Creations

A period film, a Shakespearean tragedy, a feminist movie? The Last Queen is all of the above. The film brings to life a period of Algerian history never represented on screen. Queens, corsairs, blood, and love—and above all, Algiers, conquered but never submissive.

The women depicted in the great Latin and Greek classics are secondary characters who evolve silently in the background of the heroic deeds of valiant warriors and powerful and capricious gods. Both marginal and submissive, their beauty can nonetheless trigger bloody wars and they are constantly victims of kidnappings and male violence…

The women depicted in the great Latin and Greek classics are secondary characters who evolve silently in the background of the heroic deeds of valiant warriors and powerful and capricious gods. Both marginal and submissive, their beauty can nonetheless trigger bloody wars and they are constantly victims of kidnappings and male violence.

The women depicted in the great Latin and Greek classics are secondary characters who evolve silently in the background of the heroic deeds of valiant warriors and powerful and capricious gods. But some authors have recreated their stories, promoting them to the rank of protagonists…

Some contemporary authors now rewrite great Latin and Greek classic from the point of view of Dido, Circe, Penelope, Calypso, Medea, Cassandra, finally promoted to the rank of protagonists. Irreverent, ironic and profoundly daring, their novels reverse the patriarchal perspective, providing us with a “new antiquity”.

I am grateful to Vicky Franzinetti who, together with Filomena Rosiello, organized an online meeting of major importance. This brought together three of the twelve North American activists of the collective, which, in 1973 published one of the key texts of world feminism: “Our bodies, ourselves”.

Screened at the Festival of Mediterranean Citizens of Catania, “For Sama” (2019) and “I was there” (2021) testify to the atrocities committed by the Syrian government, drawing attention to a wound forgotten by many although it has not ceased to bleed since 2011.

The Egyptian Nawal El Saadawi, one of the greatest Arab feminist icons, passed away on 21 March 2021, at the age of 89. In tribute to this rebellious woman and revolutionary spirit defying taboos, censorship and dictatorship, Hafidha Chakir, Tunisian jurist and feminist has just published a small book devoted to her: “Nawal El Saadaoui. Collection of texts.”

Tight brainsIf you think wearing tight shorts justifies rape, the only "tight" thing in this case would be your brains. Seventh day"They killed 6 women in 7 days. On the 7th day, they rested." MariaMary, you will give birth, you will give birth. Because I decide! Jealousy "Men who kill are blinded by jealousy?" How come they point perfectly each time they kill?

Perrine Kervran, who lent her voice to introduce a radio documentary series, mocks her own fear of menopause. In a hilarious litany, she lists the conflicting symptoms and injunctions that women experience as they approach menopause. Fatigue, memory loss, the doubt about wearing grey or dyed hair, being appealing or not anymore. The list is long...