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J’ai évoqué le #Steampunk il y a quelques temps déjà (trop longtemps manifestement…) dans mon article : The Deep: The Extraordinary Creatures of the Abyss. La très inspirante exposition de #Claire Nouvian au Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle de Paris m’avait donnée l’occasion de faire allusion (certes brièvement) à l’univers magnifique de Jules Verne et son Nautilus à bord duquel je m’imaginais observer avec émerveillement les improbables mais pourtant si extraordinaires créatures des profondeurs (Tuscaridium Cygneum et autre Himantolophus Paucifilosus) présentées lors de cette exposition… Trois ans plus tard, il était temps d’évoquer à nouveau le Steampunk. Je pourrais en parler pendant des heures tant cet univers est riche, varié et hautement créatif.  L’époque Victorienne et les gadgets anachroniques inspirent beaucoup mes créations ; et si mes tenues sont parfois plus proches du gothique que du Steampunk, je n’en reste pas moins fascinée par cet univers et ce depuis plus d’une décennie. Avant de publier un article plus complet sur le sujet (et probablement en anglais…⇒ READ MORE

Last week I met with friends to discuss Half the Sky, by Pulitzer-prize winning American journalists Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. I mentioned the book for the first time in International Women’s Day: Ordinary Extraordinary Women and since then, many people I know decided to buy the book, whether it is the English or the French edition (published in France in April 2010 by Les Arènes). I also received several emails from people who read my post (on this blog or on the Sama Gazette) who wanted to share with me their opinion. So I decided to organize a meeting with friends and acquaintances to know more about what they thought of the book and it was enriching. Let me first quickly introduce Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide. It is a great book about the reality many women in the world are facing everyday. It…⇒ READ MORE