mon., 9 july, & tues., 10 july, 2012: to the new french beard, iii.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

FRENCH: La Barbe ‡
FRENCH: “Ils se lachent, eless trinquent...” ‡‡
FRENCH: Osez le Feminisme ‡‡‡
  
‡ ) Lit., “The Beard” = i.e., Basta!, Enough already!; “La Barbe” is also the name of a recently formed French Feminist collective started in Spring of 2008 (in the wake of Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s arrest in N.Y.C. for attempted rape & the perceived sexism of the French press's coverage), staging stage guerilla theatre, & appearing during official ceremonies or gatecrashing talkshows & corporate boardrooms, & reading parodies specifically prepared to match the particular occasion while wearing fake beards ;
‡‡ ) “Men let loose, women pay...” = a Feminist petition used to rouse women to the streets all over France during Spring, 2012 ;
‡‡‡ ) “Dare Feminism” — a national French Feminist org.

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