[Series] What is woke? 4. The decline
Reclaimed by large companies, criticised as much by satirical broadcasts as by a former Democratic president, confiscated by…
[Series] What is woke? 3. Cultural appropriation of a polysemous word
Between 2017 and 2018, after Trump’s arrival in the White House, “woke” entered the dictionary and everyday language.…
[Series] What is woke? 2. The Origins
How did this term from the United States, long exchanged between insiders before going viral on social networks,…
[Series] What is woke? 1. Editorial
In his program at the beginning of February devoted to the “American divide”, Alain Finkielkraut asks the following…
FAIR: intellectuals critical of wokism launch a foundation to fight ‘neo-racism’
Anglophone intellectuals, including Bari Weiss, John McWhorter, Thomas Chatterton Williams and Andrew Sullivan, have announced the launch of…
Better understanding of the concept of Microaggressions
Invented and defended by psychologists, the concept of “microaggressions” has established itself as the generational driver of demands…
Why do people put she/her or he/his in their profiles?
This is a trend which has existed for a while on social networks and that we observe more…