Can posing for Playboy be a feminist statement? A French government minister thinks so and has defended her decision to appear – clothed – on the front cover of the magazine amid a crisis in French politics not seen for several years.
Marlène Schiappa, a 40-year-old feminist author who was plucked from obscurity by President Emmanuel Macron in 2017 to serve in his government, is no stranger to controversy and has repeatedly angered right-wingers.
