When I started studying her work as a graduate student in the 2000s, a panel on her work would have seemed improbable. I’m glad things changed

Presented on #virginiedespentes Teen Spirit at the 2026 FFSC. Thanks to Prof. Alison Rice for making it happen. Thanks to my colleagues for attending & my co-presenters Julien Tribotté & Pierre Azou for their great talks

I’m very honored to be featured on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social in #FrenchStudies Podcast. I discuss my monograph “Grrrl Writing” on @virginiedespentes.bsky.social with Prof. Gina Stamm, whom I thank for hosting me
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Last but not certainly not least, I’m deeply grateful to Anne Brancky , Catherine Mavrikakis, & Natalie Edwards for their endorsements

I’m deeply grateful for my loved ones’s support throughout the writing process. My gratitude also goes to my editor @laurelplapp.bsky.social , the collection editors Adalgisa Giorgio & Kathryn Robson, friends & colleagues at Iowa State University, and from Women in French

Peter Lang Verlag - Grrrl Writing "This excellent volume—the first book-length study in English on Despentes’s writing—is rich, timely and insightful. Schaal’s rigorous analysis ...

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Flyer for monograph with promo code GW30

I’m proud to announce the publication of my monograph “Grrrl Writing: Virginie Despentes’s Authorial Politics,” available from Peter Lang in the “Studies in Contemporary Women’s Writing”
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Hidden fairy tale class gives students a deeper look at Disney princess origins Many students come to Iowa State University looking at college as a simple walk-in, walk-out ordeal, entirely missing out on all the wonders that niche, hidden classes have to offer. While there are m...

So happy to have my S26 course featured in the #iowastatedaily. Thanks Mia Aras for the great article! #frenchfairytaleprincesses #cinderella #sleepingbeauty #beautyandthebeast

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Sign the Petition Stop the removal of Modern Languages courses at the University of Nottingham!

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#proofingtime Excited & honored to be part of this #womeninfrenchuk_ire publication on “Women & Power” @clairelegendre.bsky.social

Had a great time at the #cfc50thanniversary conference. Thanks to the organizers for such a fantastic event. I presented my work on #virginiedespentes in great panel with @ericdisbro.bsky.social & Benoît Loiseau @sihambouamer.bsky.social

Presented my work on @virginiedespentes.bsky.social Les Jolies choses in a panel with Adrienne Angelo at the 2025 @wif-ukire.bsky.social conference

Ready for the 3-day @wif-ukire.bsky.social 2025 conference

Always a pleasure to present my work on #virginiedespentes at the annual 20th/21st centuries French & Francophone colloquium @virginiedespentes.bsky.social

La chanteuse britannique Marianne Faithfull est morte La chanteuse, autrice et actrice anglaise à la vie aussi agitée que romanesque, qui fut la muse des Rolling Stones, s’est éteinte à l’âge de 78 ans à Londres, a annoncé un porte-parole, jeudi.

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« Les sciences humaines et sociales constituent un rempart essentiel pour la construction d’une société démocratique vigoureuse » TRIBUNE. S’inquiétant de voir la recherche scientifique faire l’objet d’invectives et de manipulation, trois directeurs d’instituts d’études politiques reviennent, dans une tribune au « Monde », sur l...

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Me baking with my child

Heart shaped French holiday cookies on a Holiday plate

French holiday cookies in a holiday tin box

Hoping everyone had a relaxing break. Spent it bakingfavorite French seasonal treats from #alsace #tistheholidayseason💚❤️ #holidaybaking #bredele #kouglof #anisbredele #spritzbredele #schwovebredele #winachtsbredele #spitzbuebe #paindepices #pâtisseriesdenoël🎄💫✨ #délicesdalsace #frenchbaking