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Simone de Beauvoir's Timeless Wisdom on Love, Freedom, and Rebellion

One of the most prominent figures in feminism is Simone de Beauvoir, who has left us a remarkable legacy. Among them are her famous quotes on love, women, and freedom, which you should know as they ...
Variety

Elsa Zylberstein to Star as Simone de Beauvoir in Film From Writer Christopher Hampton, Director Anne Fontaine (EXCLUSIVE)

Elsa Zylberstein (“Simone: Woman of the Century”) will star as the French feminist writer Simone de Beauvoir in a feature film that will be penned by Oscar-winning writer Christopher Hampton and ...
Time

Simone de Beauvoir

In the popular imagination, Simone de Beauvoir is best known as the foremother of contemporary feminism, and as the turbaned, chain-smoking, glamorously intellectual companion of Jean-Paul Sartre.
Artnet

Hélène de Beauvoir, Sister to Simone, Gets Her Star Turn in a London Show

As the leading feminist philosopher of the 20th century, Simone de Beauvoir’s best-selling book The Second Sex exemplified the power of writing to bring women’s experiences out from the shadows and ...
The Conversation

Simone de Beauvoir, Hannah Arendt, Simone Weil and Ayn Rand all felt ‘different’ in the world – and changed the way we think

Jen Webb has receive funding from the Australian Research Council. The “actual impulse of astonishment” that sparks all philosophising is “honest bafflement that other people live as they do,” writes ...
The Economist

A new book explains the intellectual legacy of four women

The Visionaries: Arendt, Beauvoir, Rand, Weil and the Power of Philosophy in Dark Times. By Wolfram Eilenberger. Translated by Shaun Whiteside. Penguin Press; 400 pages; $32. Allen Lane; £25 In ...