Book launch in Toulouse
A new book titled Le Camp du bien, co-authored by Alice Coffin and Fatima Ouassak, was presented in Toulouse at the beginning of October. The event was attended by Mediacités, a media organization, and marked the release of the book, which is part of the 2027 presidential campaign context.Content and structure of the book
Le Camp du bien is described as a dense, illustrated work based on approximately twenty interviews or exchanges with political figures from all factions. The book spans 263 pages and six chapters with numerous subsections, positioning itself as a blend of journalistic investigation and political manual.Authors' collaboration and background
Coffin and Ouassak met through their writings and shared involvement in collective projects, including the book Sororité. They reconnected after both of their individual books—Coffin's Le génie lesbien and Ouassak's La puissance des mères—were awarded the feminist essay prize by the magazine Causette in 2021. Their collaboration was driven by a shared interest in engaging with the 2027 presidential campaign.Social and political context
Ouassak noted that the publication of their books aligns with a convergence of social, political, resistance, and claim movements in France. These movements, which began in 2017, reached a peak between 2000 and 2021. The authors argue that this period saw the alliance of anti-racist and feminist struggles bear fruit, particularly after the global MeToo movement.Shift in political discourse
The authors claim that the MeToo movement has shifted the political, militant, and intellectual debate in France. They argue that the movement has moved away from biases that previously assumed aggressors and rapists were primarily Black, Arab, migrants, or Muslims. They attribute this shift to the global wave of MeToo and the alliance between feminists and anti-racists, which they claim has led to a shared fight for equal human dignity against the same system of oppression.
