The Enlightenment in France is often characterized as a project of reform, a period of resisting injustice and ignorance in its multitude of forms and of advocating for a better society. But what did modes of resistance look like in eighteenth-century France, and are there resonances with our own cultures of resistance today that combat social injustice? This panel explores diverse strategies of resistance deployed by eighteenth-century individuals against the status quo, and the ways in which media served as a crucial instrument in shaping the narratives of resistance to socioeconomic power and religious intolerance. The panel will focus on three key figures of the eighteenth century — Calas, Mandrin and Marie-Madeleine Guimard — who brought issues of justice and fairness to the forefront of public debate