Women Over 50: Marginalization or Emancipation?
A session moderated by Rokhaya Diallo.
In the collective imagination, are turning 50 and menopause seen as a sign that women have reached the end of their usefulness? Invisible in the media and on screen, relegated to the status of “expired” or less desirable objects, they suffer a double punishment: that of disappearing from dominant narratives and that of being reduced to demeaning stereotypes.
Yet, far from resigning themselves to this marginalization, many women transform this stage of life into an act of liberation. They denounce ageism and the pressure to remain eternally young, while asserting that this period of life is a source of strength, wisdom, and newfound freedom.
Rokhaya Diallo, French journalist, author, and filmmaker
Rokhaya Diallo is a French journalist, author, and award-winning filmmaker. She is a columnist for The Washington Post and The Guardian, and a researcher at the Gender+Justice Initiative at Georgetown University (Washington, D.C.). In France, she teaches cultural studies at Paris 1–Sorbonne and is a television and radio commentator. Rokhaya Diallo is the author of about ten books and comic books and has directed several documentaries.
Together with Grace Ly, she also created “Kiffe Ta Race,” the first French-language podcast dedicated to racial issues and ranked among the best podcasts by Apple. In 2022, Rokhaya Diallo founded W.O.R.D., the first school dedicated to public speaking, with the goal of making access to the public sphere more inclusive.
In March 2025, she published *Dictionnaire amoureux du féminisme* with Plon. Since 2026, she has served as editor-in-chief of *Politis* and president of Scic Politis.
Women Over 50: Marginalization or Emancipation?
A session moderated by Rokhaya Diallo.
In the collective imagination, are turning 50 and menopause seen as a sign that women have reached the end of their usefulness? Invisible in the media and on screen, relegated to the status of “expired” or less desirable objects, they suffer a double punishment: that of disappearing from dominant narratives and that of being reduced to demeaning stereotypes.
Yet, far from resigning themselves to this marginalization, many women transform this stage of life into an act of liberation. They denounce ageism and the pressure to remain eternally young, while asserting that this period of life is a source of strength, wisdom, and newfound freedom.
Rokhaya Diallo, French journalist, author, and filmmaker
Rokhaya Diallo is a French journalist, author, and award-winning filmmaker. She is a columnist for The Washington Post and The Guardian, and a researcher at the Gender+Justice Initiative at Georgetown University (Washington, D.C.). In France, she teaches cultural studies at Paris 1–Sorbonne and is a television and radio commentator. Rokhaya Diallo is the author of about ten books and comic books and has directed several documentaries.
Together with Grace Ly, she also created “Kiffe Ta Race,” the first French-language podcast dedicated to racial issues and ranked among the best podcasts by Apple. In 2022, Rokhaya Diallo founded W.O.R.D., the first school dedicated to public speaking, with the goal of making access to the public sphere more inclusive.
In March 2025, she published *Dictionnaire amoureux du féminisme* with Plon. Since 2026, she has served as editor-in-chief of *Politis* and president of Scic Politis.
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