7 billion neighbors
The lipstick: to mouth what do you want?
Audio 48:30
"If you are sad, add more red and attack" said Gabrielle Chanel.
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By: Emmanuelle Bastide
1 min
"
If you're sad, add more red and attack
", said Gabrielle Chanel.
A daily gesture, lipstick is indeed part of the beauty routine of many women.
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Before the pandemic, about 10 per second were sold in Europe, in the United States, they were even 7 out of 10 women to wear them.
Both a symbol of submission and the emancipation of women, wearing lipstick is not entirely trivial.
It is found on the lips of prostitutes as well as suffragettes, including movie stars.
Who are the women today who wear lipstick?
Between simple coquetry and political commitment, what hides in a tube of lipstick?
Rebroadcast Monday, December 20, 2021
With :
Rebecca Benhamou
, journalist and author of
Sur la bouche – An insolent history of lipstick
(Premier Parallèle)
Marie-Jeanne Serbin Thomas
, editor-in-chief of
Brune Magazine
Khady Niang Diakhaté
, professional make-up artist and founder of
African Make-up Academy
, the first professional make-up training school in Dakar, Senegal
And at the end of the show, the portrait of
Zarifa Adiba
, a young 23-year-old violinist and the first Afghan conductor.
She had to leave her country to flee the Taliban regime.
Our reporter
Charlie Dupiot
met her during her stay in Paris for the release of her book co-written with the collaboration of Anne Chaon,
The indomitable - The destiny of a young Afghan woman
(Robert Laffont – Versilio)
Itw by Zarifa Adiba, Afghan Musician by Charles Dupiot
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