France - The Persistent

Giselle Pelicot, a small woman in a pink jacket and pastel striped pants, walks through Nimes. She is surrounded by men, all wearing jeans and black jackets.

France

'When Gisèle Pelicot Speaks, People Listen'

Nearly a year on from the historic landmark verdict in the Pelicot drugging and rape trial, some things really have changed.

Watercolor of Megan Clement, a white woman with dark hair and red lipstick in a denim boilersuit.

Books

'Quite Looking Forward to Going Mad With Grief'

A dying father. A world awash in Covid. A total loss of control. And a mind that refuses to snap.

A photograph of demonstrators holding up signs at a rally. One cardboard sign reads: Victimes on vous croit — Victims, we believe you

It's 2025. Has France’s #MeToo Moment Finally Arrived?

France has a long tradition of protecting powerful men accused of sex crimes. Feminists are mixed on whether that’s about to change.

Thick crowds gathered at the Place de la République in Paris in a protest against the far right.

Politics

How Marine Le Pen Uses Her Femininity as a Smokescreen

Following the French election, the far-right National Rally will stay out of power—for now. But the journalist Megan Clement warns the movement is not going away, either.