1972 : Feminitude
Françoise d’Eaubonne
Françoise d’Eaubonne
Well, my mom (who’s a saint, since she’s My Mom) hadn’t bragged to me about that one. I should mention that at the time of that feat, I was only 12 to 15 years old—that explains it. (Vincent)
Barcelone, Incorpore Editore Le soxocide des sorcières in Catalan Françoise d’Eaubonne published Le Sexocide des Sorcières in 1999, after fifty years of writing and political commitment, having introduced the word “phallocrate” into the French language in 1971 and the concept of ecofeminism in 1978 (in reality 1974, editor’s note). (Source Incorpore)
Éditions Albin Michel, Paris, 285 pages. Reissue titled Moi, Kristine, reine de Suède, 1979 The Memoirs of Hadrian , Marguerite Yourcenar’s monumental work published 7 years earlier, can only come to mind when reading Françoise’s novel. And it is not the transparent clues that she left that will invalidate this observation. One could think of…
Paris, Le passager Clandestin, 331 pages. Initially published in 1974, this founding book opens up new perspectives for ecological and feminist struggles, which Françoise tells us are called to join in the fight against patriarchy which, in the same movement, subjugates women and destroys the planet. In this book which gives a nod to René…
This novel, Françoise’s very first, published in an abridged version, is probably lost forever. This is the story behind it. 1932, Denoël et Stelle publishers launch a literary competition for under-13s. A minimum of 200 lines was required to get to the starting line. Françoise was 12 years old, and entered a novel that ran…
Encre, Paris, 264 pages. Françoise traces the complex destiny of Madame Mao Zedong, from teenage actress to power-hungry woman who was “the first woman in the world to rule over so many men”. Between the courageous revolutionary and the bloody imprincess, her story is told in the first person.