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Françoise’s Recent History: The d’Eaubonnot Gang

Who, in the 2010s, knows who Françoise d’Eaubonne is?

Even though she published 100 books during her lifetime and contributed three words to the French language—including ecofeminism—she has completely disappeared from the public eye since the mid-1990s.

A pioneer in her field, Caroline Goldbum began in-depth research in 2007. Then came the #MeToo movement and a growing awareness of the global crisis. Violence against nature, violence against women and the oppressed—in France, people are rediscovering Françoise and her ecofeminist thesis.

With as many resources as I had for writing—which was practically none—I set out to create this website in late 2021. Very soon, my brother Alain joined me in this venture. A first public version went live in March 2022. It included a brief biography and a bibliography that would eventually become organized chronologically and thematically. The first news post was published on March 18, 2022, and that year, the site received a modest 5,800 unique visitors.

In 2022, Alain, the author Élise Thiébaut, Karine Lanini (Françoise’s agent), and I decided to meet at least every six weeks to support our feisty old lady—who doesn’t belong to me. This marked the birth of La Bande à d’Eaubonnot. True to its commitment all these years, the group will oversee the reissue of eleven books as well as translations into eight languages.

In recent years, Françoise has certainly returned to the fray, and there has been no shortage of news about her. Le Passager Clandestin published Le féminisme ou la Mort in 2020, and Élise Thiébaut released L’Amazone verte, Françoise d’Eaubonne’s novel, in 2021, followed by the Noésis theater company with its production Nous, Françoise. Manon Aubel directed the acclaimed and award-winning film Françoise d’Eaubonne, an ecofeminist epic, in 2023, just as Virginie Despentes, Béatrice Dalle, and Casey incorporated her Call for a Procreation Strike into their show *Troubles*.

Next, thanks to Pauline Launay, will be *Causes Communes*, a compilation of texts from a three-day international conference previously dedicated to Françoise (thank you, François Bordes, IMEC, and the University of Caen!), and David Dufresne’s book, *Remember Fessenheim*, about his grandmother’s activism. In Paris, a section of Rue Mouton-Duvernet is being renamed Allée Françoise d’Eaubonne.

And this is just one example, as there is such an abundance of gatherings, academic work, activist debates, and artistic creations. So much so that it’s impossible for me to document everything, even with the two hundred news articles and the support of a whole group of friends, thanks to whom the legacy of Françoise and the inspiration she sparked continue to enrich the site, which now contains a good thousand pages.

Partially translated into several languages, it was visited by 300,000 unique visitors during the first eight months of 2026 (source: Awstats). < 4 >Not bad for a site that’s primarily a memorial. How far will all this go?

The future

Major projects are currently underway; they are the reason for the current shortage of new publications.

During the final touches phase, the La Bande à d’Eaubonnot newsletter will let you get straight to the point without having to visit the website. An indispensable tool for promoting a major new project: *Le Feuilleton du Dimanche*.

After consulting with my colleagues, I will invoke the spirit of Jules Vallès and, this fall, revive the great tradition of the social-criticism serial in which he distinguished himself with *L’Insurgé* in *Le Cri du Peuple* in his day. On the first and third Sundays of the month, I will publish twenty to thirty pages from one of Françoise’s out-of-print or unpublished books.

The first will be L’Evangile selon Véronique, followed by Les Dissidents de La Croix,, its sequel—an unpublished work from 2004 that I found on a floppy disk at the bottom of a box in the back of a closet. Others will follow; there’s no shortage of possibilities!

So, it’s a serialized story, just like in the good old days. It’s digital, but with editorial work, layout, and a reading experience that makes PDFs seem as outdated as floppy disks. Once published, each book will be available in ePub format. And if, like me, you can’t live without paper, you’ll be able to order it from your local bookstore (in France).

You’re used to accessing all existing content for free, and it will remain that way—that’s our initial commitment. But that won’t be the case for The Sunday Series (in French).

Unraveling family history is a “profession” that comes at a high cost in terms of electronics, research, and travel of all kinds. Since I’ve followed in my mother’s footsteps, I’ve—like her—managed perfectly well not to make any money. My minimum pension, supplemented by a little royalties, is no longer enough.

So, if you’d like to continue hearing Françoise d’Eaubonne rail against capitalism—the final stage of patriarchy—we’d appreciate your support through a modest subscription!

Vincent d’Eaubonne, août 2026