Photos of Marlène Schiappa in Playboy magazine have been unveiled. The minister justifies her choice in the columns of the magazine, not without sarcasm and by dwelling on her commitments to the cause of women and gender equality.
Photographed as a modern Marianne for the cover of Playboy, Marlène Schiappa would almost like to be an allegory of female emancipation and even more: of women’s sexual freedom. The minister, whose initiative displeased until Matignon, presents her interview and the pictures granted to the charming magazine as a militant act. And as proof, the former Secretary of State for Equality between Women and Men clung to the same refrain over the course of her answers: “We must not judge women but support them whatever their choice”. An indirect response to the criticisms that have targeted her since the announcement of her presence in the pages of the magazine with a sulphurous reputation? The government itself disapproved of an “inappropriate” intervention in the words of the Prime Minister, according to the indiscretions of franceinfo.
This disruptive communication is however the trademark of Marlène Schiappa who herself reminds Playboy that “authenticity, sincerity and being cash” characterize her. It is with this very free, and not very formal, tone that the minister emphasized sexual freedom, the empowerment and emancipation of women, fundamental subjects “no offense to retrogrades”.
Photos of Marlène Schiappa in Playboy unveiled
Marlène Schiappa in a tight flesh-colored dress, draped in a thick red fabric on a midnight blue background. Marlène Schiappa in a puffy white dress and tricolor cockade on the heart. Marlène Schiappa dressed in a tight white Marianne-style dress, French flag in hand. And finally, Marlène Schiappa in a tight blue and shiny dress, midnight blue cape on the back always accompanied by the tricolor flag. These are the captions that could be attached to the photos of Marlène Schiappa which will be published in the magazine Playboy and Paris Match unveiled this Tuesday, April 4, 2023. Objective? Symbolizing an uninhibited Marianne, reports the weekly. These new shots are also available in the tweet below:
Equality between men and women, the fight of Marlène Schiappa
Undeniably, the condition of women is at the heart of Marlène Schiappa’s interview in Playboy. If the minister was the governmental figure of this fight from 2017 to 2020, today it is no longer on her on whom this portfolio depends but on the Secretary of State, Isabelle Rome. Is the voice of Marlène Schiappa therefore still as legitimate? Certainly for the interviewee who maintains that “to ensure that women and men have the same rights” is her political fight. If the commitment is commendable, its links with the Social and Solidarity Economy and the Associative Life Ministry, to which Marlène Schiappa was appointed in August 2022, are unclear.
On several occasions, the minister recalled her investment in the cause of equality between women and men, in particular her intervention at the UN in March 2023 on the occasion of the 67th session of the Commission on the Status of Women. . Subject on which “France is the leader” underlines Marlène Schiappa. Which adds to defend a “universal feminism” which considers “intolerable for the daughters of others what we find intolerable for our own daughters” and this on the whole surface of the globe. The Minister’s speech also made a detour on “the protection of women in the face of violence [qui est] fundamental”, whether the attacks take place in the professional sphere or are marital. “‘Home’ is supposed to be the place where you are safe, relaxed, not vigilant. However, this is where there is the most violence”, insisted the minister. This sometimes trivialized violence, Marlène Schiappa confesses not to have escaped it without wanting to dwell on it: “I obviously and like many of women experienced inappropriate behavior and even aggression or violence from men. I never wanted to tell it in detail, because it only concerns me and because I don’t want to victimize. I am committed today not to what I have been able to experience, but to what should benefit all other women in terms of protection and rights.”
Marlène Schiappa, a freedom of tone that embarrasses the executive?
After an interview with the President of the Republic in Conkthe announcement of the cover of Playboy with Marlène Schiappa was only a second surprise in government communication. Only, it took the executive by surprise and embarrassed since no one at the Elysée, nor at Matignon was aware of this interview according to information from RTL. However, as the radio reminds us, the interviews carried out in the media by the various members of the government are usually validated beforehand at the top of the State.
If criticism from the majority has become rare, Marlène Schiappa has nevertheless been singled out, described as “freewheeling” or responsible for a “real problem of messages that we are passing on”. But the first female politician to make the front page of Playboy this is not his first notable outing. The minister had notably been one of the first personality of the majority to give importance to the visibility of his political camp in the program TPMP of Cyril Hanouna subscribed to the buzz.
What if these communication choices were designed to make his speech heard? “It’s sometimes a little frustrating, I spent several days at the UN defending the status of women in the world and very few people talk about it, thank you Playboy speak of it ! On the other hand, if I create a buzz or a controversy, everyone will talk about it“, she pointed out to the charming magazine, as an echo of the controversy aroused by her photo on the cover of the magazine with the rabbit in the edition of April 6. According to Marlène Schiappa, her communication is above all because of her personality: “I am quite natural, those who know me, who like me or who do not like me, all recognize me by the fact of “be sincere and authentic in what I say”, without forgetting the way or the medium in which it is said. A sincerity which turns out to be an “asset” even if the minister recognizes that “it is quite difficult when one is a politician to find the right balance”. As a solution, the interviewee said to play the natural card: “I am not trying to look like anyone, I am already Marlène Schiappa and it’s quite difficult like that “.
According to The Parisianwho revealed the information, a 12-page file will be dedicated to the Secretary of State in the next edition of Playboy, Thursday, April 6. The charming magazine, which arrived in France in the 1970s, overhauled its editorial line in 2016 by wanting to be more refined. According to Marlène Schiappa’s office, contacted by The Parisianshe gave a long interview “focusing mainly on women’s freedom, but also feminism, politics and literature”, addressing in particular the themes of violence against women, and also the climate crisis. RTL indicates for her part that the Secretary of State also addressed in this interview the threatened freedom of women in Afghanistan, abortion and the rights of LGBT + people on the international scene. According to information from Paris MatchMarlène Schiappa would compare herself in this interview to Pamela Anderson, believing that agreeing to appear in a media like Playboy is an act of emancipation.
The magazine also revealed part of the cover photo. We see the former Secretary of State for Equality between Women and Men posing alone, looking away, in a white dress and with big earrings. The title of the magazine is in the colors of the French flag for the occasion. On his side, BFM TV unveiled other shots of Marlène Schiappa to appear in the next edition of Playboy.
The future appearance of Marlène Schiappa in Playboy is surprising. But this is not the first time that the Secretary of State has been talked about for her choices. A member of the Philippe and Castex governments, the former deputy mayor of Le Mans was omnipresent in the media and often found herself on the set of several C8 programs hosted by Cyril Hanouna. This did not fail to give rise to strong criticism at the time. Discreet since her return to government, Marlène Schiappa is also frequently criticized for having published no less than 30 books, including 14 during her duties as mayor of Le Mans and 12 since she has held a ministerial position.
Magazine that was born in the United States, Playboy landed in France in 1973. At the time, French actresses such as Jane Birkin or Romy Schneider posed there. Sales continued in the 1980s, before falling during the 1990s, and the French edition approached what appeared across the Atlantic. The magazine struggled and ceased publication in January 2011. Five years later, a new edition went on sale. Since December 2016, Playboy is now quarterly, with a new line “without frontal nudity”, as David Swaelens-Kane, one of the publication’s buyers, had indicated at the time. Point. The last issue appeared in January 2023.
“Playboy is no longer a newspaper of buttocks as before, but an intellectual and trendy quarterly mook (half-book, half-magazine) of almost 300 pages”, declared this Saturday April 1st Jean-Christophe Florentin, publisher of Playboy, admitting all the same that there are “still a few undressed girls”. Marlène Schiappa “has understood that Playboy is no longer a publication for old machos, but could on the contrary be an instrument of the feminist cause”, he continued. Words reported by BFM TV.