“Every Choice We Make Is Political”: Natasha Lehrer on Translating “Consent” and “I Hate Men”
Natasha Lehrer is a prize-winning literary translator from French to English. She recently translated
Consent, Vanessa Springora’s memoir of her teenage relationship with the writer Gabriel Matzneff, which sent shock waves through France and triggered a rape investigation; and Pauline Harmange’s bestseller
I Hate Men, a book-length essay that found unexpected success after an employee of the French ministry for gender equality attempted to have it banned. In this interview, conducted via email, Lehrer discusses the influence of these books on French society, her “winding” career path, and translation as “a profound and political act of decentering the self.”
Feminism used to be about principles, not looking sexy
Like Khloe Kardashian, many influencers use their bodies to sell beauty products or get famous, but it’s hard to see how this is empowering
11 April 2021 • 9:00am
Khloe Kardashian has attempted to remove from the internet an unwanted picture that was accidentally posted on Instagram
Credit: Alexander Tamargo/Getty Images
For years now, I’ve felt awkward when people ask me whether I’m a feminist. I just don’t know what to say, because I don’t really understand what feminism, in its current usage, actually means.
Or, rather, I think I have a sense of what it means, and it worries me. Feminism, as far as I can tell, has become a set of handy buzzwords that – among other things – enables women to live the most sexualised, appearance-focused life humanly possible and then present it as empowerment.
The American military is on the verge of becoming even more feminized as the Army mulls scrapping its new gender neutral fitness test due to large numbers of women failing to pass it. The Army [.]
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The Mrs. Sri Lanka pageant held at the Nelum Pokuna Theatre last night for the Mrs World contest ended in a major controversy with scense unseen in the hsitory of the pagent in Sri Lanka.
Former Miss Sri Lanka Pushpika De Silva was announced as Mrs. Sri Lanka 2021, but moments later her she was dethroned with the accusation that she was not fit to hold the crown as she was a divorcee.
Hirunews contacted Pushpika to find out her side of the story, since she walked off stage immediately once her crown was removed by Mrs World Caroline Jurie.