : 2nd edition of “Knights of charity, embrace the stars” shines

The second edition of the “KNIGHTS of CHARITY, embrace the stars” gala was held at Palm Beach (Cannes) during the festival. A great success...

A young Black scientist discovered a pivotal leprosy treatment in the 1920s − but an older colleague took the credit

Wrote by Mark M. Lambert Assistant Professor of Behavioral Medicine, Medical Humanities, and Bioethics, Des Moines University, by The Conversation Hansen’s disease, also called leprosy, is...

Aya Nakamura attacked by the far right: 70 personalities mobilize against racism

The most listened-to French-speaking singer in the world since her success with "Djadja" in 2018, Aya Nakamura is now a global star. This meteoric...

Cannes Film Festival: parity in the jury but not in the selection

Barbie director Greta Gerwig has been chosen to preside over the Cannes 2024 Film Festival jury. She will be surrounded by other leading female...