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La Barbe(The Beard) is a French feminist group. It was founded in 2008. It aims at denouncing the absence or under-representation of women in contemporary culture. This includes influence and power dynamics in politics, economics and media.
 La Barbe, national day, Paris, place de la Nation, July 2013 | |
| Abbreviation | La Barbe |
|---|---|
| Formation | 2008 |
| Type | NGO |
| Purpose | Women rights |
| Headquarters | Paris, France |
| Location | |
Official language | French |
History
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The group emerged during the 2007 French presidential elections. Some advocates of Ségolène Royal were shocked by sexist allusions directed towards her.[1] The group gathered around Marie de Cenival, a former Act UP-Paris activist, gathering women who were not deeply involved in an association or a feminist movement before. In October 2008, "twenty active members, thirty sympathizers" according to Liberation, were members of the group.[2] In March 2010 fifty members were enlisted. The name of the group was a reference to the beard, as symbol of the masculinity, and to the familiar French interjection "La barbe!" meaning "Enough!"
Their first public demonstration took place on February 28, 2008, during a signing session of the Éric Zemmour at Drugstore Publicis in Paris.[3] According to the Le Nouvel Observateur, La Barbe is legally founded as non-profit association on March 8, 2008, for international women's day.[4] The group demonstrated in Paris with Act Up-Paris and the Panthères roses, attaching a beard to one of the statues on the Place de la République.[5]
The group appeared during the 2000s, marked by a new generation of feminists with the creation of the associations Ni putes ni soumises in 2003 and Osez le féminisme in 2009 or Les TumulTueuses in 2010.[6]
In the media, the creation of the magazine Causette in 2009 is a testimony of the renewal of feminism in France. Joy Sorman stated, “these collectives are living proof of the renewal of political activism among the younger generations".[7] With its sense of derision, La Barbe participated in a more general movement of "activist irony"[8] next to other collectives such as L'appel et la pioche, Génération précaire, Jeudi noir, Sauvons les riches et les Clowns à responsabilités sociales.
References
edit- ^ "A chacune son féminisme". Libération.fr (in French). Retrieved 2018-09-02.
- ^ "Le gang des postiches". Libération.fr (in French). Retrieved 2018-09-02.
- ^ Harrietamy (2008-02-28), la barbe eric zemmour, retrieved 2018-09-02
- ^ ""La barbe" contre "la domination masculine"". L'Obs (in French). Retrieved 2018-09-02.
- ^ COM, PEETERS. "Tasse de Thé, Culture Lesbienne". old.tassedethe.com. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
- ^ "Journée de la femme: la relève veut donner un nouveau souffle au féminisme". ladepeche.fr (in French). Retrieved 2018-09-02.
- ^ "L'émancipation des femmes passera par celle des hommes". Le Monde.fr (in French). Retrieved 2018-09-02.
- ^ "Les partisans du rire militant". Le Monde.fr (in French). Retrieved 2018-09-02.