“They say that my books resonate completely with them,” she says. In a publishing and media landscape transformed by #MeToo, where new books, magazines, and podcasts about feminism appear every month, Mona Chollet has carved out a distinct niche, as proved by the lines of readers (mostly female, some male), for her book signings.

Driven by this success, her first two feminist books, Beauté fatale and Chez soi, are still on the list, several years after their publication. And in ninth place, In Defense of Witches, published in 2018, with 350,000 copies sold and translations in 15 languages. In first place, Réinventer l’amour (2021), a subtle observation of the patriarchy’s impact on heterosexual couples. In early January, four of her books were on the list of the top 100 best-selling essays in France. * Telerama * A smart feminist treatise reclaiming the witch and her radical way of life as a path forward for womem. Today more than ever, witches tell us about our world and lead the way. * Liberation * What remains of the witch hunts? A stubborn misogyny, which still tints the way our societies look at single women, childless women, aging women, or quite simply, free women. ends up convincing: the witch is a figure more fascinating and empowering than repulsive. Mona Chollet wonders about what remains today of the great witch hunts, that is to say the massacre of tens of thousands of women in Europe between the 16th and 17th centuries. * Huffington Post * The term 'witches' is still used today to caricature women of power, aging women or quite simply free women. * Slate * dissects this figure from our history - and our imagination - and demonstrates how women today, those who free themselves from certain social norms, are in fact the direct heirs of those who were pursued, hunted, censored, eliminated during the Renaissance.

* Le Monde * rehabilitates the figure of the witch, this dangerously independent, educated and strong woman. * Vice * Mona Chollet reminds us how an infamous label has become a symbol of women's resistance to male domination. Sarah Gilmartin * Irish Times * Explores the worldview that the witch hunt has sought to promote - and its consequences on society today. The subtitle sums it up: why women are still on trial. Rachel Donadio * The New York Times * What sets Chollet's book apart is her aligning so clearly the historical mistreatment of so-called witches with the misogyny of the 21st century. Chollet has emerged as a quiet revolutionary, pushing back against the cliches and the patriarchy that shapes them. A thought-provoking, discursive survey by Mona Chollet, a bright light of Francophone feminism.

Sorcières by Mona Chollet