A choreography to demonstrate their opposition to the pension reform. Fabien Roussel drew some dance steps this Thursday afternoon during the Parisian procession against the lowering of the age of departure to 64 years.
In a video uploaded to the Twitter account of a Communist Party executive, we can see the head of the movement, all smiles, participating in the Rosies dance, women dressed as “Rosie the riveter”, an icon of feminism.
A World War II icon
“Until the grave, for the proles. 64 years, no, retirement, they need it sooner. Live with dignity, enjoy our grandchildren,” sings the former communist presidential candidate to the sound of I will Survive By Gloria Gaynor.
Dressed in overalls, and for some dressed as zombies, the Rosies have been preparing the lyrics for this loosely reinterpreted song and its choreography in recent days, it has been reported. Humanity.
Mary Doyle Keefe, the American immortalized by Norman Rockwell as Rosie the Riveter, died in 2015. This woman had become an icon in 1943, during the Second World War.
The “Rosie”, already worn on the left
Then a 19-year-old telephone operator, the American met the painter Norman Rockwell in Arlington, Vermont, recounts The Guardian. For $10, the painter made one of the many models of him that would soon become his most famous.
The painter immortalizes the young operator in the guise of a corpulent woman, in denim overalls, sandwich in hand, riveter on her knees, and crushing with all her weight a copy of My struggle. Enough to allow feminist movements to take it up quickly.
The figure of Rosie the Riveter has been widely used by the left in recent years. During the pension reform in 2020, the rebels Clémentine Autain and Manon Aubry as well as Esther Benbassa had joined a flashmob in front of the National Assembly. At that point, the Rosies danced to Yelle’s, “Because of the boys.”
In 2020, Manon Aubry, MEP for La France insoumise, gave a speech dressed as Rosie on Women’s Rights Day.
Source: BFM TV
