Mona Chollet
Mona Chollet (born 1973 in Geneva ) is a Swiss author and journalist . She has been editor-in-chief of the French monthly newspaper Le Monde diplomatique since 2016 and lives in Paris .
life and career
After a Bachelor of Arts in Literature, which she completed in Geneva , Mona Chollet studied journalism at the École supérieure de journalisme de Lille (German: Higher School of Journalism in Lille).
Chollet then worked for the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and for Arte Radio. As the host of the 19-part audio series L'ésprit d'escalier , she dealt with social issues in 2004/2005, particularly on the topics of feminism and the media.
Today Chollet is editor-in-chief at Le Monde diplomatique and runs the culture-critical website Périphéries together with journalist Thomas Lemahieu .
Her book Witches was published in 2020 . The undefeated power of women .
values
In her work, the journalist and author repeatedly deals with the position of women, feminism and the media .
In an article with the title “Femen partout, féminisme nulle part” ( German everywhere Femen, nowhere feminism ), in 2013 she criticized the feminist group Femen harshly . In the article published in Le Monde diplomatique , she accuses her of constantly showing her bare breasts. In the “sex extremism” propagated by the group, it is primarily “sex” that makes an impression. The interest in Femen turns out to be compatible with the crudest anti-feminism, she writes.
During her work for the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo , a dispute with editor-in-chief Philippe Val caused a sensation. Her open-ended contract was terminated in 2000 after criticizing an editorial in which Val described Palestinians as "uncivilized". She says: “A few days later he called me up and told me that he would terminate my contract after the one-month probationary period, even though I had already been working as a freelancer for the magazine for a year. That blew me away. "
Mona Chollet advocates the abolition of prostitution .
Publications
- Witches. The undefeated power of women , Edition Nautilus, Hamburg 2020, ISBN 978-3-96054-230-8 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ L'Ours du "Monde diplomatique". Retrieved April 30, 2020 (French).
- ↑ a b Witches - Mona Chollet - Buy book. In: Ex Libris. Accessed April 30, 2020 .
- ↑ http://www.arteradio.com/serie/mona_chollet_l_esprit_d_escalier. Retrieved April 30, 2020 (French).
- ↑ Périphéries, escales en marge. Retrieved April 30, 2020 (French).
- ↑ L'opinion du Patron - Les mots sont importants. In: lmsi.net. Accessed April 30, 2020 .
- ↑ Mona Chollet: L'utopie libérale du service sexuel. September 1, 2014, accessed April 30, 2020 (French).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chollet, Mona |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss journalist and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1973 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Geneva |