Marie Cartier is a scholar, visual and performance artist, queer activist, poet, and theologian deeply involved in movements for social change. Her academic work focuses on feminist queer gender studies, culminating in her recent Ph.D. in Religion. Cartier teaches at UC Irvine and CSU Northridge, bringing her insights on gender, religion, and artistic expression to her students. Her creative output is infused with activism and a drive for societal transformation.
Explores the strained reception of the migrants in The Poplars, a housing development in suburban Paris that dates back to the mid-20th centrury. The authors examine tensions within the complex less as a product of racism and xenophobia than of anxiety about social class and the loss of a sense of community that reigned before.
Focusing on the Stonewall Inn, this book explores its significance as a pivotal site for the gay liberation movement. It highlights how gay bars in 1950s America served as sacred spaces for the LGBTQ+ community, providing refuge and fostering a sense of belonging. Through this lens, the narrative delves into the cultural and social dynamics of the era, offering a rich understanding of the rebellion that sparked a transformative movement.
Alceste abhors hypocrisy and the well-rehearsed, sycophantic pleasantries of the chattering classes. But having savaged Covington - a theatre critic who thinks he can write plays - Alceste goes on to attack Jennifer, the woman he really loves. What if his determination to tell the truth proves more destructive than their instinct to avoid it?