Lauren Bastide (born 30 October 1981) is a French journalist, feminist, podcaster, spokesperson for the better representation of women and an activist on intersectional feminism.

Bastide later went back to college to earn a master's degree in Gender Studies from University of Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis.

Bastide spent ten years working on the editorial staff of Elle before being made the editor-in-chief of the news pages.

In September 2015, Bastide became part of the team on Le Grand Journal, hosted daily by Maïtena Biraben.

[9] She was criticized by the philosopher Marylin Maeso who accused her of lying when she describes "as a racist and disrespectful of Muslims a young homosexual who only said what she thought of beliefs that were thrown at her to dehumanize her as a lesbian.