It's a year today since the Supreme Court decision on the meaning of "sex" under the Equality Act 2010.
Jolyon Maugham and I have written a reflective piece with our thoughts on the judgment, everything that has happened since, and why it's so important that we are still fighting - together 👇
You can give me just one of those millions, I promise my viewpoint would bring some diversity to Harvard
If you are a cis woman who is opposed to being used as a pretext for establishment transphobia and trans exclusion please sign this petition by @nionwomen.bsky.social. Now fewer than 300 signatures needed to get it past 100,000!
notinourname.org.uk
When it comes to sexual assault, asylum, domestic violence, the structural reality is that people (especially migrant women) are faced with great suspicion, scrutiny, and stigma for making such claims. Any reporting that obscures this reality only further institutionalises racist, sexist inequality.
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Forgot Alt text. Feminist killjoy cake!
Feminist Killjoy cake!
Watch author Sara Ahmed discuss "No!: The Art and Activism of Complaining" at Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington, D.C.
Ahmed is in conversation with Soraya Chemaly, an award-winning writer and activist whose work focuses on the role of gender in culture, politics, religion, and media.
On May 2nd, I'm hosting a one-day writing conference for memoirists at Rutgers! Our keynote speaker is Kimberlé Crenshaw and other guests include Alexander Chee, Mira Jacob, Lauren Hough, Kelly Sundberg, Savala Nolan and Mary HK Choi. I hope you can make it! ce-catalog.rutgers.edu/coursedispla...
A poster for a community discussion with Sara Ahmed’s at Bol Community Bookshop on April 11. Poster is a beige background with pink font and a picture of the cover of No! in a pop art style with a pink background and black letters and white and black speech bubbles, and a photo of the author in the right upper corner.
Last event on mini book tour today! A community discussion: a chance to sit with each other and the work 💜
Thinking back. So many no tales. And trails. In my 2017 post No! all no’s were in bold. feministkilljoys.com/2017/06/30/no/
Today in Washington DC! With the ever inspiring Soraya Chemaly! ! politics-prose.com/sara-ahmed-0...
A woman wearing a brightly coloured top has her arms folded next to a quote that reads: “Targeting trans people whilst pretending to care about women's safety is classic patriarchy. It distracts from the 99% of sexual crime and 90% of violent crime committed by cis men and sets back equality for women by policing our bodies'”
We’re proud to include voices like @natashadevon.bsky.social MBE - journalist, campaigner, and long-time advocate for women and young people - in our growing movement of women speaking out in support of the trans+ community
Sending killjoy solidarity!
As @saranahmed.bsky.social has written: An abuser does not just have a network. An abuser is a network.
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"we helped bring fascists to power, we provided them with an ideology to use to strip away trans rights and reinforce gender norms. but it turns out that they're not fond of the gays WTF???"
Philly today! Saying no, in a killjoy way. With Heather Love 💜
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“It comes down to this: The press, because of its own conventions and time-honored practices, normalizes him, and thus fails to get across the extreme nature of this president’s behavior. Ten years of sane-washing have had their effect. He remains in power, reelected, undeterred.”
A poster for the launch event of Sara Ahmed’s new book No! The Art & Activism of Complaining. Poster is black and there are pictures of Roxane Gay and Sara Ahmed (latter with her dog) 🐶, who will be in conversation. The photos are encircled by pink matching the pink cover of the book with its black and white speech bubbles.
A killjoy joy to be launching No! The Art and Activism of Complaining with @roxanegay.bsky.social & @feministpress.bsky.social
tonight @clags.bsky.social. I did describe myself as a mega-fan of Roxane’s in The Feminist Killjoy Handbook. So this is a lot! Hope you can come along!
📆 Mon. 4/6 @ 7PM: Independent feminist scholar Sara Ahmed joins us in store for a discussion of her new book, No!: The Art and Activism of Complaining. She will be joined in conversation by award-winning author Durba Mitra. Learn more here: buff.ly/ObaGaY7
Poster for a conversation between Sara Ahmed (pictured with her dog Bluebell) and Durba Mitra on the event of the release of Sara’s new book. A cover of the book No! The Art and Activism of Complaining is on show which is pink with letters in black and pop in style. Conversation is at Harvard Book Store 7pm tonight!
Today! Hope some folks turn up!
Poppy a brown cockapoo and Bluebell a Black and Tan cockapoo are sitting on a fawn coloured sofa looking at the camera somewhat quizzically. In front of them are two copies of Sara Ahmed’s new book, No! The Art & Activism of Complaining with a light pink cover and black and white speech bubbles.
The No!s have arrived! Just in time for a quick study session 💜
10 years. A love letter to diversity workers. And gratitude for my complaint collective. substack.com/@feministkil...
Solidarity with the transgender & intersex communities in India after the Amendment Bill was bulldozed through houses of parliament replacing self-identification with mandatory medical certification. My #KilljoySolidarity with you in this fight. Friends, sign & fight!
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Sorry not this trip
I had to get this out. Mistakes probably. Solidarity always with all survivors of secrets. open.substack.com/pub/feminist...
Poster in purple with black writing giving details of Sara Ahmed’s book tour in the US
Calling all killjoys in Boston, NYC, Philly and DC. Come along and say no loudly and together to the abusers and the harassers and the fascists and the systems they create that create them 🔥🔥
