It is a tumultuous time in the politics of gender. On the one hand, transgender and queer social movements have sought to expand people’s ability to break out of the gender binary of man or woman. On the other, the Trump administration has aggressively worked to reassert the gender binary by law.
Archives for March 29, 2026
Saturday in Byblos:
François de Rosset’s Story of the Execution of Two Siblings
François Rosset was a bestselling French writer who in 1619 fictionalized the story of the tragic 1603 execution of Marguerite and Julien de Ravalet for adultery and incest after eloping to escape social norms and, for Marguerite, a decrepit husband. Rosset questioned the brutal judicial system and described the couple with remarkable compassion even as he nodded in the direction of the era’s social and religious norms. The theme has since evolved through literature, art and law, with at times surprising results.
François de Rosset, “Of a Brother and Sister’s Incestuous Love and Tragic End” (1619)
A translation from the French of François de Rosset’s “Of A Brother and Sister’s Incestuous Love and Tragic End,” or “Des amours incestueuses d’un frère et d’une soeur et de leur fin malheureuse et tragique,” form Rosset’s 1619 collection, Tragic Stories (“Histoires tragiques.”)
The Daily Cartoon and Live Briefing: Sunday, March 29, 2026
The Flagler Home and Lifestyle Show has its second and final day, Yasmina Reza’s “Art,” at City Repertory Theatre, “My Fair Lady,” at Daytona Playhouse, Palm Coast Farmers’ Market at European Village, Richard Ford reminds us to stop blaming baseball.