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A Letter To Our Nights: “Existing Without the Perpetual Burden of Being in Danger Everywhere We Go”

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Date: 06.01.22

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Authors: Sarah Gamrani & Laure Togola (Au-delà du Club Collective)

Photos: Romain Guédé

Warning: This article deals with the topics of sexual and sexist abuse, which can make it difficult to read. You are free to read it in multiple sessions, entirely or partially.


“I was a student in Bordeaux in 2019. One Wednesday night, I went to a bar at the end of my street to meet a friend for a drink. I don't remember how I got home. I hardly remember anything except feeling very drunk, then trying to undress and get into bed, failing, throwing up, and collapsing with my shoes still on. The next day, I couldn't get myself to class, I thought I was sick. It was only three weeks later, while having a conversation with friends about the effects of GHB*, that I realised I'd been drugged. I was just lucky that the person who drugged me that night didn't then assault me.” 

A Letter to our nights - Romain Guédé @ We are Europe
Photos by Romain Guédé. Taken across France, they reflect a freedom of body and movement, permitted in certain places and at certain times. These pictures portray an inspiring universe, reminding us that a different nightlife is possible.

This testimony echoes hundreds of ot...

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