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Category Archives: News from France
Envoyé par un homme qui réfléchit
Wright nous écrit son opinion sur l’affaire DSK — J’ai vu les photos sur l’Internet des femmes françaises avec les fausses barbes en portant des panneaux. Mon opinion est que les Françaises ne sont pas si heureuses avec des bouffonneries … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Perspectives, French culture, News from France
Tagged DSK, John Stewart, Strauss-Kahn
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Going Backwards ?
Michelle, a long-time feminist activist, is saddened by the thought that what we had perceived as progress in violence against women turns out not to be real. “Cette affaire est épouvantable. La presse, les politiques et tous les misogynes sortent … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Perspectives, French culture, News from France
Tagged DSK, feminism, rape, Strauss-Kahn, victim, viol
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Join French Women Standing Up for Rape Victims!
Look at these French women demanding respect for rape victims – yesterday – at the Place Beaubourg! New political energy is emerging due to the DSK affair. You can read and sign a petition put together by several women’s groups … Continue reading
Posted in French culture, News from France
Tagged culture, DSK, france, French, rape, Strauss-Kahn, viol, women
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Must We Choose between the Left & Feminism?
The silence of France’s feminist socialists on the potential guilt of DSK is striking. Gisèle Halimi, the highly respected feminist leftist lawyer, seems to be the first to point this out. You wonder if Martine Aubry, Ségolène Royal, and Elizabeth … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Perspectives, News from France, Only in France !, Uncategorized
Tagged Aubry, culture, DSK, féminisme, feminism, feminist, france, French politics, Halimi, justice, PS, Royal, Ségolène, sexual politics, Socialist, Strauss-Kahn, violence
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“Relativisation” a French word English not in English!
Michèle voit plus de nuances dans l’affaire DSK. Du gris plutôt que du noir et blanc que nous avons vu jusqu’ici. Elle nous écrit de Paris. *** D’abord, ce serait faux de considérer qu’il y a d’un côté la France, … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Perspectives, French culture, News from France, Only in France !
Tagged BHL, culture américaine, DSK, French culture, justice, Lévy, rape, Strauss-Kahn
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DSK < Crystallisation culturelle
The DSK scandal seems to reflect/contain/epitomize the essence of the cultural differences between America (Anglos) and France (Latins? Europeans?): the distinction between seduction and rape, charm and violence, transparency and justice, freedom of the press and right to privacy and … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Perspectives, French culture, News from France, Only in France !
Tagged DSK, france, French culture, machism, rape, seduction, Strauss-Kahn
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La Coupe mondiale et le racisme
Pamela nous envoie cet article sur les problèmes sociologiques impliqués dans ce scandale français de la Coupe Mondiale.
La France brûle encore
France is burning again! The entire news program tonight was about the French soccer disaster. Are any of you following this in English? I’m not and am having trouble figuring out how the players are so arrogant (other than that … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural Perspectives, News from France
Tagged Coupe du Monde, Domenech, soccer
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Champs Élysées Inimaginables !
Aurions-nous jamais imaginé les Champs Élysées comme ça? C’est pourtant une vraie image de l’avenue transformée en forêt dimanche dernier. Regardez le link du Figaro.. Évidence que les Français devancent les Amérains!
Posted in Cultural Perspectives, News from France, Tourism in France
Tagged Champs Elysées, imagination
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2009’s Top New Words
‘Unfriend,’ ‘Twitter’ and ‘podcast’ are the top new words of 2009 according to the New Oxford American Dictionary and Global Language Monitor respectively. And guess what: the French Dictionary, Le Petit Larousse added those same three words! It published the … Continue reading
Posted in Anglicisms Invade, Cultural Perspectives, French versus English, Language Tips, News from France
Tagged French language, podcast, twitter, unfriend, words
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