"One is not born a woman, but becomes one." Long before the emergence of Women's Studies on college campuses and wide acceptance of the notion that traditional gender roles largely amount to social constructions, Simone de Beauvoir boldly and clearly asserted ...Read More »

The first winner of our debut Paris Photo Contest is Joe Donohue, a Paris-based photographer originally from Montreal, Quebec. Donohue writes of his photo, titled Shopkeeper on the Left Bank: "We wandered onto an empty side street just off Rue ...Read More »

Paris has come away with relatively minor damage after a storm that battered large parts of Western France and killed over 50 people in several European countries, Paris City Hall said in a statement released today. Paris City Hall said ...Read More »

The gritty, working-class Belleville district is also a major draw for artists, with its cheaper rents and old warehouses ideal for conversion into studio space. Not surprisingly, eye-catching street art is a common sight in this lesser-known Paris neighborhood. Image: ...Read More »

The French National Library has arguably racked up a little sex appeal this week by acquiring the memoirs of Giacomo Casanova, the famed 18th century adventurer and author whose name has become synonymous with the art of (insincere) seduction. The ...Read More »