Convinced feminist, green radical, adept at talking cash, Sandrine Rousseau has established herself in the political and media landscape with explosive little phrases and polemics inflaming debates. “Additional investigation” on the journey of a woman who has made provocation her trademark.
The image is amazing: Sandrine Rousseau, peeler in hand, peels a kilo of potatoes while summarizing the plot of her first book, a thriller: “It’s a man who is found dead and part of his torso torn off, well… skinned, and this man is surrounded by women in his life, and so you have to know who had this crazy idea to skin him.” We are in 2007, it is her very first appearance on television, a tasty archive by the yardstick of the politician she will become years later.
Convinced feminist, green radical, adept at talking cash, Sandrine Rousseau has established herself in the political and media landscape with explosive little phrases and polemics that inflame the debate. The BBQ? “A symbol of manhood”. Julien Bayou? Guilty, according to her, of “behavior likely to break the moral health of women”. Work ? “A value from the right” for those who claim “a right to laziness”…
Between passion and ambition
Sandrine Rousseau has made provocation her trademark, assumed, even if it means annoying and incurring the wrath of her detractors on social networks. An early spokesperson for victims of sexual and gender-based violence, she is adored by some and hated by others. So divisive that even within her own party, few people want to talk about her in the context of a portrait.
Why such a culture of clash? Is Sandrine Rousseau an ambitious woman ready to sideline her political opponents to achieve her ends? A passionate eco-feminist who goes all the way to impose her convictions? “Additional investigation” on the course of the one who has been electrifying public debate for months.
An investigation by Rola Tarsissi, Sébastien Lafargue, Marielle Krouk and Vincent Buchy.
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