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Putting feminism into practice in cultural action

The practice of feminism seems to me to be an essential stake in the cultural actions, because the awareness of the systems of domination allows to go towards more equality, therefore to contribute to the democracy. The inequality between women and men is for me a cornerstone of the dominations that harm everyone.

But how to “put feminism into practice” concretely in public proposals? How can cultural actions, whatever their field of implementation (artistic, social, educational, professional...), arouse inner movements towards more respect of human rights? It is not a question of stating a normative feminist discourse, but of putting into practice an equality in the ways of acting. This is much more delicate and delicate to do than one might think, because it involves questioning one’s own unconscious functioning.

I share here some resources, partial, from my own pathways, practices and questionings: proposals and stories of cultural actions, working methods, methods of artistic creation and more conceptual or biographical reflections.

Domination on Display: An Ethnological Analysis of the 51<sup class="typo_exposants">st</sup> César Ceremony
Domination on Display: An Ethnological Analysis of the 51st César Ceremony

Eight years after Blanche Gardin, six years after Adèle Haenel, nothing has changed. The system has even strengthened itself.

The César ceremony is a ritual. Not an artistic ritual, but a social one, whose analysis reveals the mechanisms of domination at work in the French film industry. The 51st edition, held on February 26, 2026 at the Olympia, hosted by Benjamin (…)
1 March 2026
  12 min
Patriarchal feminism
Patriarchal feminism

When emancipation can reproduce patterns of domination.

Surprisingly, certain forms of struggle against patriarchy can unintentionally reinforce the very structures they seek to combat, particularly within heterosexual couples. I propose an analysis, which I hope is nuanced and useful, of these (…)
13 October 2025
  12 min
On systems of domination in the film industry
On systems of domination in the film industry

The reasons for the violence are not what you might think.

The film industry is built on deeply entrenched systems of domination. These hierarchical mechanisms legitimize violence, including sexist violence, and require structural overhaul beyond mere sanctions. The Seductive Power of DominationThe (…)
29 April 2025
  8 min
Workshop immersive techniques for creating an exhibition
Workshop immersive techniques for creating an exhibition

An account of a method for constructing a point of view and an exhibition.

Students in the Master 2 Audiovisual and Digital Media (AVMN) program at Grenoble University were asked to organize an exhibition on the theme of voluntary interruption of pregnancy (IVG). A methodological account of part of their journey in the (…)
8 November 2023
  8 min
A definition of feminism
A definition of feminism

A thought movement in dialogues.

Here is my definition of feminism, from my place as a man: it is for me a movement of thought and action for equal rights between women and men, whose effects also go beyond.“Feminism” is a word that scares many, whether you are a woman, a (…)
27 February 2023
  4 min
#01. My personal journey towards “feminist” cultural action.
Podcast: “For a democratic and feminist pedagogy”

Dialogue between Noémie Rubat du Mérac and Benoît Labourdette on June 25, 2022.

Overview of the fundamentals of the pedagogical actions conceived and carried out by Benoît Labourdette, linked to the deconstruction of systems of domination. And concrete methodological proposals.This podcast is built from the recording of a (…)
25 February 2023
  2 min
Fragments of lives
Collective film shot in a movie theater

Creative participation method.

Giving a voice in a creative way to the spectators of a movie theater, before the screening of a film.I put this proposal into practice in the framework of the Feminist Film Festival of the city of Les Lilas in October 2022. I share the method (…)
16 October 2022
  3 min
Equality is not won!
Equality is not won!

A collective film (3’12s, 2022).

An intergenerational film to become more aware, and more equipped, to defend equality.
15 October 2022
  1 min
Fragments of lives
Fragments of lives

A collective movie (3’20s, 2022).

By sharing all our views, even the most intimate ones, we become stronger!
12 October 2022
  1 min
Putting yourself in the other person's shoes
Putting yourself in the other person’s shoes

A collective film supervised by Benoît Labourdette (2’40s, 2021).

Collective empathy exercise.
17 December 2021
  1 min
Women's voices
Women’s voices

Immersive digital device, designed by Manon Gady and Maïa Hoog.

Immersion in feminist demonstrations, in the word of women.Device conceived and realized by Manon Gady and Maïa Hoog, students of the class of 2021/2022 of the Master 2 Audiovisual and Digital Media of the Université Grenoble Alpes, within the (…)
29 October 2021
  4 min
Writing workshop in inclusive language
Writing workshop in inclusive language

Literary game.

Literary writing game in inclusive language, which can be offered even for a few minutes, in all types of settings and for all ages.Inclusive language is not a consensus at all. And yet, trying to practice it really makes you think about (…)
24 October 2021
  3 min
Feminist Contemplation
Feminist Contemplation

Participatory art installation.

Words projected on the walls transform a simple place into a space that invites an intimate thought of feminism.Installation realized in collaboration with the students of the class of 2021/2022 of the Master 2 Audiovisual and Digital Media of (…)
21 October 2021
  3 min
The feminine neutral
The feminine neutral

Speaking method.

Count the number of people present, and if there is a majority of women, suggest the game of using the “feminine neuter”: “all of us” instead of “all of us” for example.I am a man and I have often proposed this game during trainings or (…)
20 October 2021
  2 min
In front of our eyes
In front of our eyes

Collective film (3’10s, 2021).

Behind every object, the patriarchyIt is a chain, a sequence shot: each person films an object and gives it life, through the voice, putting the object in a situation to evoke an issue related to feminism. The camera is passed from hand to (…)
19 October 2021
  1 min
Barbie à la rescousse du boys club
Gisèle Halimi Feminist Film Festival - Ville des Lilas: “Female gaze” workshop

Film creation workshop, to decode the images.

Male gaze ? Female gaze? What is the difference? How do images place us in positions of domination or submission? In the lobby of the Garde-Chasse cinema, Benoît Labourdette installs a film studio that will allow you to create cinema scenes to (…)
16 October 2021
  4 min
Quel monde voulons-nous ?
What kind of world do we want?

A film by Benoît Labourdette (0’54s, muet, 2020).

Bibliography in 2020 for the emancipation of women and men.
17 October 2020
  2 min
Audiovisual workshops to combat gender stereotypes
Audiovisual workshops to combat gender stereotypes

Methods for audiovisual creativity.

Thought-provoking ideas and proposals for audiovisual workshop concepts for nuanced and useful actions, with the aim of building critical thinking on gender stereotypes. Stereotypes and dominationThe world has long been largely structured by (…)
10 June 2020
  4 min
Sexuality #01
Sexuality #01

A film by Benoît Labourdette (2’28s, 2020).

Sexuality, that intimate space that we experience as natural and spontaneous, is in fact largely constructed by our culture. For more sexual fulfillment, a first exercise in deconstructing codes, in the sequel to Martin Page and his book “Beyond (…)
1 February 2020
  2 min
Domination
Domination

Un film de Benoît Labourdette (1’26s, muet, 2017).

Rebattre les cartes des systèmes de domination.
2 avril 2017
  2 min