Pauline Harmange (born 1995) is a French

feminist Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social equality of the sexes. Feminism incorporates the position that society prioritizes the male po ...

writer and a self-declared

misandrist Misandry () is the hatred of, contempt for, or prejudice against men. Men's rights activists and other masculinist groups have criticized modern laws concerning divorce, domestic violence, the draft, circumcision (known as genital mutilation ...

who became the subject of international news coverage after her 96-page essay '' Moi les hommes, je les déteste'' (2020) (English: ''I Hate Men'') sold out its press run after a French governmental official attempted to censor the book. In proposing a ban on the book, Ralph Zurmély, an adviser to France's ministry on

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, said the book was inciting gender-based hatred. "Now, let me remind you that incitement to hatred on the grounds of sex is a criminal offense! Consequently, I ask you to immediately remove this book from your catalog under penalty of prosecution," Zurmély emailed the publisher. The ministry subsequently distanced itself from the prosecution initiative, saying Zurmély conducted "a personal initiative and completely independent of the ministry".

I Hate Men

''See more: I Hate Men'' Originally intended as a run of 400 by micro publisher Monstrograph, the media attention caused the initial run to sell out, and 2,500 copies sold within two weeks of its release. Overwhelmed, Monstrograph auctioned reprint rights to French publisher Éditions du Seuil. The book has sold 20,000 copies since, along with translation rights for 17 languages. The book was published in January 2021 in the U.S. as I Hate Men by

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Early life

Harmange began

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at age 15 and publishes blog posts at her website . She volunteers with , an association fighting against

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Published works

* Moi les hommes, je les déteste (I hate men), essay, 19 August 2020, Monstrograph * Limoges pour mourir (Limoges to die), ebook, 2020 * Aux endroits brisés, Fayard, 2021 * Avortée, une histoire intime de l'IVG, Éditions Daronnes, 2022, 96 p.

Bibliography

References/Notes and references

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Monstrograph

External links

* https://uninvincibleete.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Harmange, Pauline Living people French bloggers French women bloggers 21st-century French women writers Feminist theorists French critics French women critics French feminists Radical feminists 1994 births Misandry