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Six wheelchair users discuss their very personal journeys, and while some see their wheelchair as a means to making the most of life with their physical disability, others still find it hard to come to terms with their situation. All have had to challenge stereotypes and clichés about people with disabilities in their daily lives.

This programme by French broadcaster France.tv Slash is part of the European Collection, a joint initiative from European public service media (ARD, ARTE, France Télévisions, SRG SSR, RTBF and ZDF), coordinated by ARTE.

Six wheelchair users tell us about the stereotypes and clichés they have to challenge in their daily lives.

Life as a wheelchair user

When you think urban gardens and vegetable patches, you might think locally produced food and self-sufficient cities, but feeding a whole city with just a few rooftop vegetable gardens was never going to be likely. So why are more and more of them springing up? Could these green spaces also be used for education, therapy and social integration? Laetitia Limmois investigates.

This programme by France.tv Slash is part of the European Collection, a joint initiative from European public service media (ARD, ARTE, France Télévisions, SRG SSR, RTBF and ZDF), coordinated by ARTE.

Urban gardens are unlikely to feed a city, but could they be used for education and social integration too?

Urban Agriculture

Tattooing began as an ancient symbolic practice and has evolved into an artform, but today it can also be used to cover scars, camouflage skin conditions and even reconstruct nipples after mastectomy, allowing people to cope better with the aftermath of accidents or illness. Laetitia Limmois meets reconstructive tattoo artists and uncovers the possibilities and the risks.

This programme by France Télévisions Slash is part of the European Collection, a joint initiative from European public service media (ARD, ARTE, France Télévisions, SRG SSR, RTBF and ZDF), coordinated by ARTE.

Reconstructive tattooing, used to camouflage scars and reconstruct nipples, is helping people heal mentally.

The art of reconstructive tattoos

France’s Collages Féminicides movement is using public spaces as a forum to speak out against violence against women, whether sexual or domestic. Plastering the walls of cities with their messages, the movement has gone from strength to strength since 2020, expanding to call out sexism, racism and discrimination. Our journalist Laetitia Limmois meets with the group’s activists.

This programme by French broadcaster France.tv Slash is part of the European Collection, a joint initiative from European public service media (ARD, ARTE, France Télévisions, SRG SSR, RTBF and ZDF), coordinated by ARTE.

France's Collages Féminicides movement is using public spaces to speak out against violence against women.

Femicide collages: using public spaces to speak out

Did you know that your old jeans could become a shoe, a car part or even a brick? It's entirely possible, thanks to the recycling of textile products. France is one of Europe's pioneers when it comes to sorting and collecting clothes to give them a second life. Laetitia Limmois followed the journey of a pair of jeans being transformed into something new.

This programme by French broadcaster France.tv Slash is part of the European Collection, a joint initiative from European public service media (ARD, ARTE, France Télévisions, SRG SSR, RTBF and ZDF), coordinated by ARTE.

Laetitia Limmois investigates recycling and follows the journey of a pair of jeans being given a second life.

Can recycling your clothes save the planet?

Yes, there are young people under 30 who have decided to leave social media behind. And they aren’t that few and far between. In fact, more and more young people are deciding to ditch the likes of Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat. Journalist Camélia Kheiredine met with those who’ve made the choice to turn their backs on these virtual worlds.

This documentary series by France.tv Slash is part of The European Collection, a joint initiative of European public media (ARD, ARTE, France Télévisions, SRG SSR, RTBF and ZDF), coordinated by ARTE.

Journalist Camélia Kheiredine goes on a mission to meet young people who have turned their backs on social media.

Young people without social media

Journalist Camélia Kheiredine goes on a mission to find out what young people living in France’s poorest cities do in their free time. She met with residents of Roubaix, Grigny and Marseille, all areas with the highest youth poverty rate in the country. Hear what they have to say about their daily lives.

This documentary series by France.tv Slash is part of The European Collection, a joint initiative of European public media (ARD, ARTE, France Télévisions, SRG SSR, RTBF and ZDF), coordinated by ARTE.

Three young people from some of France’s poorest cities talk about their daily lives.

Being young in a poor city

Social media platforms like Snapchat are offering more and more advanced filters that not only change the aesthetic of an image, but touch up a person’s physical features. Journalist Camélia Kheiredine met with young people who have undergone cosmetic surgery to resemble the filters they use online.

This documentary series by France.tv Slash is part of The European Collection, a joint initiative of European public media (ARD, ARTE, France Télévisions, SRG SSR, RTBF and ZDF), coordinated by ARTE.

Meet the young people who resorted to cosmetic surgery to look more like the filters they use on social media.

Snapchat dysmorphia

We seldom speak about young people who choose to stay in rural areas. For them, living in the city is synonymous with stress and superficiality. The less they go, they better off they are. Journalist Camélia set off to the French countryside to meet with Jérôme, Guyliane and Mélanie – three young people who opened up about their daily lives, far from all clichés. 

This documentary series by France.tv Slash is part of The European Collection, a joint initiative of European public media (ARD, ARTE, France Télévisions, SRG SSR, RTBF and ZDF), coordinated by ARTE.

We often speak about young people leaving rural areas, but what about those who choose to stay?

Young people in the countryside

Nine women under the age of 25 in France were killed by their partners or ex-partners in 2022. The youngest was only 13 years old. Journalist Camélia Kheiredine set out to meet Luna and Romane, two survivors of domestic violence who were only teenagers at the time.

This documentary series by France.tv Slash is part of The European Collection, a joint initiative of European public media (ARD, ARTE, France Télévisions, SRG SSR, RTBF and ZDF), coordinated by ARTE.

As Luna and Romane can testify, domestic violence affects women of all ages.

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Life as a wheelchair user

Urban Agriculture

The art of reconstructive tattoos

Femicide collages: using public spaces to speak out

Can recycling your clothes save the planet?

Young people without social media

Being young in a poor city

Snapchat dysmorphia

Young people in the countryside

Domestic violence among teens

Politics and society
Switching viewpoints