In the popular imagination, Simone de Beauvoir is best known as the foremother of contemporary feminism, and as the turbaned, chain-smoking, glamorously intellectual companion of Jean-Paul Sartre.

One of the most prominent figures in feminism is Simone de Beauvoir, who has left us a remarkable legacy. Among them are her famous quotes on love, women, and freedom, which you should know as they ...

Intellectual, philosophical, literary, rebellious, Simone de Beauvoir spoke a mile a minute, and wrote quickly, too — novels, essays, a play, four memoirs. She was an atheist, bisexual, pioneer ...

COMMENTARY: The roots of the current transgender movement and man-hating feminism can be traced back to the theories of two despairing French philosophers, Simone de Beauvoir and her lover Jean-Paul ...

The Visionaries: Arendt, Beauvoir, Rand, Weil and the Power of Philosophy in Dark Times. By Wolfram Eilenberger. Translated by Shaun Whiteside. Penguin Press; 400 pages; $32. Allen Lane; £25 In ...

Elsa Zylberstein (“Simone: Woman of the Century”) will star as the French feminist writer Simone de Beauvoir in a feature film that will be penned by Oscar-winning writer Christopher Hampton and ...

I am often asked by young women if we should take back the term “feminism.” It still carries the cachet of caring about women, and most of us are quite happy with the achievements of first-wave ...