Looking for Simone

Published in 1949, Le Deuxième Sexe (The Second Sex) has become the bible of global feminism. An essential work that fervently advocates for gender equality, women's independence, and the liberation of social norms. How does this foundational work continue to resonate in our contemporary world? Imagined as an initiatory journey to the origins of Simone de Beauvoir's thought, Looking for Simone takes us to the United States, to the places that inspired the philosopher and nourished her theories. An American road trip that encompasses both the worst and the best, predatory capitalism as well as passionate love, in the company of some of the greatest thinkers of our century. An intimate and political quest, bringing together the most significant figures in the history of feminism: Judith Butler, Silvia Federici, Laure Murat, Françoise Vergès, and Kellie Carter Jackson.