Trials of the Century © Benoit Guillaume
Trials of the Century © Benoit Guillaume

Trials of the Century — Feminism, Gender, Minorities.

From Monday, November 14, 2022 to Monday, March 20, 2023

Bringing together witnesses, experts, and evidence, *Les Procès du siècle* creates a space for public discussion.

Following a first season focused on environmental issues, this second season is dedicated to oppressed minorities and the ways they express themselves, resist, and assert their rights.

Events (14)

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Peut-on être trop féministe © Benoît Guillaume

Is it possible to be too feminist?

Les procès du siècle - Feminism, gender, minorities

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With Sophie Bramly (photographer, artistic director, producer) and Marion Séclin (actress, screenwriter and director) Moderation: Tewfik Hakem. With the participation of Amélie Lavin, head curator of the Bodies, Appearances, Sexualities department at Mucem.
Do feminists do “too much”? They’re sometimes said to be too aggressive, too radical… But if feminism advocates equal rights for men and women, we might be tempted to think that you can never be “too much” of a feminist! This Trial of the Century calls on feminisms to take the stand, to see more clearly between equal rights and the seizure of power.
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Can women save the planet?

Les procès du siècle - Feminism, gender, minorities

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With Lauren Bastide (journalist, essayist) and Alexandra Palt (lawyer, Executive Director of Corporate Social Responsibility for the L'Oréal group and Executive Director of the L'Oréal Foundation) Moderator: Paloma Moritz With the participation of Raphaël Bories, curator of heritage, head of the Religions and Beliefs department at Mucem.
Eco-feminist thinking considers that there are similarities between systems of domination of women by men and systems of over-exploitation of nature by humans. Having emerged in the 1970s, this way of thinking is now enjoying renewed vigour in the context of the ecological emergency. Who are today’s eco-feminists? What are their demands and the tools they propose for building a desirable future? How can feminist thinking respond to the urgent issues of our time? Can women really save the...
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Trials of the Century © Benoit Guillaume

Turning 20 after #metoo: is it really better?

Les procès du siècle - Feminism, gender, minorities

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With Camille Aumont-Carnel (influencer, activist, author) and Irène Théry (sociologist) Moderated by Valentine Oberti With the participation of Amélie Lavin, head curator of the Bodies, Appearances, Sexualities department at the Mucem. In October 2017, in the wake of the Weinstein affair, the #MeToo hashtag swept across the web and produced a global outcry on the issue of sexist and sexual violence Five years and millions of testimonies later, how has the #MeeToo movement influenced changes in...
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Trials of the Century © Benoit Guillaume

iel: fashion or avant-garde?

Les procès du siècle - Feminism, gender, minorities

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With Aline Laurent Mayard (journalist, writer) and Yanis (author, composer, performer) Moderator: Tewfik Hakem. With the participation of Marie-Charlotte Calafat, heritage curator, head of the Collections and Documentary Resources Department and the Museum History Unit at Mucem. Last year, Le Robert dictionary caused controversy when it decided to add the pronoun “iel” to its online service… What exactly are we talking about? A contraction of “he” and...
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Trials of the Century © Benoit Guillaume

Gender transition: is society really on board?

Les procès du siècle - Feminism, gender, minorities

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With Farrah Youssef (transfeminist activist and community worker) and Océan (actor, director) Moderation: Victoire Tuaillon. In France, from gender studies to the democratization of the notion of gender fluidity, the issue of transidentity has recently become a topic of public debate. More and more transgender people, who don’t recognize themselves in the assigned gender – male or female – that they were born with, are taking the step of “transitioning”, or...
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Trials of the Century © Benoit Guillaume

Virility: pride or burden?

Les procès du siècle - Feminism, gender, minorities

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With Olivia Gazalé (philosopher) and Laurent Metterie (director) Moderation: Tewfik Hakem. With the participation of Justine Bohbote, heritage curator, head of the Sport and Health department at Mucem. From bad boys to Timothée Chalamet, what does it mean to be a man in the 21st century? How do you “stay a man” when so-called “manly” values (physical strength, courage, sexual potency) are under attack in the age of #Me Too? But do we really need to banish them...
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Trials of the Century © Benoit Guillaume

Tinder & Cie - Love in apps. A meeting of the minds?

Les procès du siècle - Feminism, gender, minorities

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With Cécile Méadel (sociologist) and France Ortelli (journalist and film-maker) Moderator: Tal Madesta With the participation of Marie-Charlotte Calafat, heritage curator, head of the Collections and Documentary Resources Department and the Museum History Unit at Mucem. Tinder celebrated its tenth birthday last September, and the use of dating apps has become widely democratized… But how have these new virtual spaces changed our dating practices? Is love really any different today than it...
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The body positive movement: an injunction that doesn't say its name?

Les procès du siècle - Feminism, gender, minorities

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With Marie de Brauer (author, director, presenter) and Jennifer Padjemi (journalist and writer) Moderator: Judith Duportail With the participation of Amélie Lavin, head curator of the Bodies, Appearances, Sexualities department at the Mucem. Lizzo, Ashley Graham, Yseult, Barbara Butch… Body positive icons seem to be distancing themselves from the movement. What’s the verdict on this trend, which aims to encourage women to accept their physical appearance and break away from clearly...
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Can women's bodies free themselves from political stakes?

Les procès du siècle - Feminism, gender, minorities

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With Ghada Amer (visual artist) and Wassyla Tamzali (writer, journalist, feminist activist, lawyer and former director of women’s rights at UNESCO). From a distance: Eloïse Bouton (journalist, feminist activist). Moderated by Tewfik Hakem. With the participation of Hélia Paukner, heritage curator, head of the Contemporary Art department at Mucem. Ghada Amer’s art is resolutely feminist. If her embroidered canvases are teeming with pin-ups and witches, it’s all the better to...
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Trials of the Century © Benoit Guillaume

Disability: organized discrimination?

Les procès du siècle - Feminism, gender, minorities

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With Redwane Telha (journalist, radio columnist and TV host) and Fabienne Jégu (disability expert advisor to the French Human Rights Ombudsman) Moderated by Tewfik Hakem. With the participation of Justine Bohbote, heritage curator, head of the Sports and Health department at the Mucem. According to the Défenseur des Droits (DDD) 2021 report, disability is the leading ground for discrimination in France, far ahead of origin. The same report tells us that access to employment, public services,...
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Is being a class defector a tare or a glamour?

Les procès du siècle - Feminism, gender, minorities

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With Azouz Begag (politician, writer, researcher in economics and sociology) and Adrien Naselli (journalist) Moderator: Tewfik Hakem With the participation of Caroline Chenu, in charge of research and collections at Mucem. Originally from working-class backgrounds, they have climbed the social ladder to join intellectual, bourgeois or “bobo” circles. We call them “class defectors”. The Trial of the Century puts them on the stand. How does one extricate oneself from...
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Trials of the Century © Benoit Guillaume

Les invisibles, an impossible collective voice?

Les procès du siècle - Feminism, gender, minorities

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With Mohamed El Khatib (playwright, director) and Philippe Pujol (journalist and writer) Moderated by Tewfik Hakem. With the participation of Hélia Paukner, heritage curator, head of contemporary art at Mucem. Author, director and producer Mohamed El Khatib is Mucem’s guest artist for the 2023 season. Whether he creates his shows with a cleaning lady, a farmer, or museum guards, his intimate epics often focus on the “invisible”. The precarious. Those who belong to the lower...
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Single-sex: an emancipatory tool or a drift towards identity?

Les procès du siècle - Feminism, gender, minorities

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With Marie Dasylva (entrepreneur) and Michel Wieviorcka (sociologist) Moderated by Tewfik Hakem. With the participation of Amélie Lavin, head curator at Mucem, in charge of the Bodies, Appearances, Sexualities department. Non-mixing” is the creation of spaces reserved for a category of people who consider themselves oppressed or discriminated against, excluding the participation of people belonging to other groups considered potentially discriminating (or oppressive). This practice, used...
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Are we becoming more or less racist?

Les procès du siècle - Feminism, gender, minorities

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With Rokhaya Diallo (journalist, feminist and anti-racist activist, columnist and film-maker) and Lilian Thuram (former footballer, director of the Lilian Thuram Foundation) Moderated by Tewfik Hakem. With the participation of Julia Ferloni, heritage curator in charge of the Crafts, Trade and Industry section at Mucem. In France, “hate speech is on the rise, particularly in political circles, as well as in the audiovisual media and on social networks”. These are the findings of the...

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