” We may want to make women visible alongside men, there are people who enjoy going all feminine to provoke, there are people who prescribe going all masculine so as not to use gender anymore, but in everything case, we can no longer be neutral on this question, of how to say gender, whether it is masculine, feminine or both. »
How does language construct gender and sexualities – and vice versa? By returning to the political history of grammatical gender and by observing feminist practices of language, Julie Abbou explores the linguistic possibilities to grasp the force of transformation, but also the limits.
Guest :
- Julie Abbou, researcher in slanguage science and author. His book ” Hold your tongue » is published by Editions The Peregrines.
That week Chronicle Elsewhere takes you to the “ 20th edition of Fest’Istanbul “. From May 18 to 19, 2023, six groups of Istanbul students celebrate French-speaking theater at Notre Dame de Sion High School in Istanbul. Helen Korogluteacher and ccoordinator of Fest’Istanbul, explains how this festival helps students to learn French.