Abstract
In this English translation of a chapter of her 2009 book “J'haïs les féministes!” Le 6 décembre 1989 et ses suites, Mélissa Blais presents a radical feminist study of the 2009 film Polytechnique as an important event in the ongoing construction of the collective memory of the massacre. Beginning with an overview of how Quebec gender politics were marked by male domination in 2009, the article goes on to offer a critical analysis of the film's gendered characterization. Finally, Blais develops an analysis of the film's coverage by Montreal francophone daily newspapers Le Devoir and La Presse, arguing they develop a "negotiated" account of the film by juxtaposing elements of both a feminist and anti-feminist discourse. Of particular significance is a consistent construction of suffering masculinity in the film and in the mass media discourse surrounding it that occludes the misogynist and anti-feminist nature of the 1989 massacre.
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