We #FeministKilljoy types, we do this

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you called?

Love to ruin things #feministkilljoy

"No" with Sara Ahmed Our favourite feminist killjoy is back! Sara Ahmed joins me to talk about her brand-new book No Is Not A Lonely Utterance: The Art and Activism of Complaining. In her first ever (how special are we) public conversation about the book, Sara speaks about becoming a feminist ear and a complaint collector, sharing stories of her own complaints as well as those shared with her in community. Explaining how the power of complaining lies in creativity and collectivity, Sara shows why saying no is a powerful queer method.   References: Sarah Ahmed’s No Is Not A Lonely Utterance (Allen Lane, 2025) Sarah Ahmed’s The Feminist Killjoy Handbook (Penguin, 2023) Sarah Ahmed’s Complaint! (Duke, 2021) Sarah Ahmed’s What’s the Use (Duke, 2019) Sarah Ahmed’s On Being Included: Racism and Diversity in Institutional Life (Duke, 2012) Onomatopoeia Jean Porcelli Race Relations Amendment Act CARD Complaint Against Racial Discrimination Kennetta Hammond Perry’s London is the Place for Me: Black Britons, Citizenship and the Politics of Race (2018)  https://global.oup.com/academic/product/london-is-the-place-for-me-9780190909949?cc=gb&lang=en& Heather Love’s Feeling Backward Chelsea Watego’s “Always Bet On Black (Power)” (2021) https://meanjin.com.au/essays/always-bet-on-black-power/   Questions you should be able to respond to after listening: -      What is a feminist ear? How might you become one? -      We speak about the role of energy in complaining. Where can energy come from or disappear to? To quote Sara: ‘puff, puff’ -      How does Sara define institutional fatalism and why might it be an illusion? -      What makes complaint a queer method? -      This is a question from Sara’s book: What is the first complaint you remember making? How do you feel about it now?

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Feminism needs to make a fierce comeback. NOW.

(Get it? National Organization of Women?)

#FeministKilljoy
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#Feminism
#4B
#BirthStrike
#SexStrike
#DecliningBirthRates
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#Gilead

I challenge you to not soften your message with #feministkilljoy. There is no joy here; this is violence, misogyny, and a reaction by mediocre men to women coming into their power.

I could write a thesis on why this is happening in this political moment #feministkilljoy

I will always strive to be a #FeministKilljoy 😌

@wisean.bsky.social #WiSEAN2025

Manas vienkārši parastas svētdienas puķes sev: kaut kas pašas pirkts, kaut kas pļavā salasīts, kaut kas kaimiņu dārza dāvināts. 2/2

#feministiskāpriekkāve #feministkilljoy

Sene 2025, tüketimi harlamak için uydurulmuş özel günlerin hâlâ tedavülde olması yetmiyormuş gibi bir de annenize süpürge hediye edin diye reklam veriyorlar hâlâ! Süpürgeler kovalasın sizi ataerki gibi! Sıçtığımın aile kurumu. Bu da aile yılına benim hediyem olsun.
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a group of women holding signs that say women vote and women mobilize Alt: a group of cartoon people with signs raised in the air that say women plan, women vote, women mobilize, and women are essential.

I'm so tired of being the feminist killjoy in the room. I'm exhausted. We're exhausted. But don't you think for a second that I won't keep standing up for what's right. We need to be LOUD, for so many people.

#feminist #feministkilljoy
#feminism #standup #speakup #riseup #fuckthepatriarchy

Me faltó éste, y lo agrego acá. Visto en IG. Y obvio que pienso en Sara Ahmed y su #FeministKillJoy al cual suscribo siempre💜

Work in progress…

#wip #angryliberal #feministkilljoy #standup #getangry #vote

Linocuts of hearts

Changed up the colors a little bit 🧡💜

#linocut #printmaking #feministkilljoy #oldhag #feministart

"Feminist Killjoys find joy in challenging systems that harm our world. Celebrate critical thinking with Judith Butler & Sara Ahmed. " #FeministKilljoy https://fefd.link/2YGZ1

Linocut heart prints

Ran some little test prints this evening! This peachy pink was an accident but I kind of love it 🍑
#printmaking #linocut #feministart #feministkilljoy #oldhag

Speaking Pleasure to Power: A Bratty Response to the Feminist Killjoy The Shirley E. Greenberg Chair for Women and the Legal Profession Speaker Series

Join us for a special #Valentines Day event with Dr. Ummni Khan!! A Bratty Response to the #feministkilljoy Register below:
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“When you know that to say /no/ is to be judged as antisocial, it is hard to say /no/. To say /no/ to the harasser, but also /no/ to the structure that enables the harasser, requires a refusal to be what we are told is a right or good way to be.”
👏👏👏👏👏
#feministkilljoy

A bright pink book with yellow and blue text, “Sara Ahmed The Feminist Killjoy Handbook: The Radical Potential of Getting in the Way”

This first read of the year has had me processing grief I didn’t have a name for, othering I didn’t know I signed up for by virtue of seeing the world around me as it is, and releasing the shame I carried around being exactly who I am - A Feminist Killjoy.
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#feminist #feministkilljoy

The Scholar and Feminist Online Published by The Barnard Center for Research on Women www.barnard.edu/sfonline

For those of us facing family gatherings around the dining table: between polite conversations and that problematic relative (we all have one, don't we), remember—you’re not alone.
Let's embrace being "assigned to a difficult category and a category of difficulty" #Feministkilljoy

Happy holidays!

Might as well advertise! Be the #FEMINISTKILLJOY you wish to see in the world.

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#feministkilljoy moment: 3 women staring down intruding neighbour who complained that their drilling “didn’t sound right”. He turned pink and left. That’s right, run before I tell you what I think about your abhorrent piano skills!!

Excited to listen @saranahmed.bsky.social on "Changing Institutions: Complaint, Common Sense and Other Lessons in Legacy" #feministkilljoy

La philosophe rabat-joie féministe Sara Ahmed, dont nous avons fait paraître trois ouvrages, est maintenant sur BlueSky ! @saranahmed.bsky.social
#FeministKilljoy #FuckThePatriarchy #queer #vandalismequeer #vivreenfeministe #RabatJoie #LivingAFeministLife #SaraAhmed #KilljoySolidarity #Feminisme

selfie wearing a snood which says Feminist Killjoy in neon yellow

Slightly dishevelled, grumpy, defiant - #feministkilljoy for life. #NewProfilePic

So thrilled to be teaching Sara Ahmed's "Killjoy Manifesto" today. Put it in my veins! #feministkilljoy #bsueng490 #saraahmed

this is objectively hilarious but I'm a bit concerned that he gives himself all the credit and his wife, who came up with the concept and narrated it and basically is the heart and soul of the project, gets credited only as 'my wife'. #FeministKilljoy

Katten min saman med ei svenskspråkleg utgåve av Sara Ahmeds Living a Feminist life.

Anbefaler å lesa (og læra av) Sara Ahmed! Her representert ved ei svenskspråkleg utgåve av Living a Feminist Life frå 2017. Finst også som lydbok.
#Caturday #FeministKilljoy #ThePromiseOfHappiness #LivingaFeministLife #FeministTheory #LesbianFeminism #QueerTheory #CriticalRaceTheory #Postcolonialism

my copy of the #FeministKilljoy Handbook arrived today! so excited to dive into @SaraNAhmed's book

“I typed appointment and my phone autocorrected to appoint men... what patriarchal b*llshit is this????” #thingsmyfeministfriendssendme #feministkilljoy #MAKESIRIAFEMINIST