Déclaration de Mission

by | Oct 12, 2008 | Cherchez La Femme

This blog is named "Cherchez La Femme" in an attempt to claim the term and belie its misogynistic origins and undertones. If taken at face value, which is, in plain English, "seek the woman," the phrase suddenly takes on philosophical implications...

Girl on Girl Crime

by | Oct 14, 2008 | Cherchez La Femme

Last week, Time Magazine’s Belinda Luscombe grasped at why Sarah Palin has been on the receiving end of apparently derisive and vitriolic criticism, namely from women. It’s not because her resume about qualifies her to be the vice president of some holy...

Ew, Belgium

by | Oct 20, 2008 | Cherchez La Femme

Et Septembre, là-haut, Avec son ciel de nacre et d.or voyage, Et suspend sur les prés, les champs et les hameaux Les blocs étincelants de ses plus beaux nuages. -Emile Verhaeren This is an ad for Ché magazine, Belgium's equivalent to...