Eloise Bouton

Swiss Army knife? Slasher? Multi-skilled? Jack-of-all-trades? Call it what you want. What matters most is that every skill I’ve developed over twenty years, from journalism to data science, from event organizing to supporting survivors of gender-based violence, serves the same goal: giving voice to those who don’t have one, making visible what’s never shown.

Over nearly twenty years, I’ve held many positions: freelance journalist, editor-in-chief, communications manager, brand content and B2B writer, translator, and content manager at a music label. I founded Madame Rap in 2015, the first media platform dedicated to women and LGBTQIA+ artists in hip hop (now featuring 3,700+ rappers across 125 countries). I’ve written 2 books, co-written documentaries, created 2 podcasts, and created or organized major events: charity evenings (Contre Coups compilation), award ceremonies (OUT d’Or for LGBTI visibility, Kif-Kif for professional equality), concerts, artistic residencies, roundtables.

Every project I initiate or engage in is a laboratory for creative resistance. In these spaces, I combine my experience in communications, media, culture, and social impact with the conviction that action and art can deconstruct oppression.

Trilingual in French, English, and Spanish, I’ve traveled extensively and lived and worked in different countries. This multicultural experience has enabled me to lead European and international projects, and it remains central to my approach: cross-cultural collaborations enrich perspectives, break down silos, and strengthen the impact of collective actions.

A survivor of incest and sexual violence, I’ve transformed these traumas into tools for support and transmission. Trauma-informed and trained in victim care, I’ve been facilitating support groups and writing workshops since 2014 for women victims of gender-based violence and people experiencing LGBTphobia. I also offer training for journalists covering gender-based violence or femicides, and coaching for couples in which at least one partner has experienced sexual violence.

And in 2024, I added data science to this palette (600 hours of intensive training at Springboard). Surprisingly, I realized that algorithms and statistics could be tools for transmission, communication, and emancipation just like writing. Predicting female rappers’ success on streaming platforms, visualizing inequality patterns… Data science and storytelling can be two sides of the same coin, both aimed at telling true stories from solid sources or data.

Today, I combine all these skills to create impact where it counts. Whether through an article, a data analysis, a support group, a charity event, coaching, or an artistic project. The common thread remains the same. Moving the lines, creating impact, making the invisible visible.