"Fecund existential resources are lodged in this relationship with desire, because "fluidity goes beyond sexuality". It is an open totality, whose infinite contours Mathilde Ramadier identifies to broaden our minds, if not our bodies." Jean-Marie Durand, Philosophie Magazine.
While her contact with the queer communities of Paris and Berlin - where she lives - as well as her own experience, motivated the writing of Vivre fluide, it is by probing psychoanalysis or history as much
as pop culture, and by conducting a survey of over forty women, that the author has produced a rich and complete work on female bisexuality, filling a gaping hole in French literature in this area. By exploring what goes far beyond a simple sexual practice but is more akin to a philosophy of life, or even a feminist political proposal, Mathilde Ramadier further cracks the shaky myth of heterosexuality.
——Les Inrocks

"An essay that delicately weaves intimate stories with the history of bisexuality heretofore left in the shadows." Laure Marchand, Marie Claire.

"This book is a jewel! A year after Mona Chollet's Reinventing Love, it is its perfect companion. It provides a flawless synthesis of everything you need to know about bisexuality while being "fluid" in
the way it treats the subject (philosophy, history, psychoanalysis, pop culture, gonzo journalism, ...). It is dense and highly documented. It is both a necessary book (the forgotten "B" of LGBTQ+, even more so from a female point of view) and very pleasant to read." Laëtitia Vitaud, Nouveau depart

"We’d been waiting for just such a book and we've read it with enthusiasm". Pauline Colonna d'Istria, Page des Libraires

"An essential and liberating essay, a real fight against our obsession with putting labels on everything", Juliet Romeo, La Madeleine (Lyon)

"A comprehensive book that was missing on this subject, which is treated in an accessible way. A real pleasure to read." Mylène (Georges Talence bookshop)

"This book is a perfect blend of research, history and personal testimonies". Christelle Chandanson, Elkar (Bayonne)

"A very beautiful text on desire, and an excellent introduction to Judith Butler. Lyonel Sasso, Dialogues (Morlaix)

"I really appreciate Mathilde Ramadier's ability to give a very personal tone to an essay that is rich and full of references. Her writing is supple and lively, moving nimbly (and fluidly!) from the theoretical to the testimonial register, making us want to follow her to the last page. While it is resolutely feminist and firmly committed to the liberation of women's bisexual desire, the political discourse is no less nuanced and lucid as to certain possible pitfalls (fashion effects and other forms of recuperation), which it addresses openly. I see it as a delightful contribution, full of sincerity. Élise Gonthier-Gignac, librarian (Paris)

Although two out of three women have felt desire for other women, female bisexuality remains a blind spot in current feminist and LGBTQ+ debates. Seen as traitors to the cause by lesbians and as dangerous by men, bisexual women are accused of not choosing sides. What if, on the contrary, fluidity was seen as the affirmation of a new freedom, a new power, a full accomplishment for those who find normative heterosexuality too limited? Since the “clitoris revolution”, what has been missing was a book to comprehensively understand the meaning of this sexual orientation, from both a historical and sociological point of view, drawing on psychoanalysis and philosophy – which the author has
studied. And here it is…
To live fluidly is to free oneself from norms and explore the full potential of one’s desire.

MATHILDE RAMADIER is an author of essays, comics and podcasts, as well as a translator. She lives between Berlin and Arles, is married and has two young daughters, and is herself bisexual.
Fluid is her third essay. She has already published six comics, including Corps public, (co-written with Camille Ulrich) published in February 2021 by Editions du Faubourg.