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Panti's Noble Call at the Abbey Theatre - WITH SUBTITLES

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Elsa Cayat: The only woman killed in the massacre.

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Subject: Elsa Cayat  Dear Friends,  I'm often silent on list servs these days, but couldn't help but notice this  woman. Does anyone know her?  Elsa Cayat, the psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, was the only woman killed in  the massacre. She wrote a twice-monthly column for Charlie Hebdo entitled  'Charlie Divan' - 'Couch' - and published essays on relations between men  and women and sexuality.   As trained clinicians, We spend our days (and evenings) with aspects of life  about which most don't know.   I'm imagining the excitement Elsa Cayat felt about publishing her column.  There is a subversive promise inherent to the translation of intimacy into  shared discourse. It is really important to know what people authentically  experience instead of only how experiences are represented publicly.   I don't know if I would have even liked her or her work but I very much  applaud her att...