Marie Kirschen

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Marie Kirschen (born 1984) is a French journalist, podcaster, and author. She was on the editorial staff of Les Inrockuptibles from March 2019 to September 2020.

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Career

Marie Kirschen began her career as a freelancer for Têtu , [1] subsequently working for Slate . [2] Later, she became responsible for the women's section of Têtu , known as Têtue . [3] She later joined the newspaper Libération , [4] and BuzzFeed News where she was responsible for the MEUFS section with Anaïs Bordages. [5]

She founded the French lesbian magazine Well Well Well, which was launched in 2014 and named after the song of the same name by Le Tigre, and served as its editor-in-chief. [6] [7]

In March 2019, she was appointed web editor of Les Inrockuptibles , replacing David Doucet, who had been fired for sexist online bullying. [8] Her nomination was praised by the group of feminist women journalists called Prenons la Une (meaning in English, Let's Take the Front Page), [8] [9] which she at some point became a member of. [10] [8]

In the spring of 2019, she launched, with journalists Aude Lorriaux and Nassira El Moaddem, “The Second Text”, a podcast dedicated to feminist texts. [11]

In January 2020, her remarks explaining the “silence” [12] [13] of Les Inrockuptibles about the Mila affair were the subject of criticism. [14] [15]

In September 2020, in a climate of concern linked to an erosion of sales and a possible changeover to a monthly format, Marie Kirschen left the editorial staff of Les Inrockuptibles. [16]

In February 2021, she published a social, political and popular history of feminisms, accompanied by 60 original illustrations by Anna Wanda Gogusey. [17]

Works

Herstory: Histoire(s) des féminismes, published by VILLE BRULE (March 5, 2021). ISBN-10: 2360121294, ISBN-13: 978-2360121298.

Personal life

She is openly gay. [18]

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  1. ↑ "Nomination : Marie Kirschen, Rédactrice en chef web des Inrockuptibles". L'ADN. March 25, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Marie Kirschen: ses articles à lire". Slate.fr.
  3. ↑ rédaction, par La (March 25, 2019). "Marie Kirschen, rédac-cheffe aux Inrocks : du nouveau à Médialand".
  4. ↑ "Des femmes journalistes promues aux Inrocks après la Ligue du LOL". www.20minutes.fr. March 25, 2019.
  5. ↑ Magazine, Cheek (October 26, 2017). "Buzzfeed France lance "Meufs", sa déclinaison dédiée aux femmes". ChEEk Magazine.
  6. ↑ https://www.rtl.fr/actu/debats-societe/$newsSlug-$newsId
  7. ↑ "'Well Well Well': France's Chic New Lesbian Magazine Speaks to All Women". ELLE. September 16, 2014.
  8. 1 2 3 "Editor sacked for online bullying replaced by woman". ewn.co.za.
  9. ↑ https://www.liberation.fr/direct/element/les-inrocks-nomment-marie-kirschen-well-well-well-a-la-tete-de-leur-site-internet_95508/
  10. ↑ "Marie Kirschen, rédactrice en chef web des Inrocks et Franck Vergeade, rédacteur en chef musiques". Stratégies. March 26, 2019.
  11. ↑ Magazine, Cheek (March 20, 2019). ""Le Deuxième texte", un nouveau podcast qui décortique l'actualité littéraire féministe". ChEEk Magazine.
  12. ↑ "Les médias pas tous intéressés par "l'affaire Mila" - Par Loris Guémart | Arrêt sur images". www.arretsurimages.net.
  13. ↑ https://www.radiofrance.fr/franceculture/podcasts/signes-des temps/affaire-mila-de-l-outrage-a-l-outrance-8181269
  14. ↑ https://www.marianne.net/agora/humeurs/mila-ces-journalistes-qui-avaient-piscine-ou-etaient-trop-occupes-pour-traiter-l
  15. ↑ "Affaire Mila : la mauvaise foi de la patronne des Inrocks pour justifier son silence". Valeurs actuelles. January 31, 2020.
  16. ↑ "La Une du 16 septembre 2020 – Le Canard enchaîné".
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