Episode 4 - Leïla Slimani - 🇬🇧

Cet épisode de La Poudre a été publié en français le 12 janvier 2017. Pour l’écouter, remontez dans les archives ou cliquez ici : 🇫🇷. In this episode, Leïla Slimani recalls her childhood and her teenage years under Hassan II’s reign in Morocco (04:13), depicts the absolute space of freedom literature is to her (30:22), the importance of « bourgeois bohemian’s » values while conservatism rises in Europe (31:27), the myth of maternal instinct (34:44), being a woman in a public space (44:51) and her room of one’s own (48:03). Leïla Slimani is a writer born in Rabat in 1981. Her second novel, « Lullaby », has received the Goncourt Prize in october 2016. On November 2017, French president Emmanuel Macron nominated her ambassador of Francophonie. Before becoming an acclaimed writer, Leïla Slimani graduated from Science-Po and became a journalist for the pan-african magazine Jeune Afrique. She published her very first book in 2014, « Dans le jardin de l’ogre » (Gallimard), as well as an essay on moroccan women and men’s sexualities entitled « Sexe et mensonges. La vie sexuelle au Maroc », in september 2017. Executive producer : Nouvelles Écoutes Production and signature tune : Aurore Meyer-Mahieu English voice-over : Myriam Ajar Production assistant : Zisla Tortello Recording and mixing : L’Arrière Boutique Studio See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Au micro de Lauren Bastide, écrivaines, artistes, chercheuses et militantes se racontent et prennent le pouls des luttes féministes et antiracistes contemporaines. Depuis 2016, la journaliste reçoit dans La Poudre des femmes artistes, militantes ou politiques pour des conversations intimes et profondes qui ont passionné de millions d’auditeurices. Ces récits, enrichis de documentaires événementiels, de tables rondes, et d’analyses par les plus grandes expertes des luttes pour les droits des femmes, en France et dans le monde, forment un tableau captivant de la société à l’heure de la révolution #MeToo.  La Poudre was created by journalist and feminist activist Lauren Bastide, co-founder of Nouvelles Ecoutes studio, to offer women a safe space to express themselves. In a one-hour long, in-depth conversation, inspirational women artists, activists, scientists and politics talk about themselves, their path and struggles, but also about the incredible times we are living for women’s rights. Many episodes of La Poudre have been recorded or dubbed into English. Search for the 🇬🇧 !