Monday, September 14, 2015

mon., 14 sept., 2015: a toast to the new french beard, i.: give us This Day our Daily Curse

FRENCH:  La Barbe / La Barbe!  ‡

‡ ) 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 & perceived sexism of the French press's coverage),  staging guerilla theatre,  & appearing during official ceremonies or gatecrashing talkshows & corporate boardrooms,  & reading parodies specifically prepared to match the particular occasion while wearing fake beards

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