Acertain mythology surrounds Simone de Beauvoir. It presents her to the world as an independent thinker, a spokesperson for women and an advocate of freedom. In truth, the French existentialist, who ...

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 ...

A new exhibition in Bonn revisits Simone de Beauvoir's "The Second Sex." The French existentialist philosopher's book is more relevant today than ever, says German feminist Alice Schwarzer. Simone de ...

https://doi.org/10.5325/jspecphil.33.3.0448 • https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5325/jspecphil.33.3.0448 Copy URL ABSTRACT: This essay advances the idea that Simone ...

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.

"Les Inséparables", a tragic love story that Simone de Beauvoir believed was "too intimate" to publish during her lifetime, reveals how a passionate relationship with her classmate "Zaza" helped set ...