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, done all over France in Spring of 2012
‡‡‡ ) “Dare Feminism” — a
national French Feminist org.
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from curse + berate in 69+ languages, from Soft Skull Press.
http://softskull.com/?p=271
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