1974 : La Drogue

by | Updated on 20/01/2026 | Published on 04/05/1974 | 1974-1979 Ecologie/Féminisme, 2.1 Bibliographies, Philosophical essays

F. d’Eaubonne, C-P. PAJARD et P. ULRICH. Geneva, Famot, 247 pages.

Françoise took charge of the first part, the history of drugs, covering 130 pages. This commissioned work is not as bland as one might fear. Although dated, it nevertheless evokes the establishment by colonial states of a lucrative trade, with complete disregard for the health of the populations.

England with opium, the Netherlands with cocaine. In short, the first drug traffickers, who inspired the economic structures of contemporary trafficking…

It is also in this book that I find the first trace of the term Sexocide, with a short summary of what would become, five years later, Le sexocide des sorcières (The Sexocide of Witches).

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1972 : Feminitude

by | Updated on 17/06/2026 | Published on 04/05/1972 | Articles, Texts

1972 Feminitude
1972. 1972. The MLF has existed for three years; the FHAR is in full decline. Dissensions and controversies: Daniel Guérin leaves him, Françoise d’Eaubonne too. The author and activist will temporarily join the newspaper Le Fléau social, but will leave it when it moves away from political life. In n° 2 of this journal, published in October 1972, Françoise wonders about “femininity” by highlighting her conviction that there is no such thing as a “woman’s nature”:
“There is no more essential woman than there is a predisposed proletarian or a born criminal.”

Françoise d’Eaubonne

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