A short, feminist polemic that argues that the afterlife of the witch hunts continues today: the same reasons for which women were demonized in the past - being single, ageing, deciding to not have children - lead to them be persecuted now.
Mona Chollet is a journalist for le Monde Diplomatique and speaks fluent English. In 2017 she appeared at the Festival Albertine in New York (curated by Gloria Steinem), on a panel with Roxane Gay (to talk about women's bodies and their treatment as public property). She has written on women's bodies, the domestic sphere and dismantling right-wing political imagery.
A thought-provoking, discursive survey by Mona Chollet, a bright
light of Francophone feminism . . . Chollet has emerged as a quiet
revolutionary, pushing back against the clichés and the patriarchy
that shapes them.
*The New York Times*
What sets Chollet’s book apart is her aligning so clearly the
historical mistreatment of so-called witches with the misogyny of
the 21st century. The subtitle sums it up: why women are still on
trial . . . a rousing read.
*Irish Times*
Explores the worldview that the witch hunt has sought to promote -
and its consequences on society today
*Vice*
Mona Chollet reminds us how an infamous label has become a symbol
of women's resistance to male domination.
*Le Monde*
[Mona Chollet] rehabilitates the figure of the witch, this
dangerously independent, educated and strong woman.
*Slate*
[Mona Chollet] dissects this figure from our history – and our
imagination – and demonstrates how women today, those who free
themselves from certain social norms, are in fact the direct heirs
of those who were pursued, hunted, censored, eliminated during the
Renaissance.
*Huffington Post*
The term “witches” is still used today to caricature women of
power, aging women or quite simply free women . . . Mona Chollet
wonders about what remains today of the great witch hunts, that is
to say the massacre of tens of thousands of women in Europe between
the 16th and 17th centuries . . . [She] ends up convincing: the
witch is a figure more fascinating and empowering than
repulsive.
*Libération*
What remains of the witch hunts? A stubborn misogyny, which still
tints the way our societies look at single women, childless women,
aging women, or quite simply, free women . . . Today more than
ever, witches tell us about our world and lead the way.
*Télérama*
A smart feminist treatise reclaiming the witch and her radical way
of life as a path forward for womem . . . Chollet’s informed and
passionate treatment will appeal to readers looking for more
substance amid the witch trend that’s otherwise been largely
commodified and often scrubbed of its feminist origins
*Booklist*
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