As part of the release of her book Assemblies, journalist and politician Clémentine Autain spoke to Closer by addressing a few private matters.
A constant fight. Journalist and politician Clémentine Autain, author of the book Assemblies released on June 8 by Grasset editions, answered questions from Closer about her inspiration and what she believes still needs to change for a more equal society. The Ile-de-France regional councilor also talked about his private life, especially his love life. In her book, one of the heroines falls in love with a right-wing politician when she is on the left, which, according to Clémentine Autain, “never happened to him”. This does not mean, however, that she would have systematically refused any relationship with a man with opposing political ideas since, as she explains, “we don’t have to live only long love stories…”.
Where one of her heroines has been attracted to a right wing man, however, she happened to have a story with a left-wing man, more left-wing than she is used to. “I have already fallen in love with socialists who are not from my more radical political sphere…”. Yet it is now a good number of years that the same man shares his life, and Clémentine Autain is completely satisfied. “For 10 years, I have been living in a blended family with four children, and my companion, a teacher in Seine-Saint-Denis, is an Insoumis activist. A man who is perhaps close to the idea of deconstructed men that Clémentine Autain has and of which Sandrine Rousseau also speaks, quoted by Closer.
Clémentine Autain: “Men must question their virility”
About her, the politician and author stresses that “Sandrine Rousseau is right, the deconstruction of men is a real subject. They must question their virility, because they too are alienated. They were taught not to cry, to desire power, to use their strength… It’s a confinement in a predefined role”. As many people who fight for this cause explain, feminism also aims to help men free themselves from the constraints of the patriarchal society which confines them, like women, to limiting roles and behaviors.
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Clémentine Clémentine Autain, accompanied by Elsa Faucillon, deputy for Hauts de Seine, signs an appeal to Big-B
She talked about her book
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Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Clémentine Autain – Demonstration against the labor law in the streets of Paris
She just wrote the novel “Assemblies”
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Clémentine Autain, feminist activist and French politician, member of the “Together” movement
Clémentine Autain talks about 3 women who fall in love with a politician
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Clementine Autain – Session of questions to the government at the National Assembly in Paris on May 22, 20
She also opened up about her private life during the interview
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Clémentine Autain – Masterclass by Ken Loach at the Lumière 2019 festival in Lyon on October 17, 2019. ©
She returned to her current situation
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Clémentine Autain (Deputy La France Insoumise) – International Day for the fight against violence
Clémentine Autain has been in a relationship with an Insoumis activist for 10 years
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Clémentine Autain – List of being able to live in IDF – Great oral presentation of candidates in Île-de-France for
They are a blended family with 4 children.
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Clémentine Autain – Masterclass by Ken Loach at the Lumière 2019 festival in Lyon on October 17, 2019. ©
Clémentine Autain is regional councilor for Ile-de-France
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Clémentine Autain – List of being able to live in IDF – Great oral presentation of candidates in Île-de-France for
She is a feminist
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Clémentine Autain (La France Insoumise) – Demonstration against Islamophobia in Paris on November 10
Clémentine Autain is for the deconstruction of men and a more egalitarian society