Below is the text of a lecture I gave for a symposium Feminist, Queer Translation, Affect and Decoloniality on February 28th 2025, University of Birmingham. It is lightly edited for clarity, with s…| feministkilljoys
A killjoy’s answer is an answer to these questions: why another book on complaint? Why another trade book? Why another handbook? A Complainer’s Handbook is currently in the process of b…| feministkilljoys
Some definitions. 1 “A woman has a vagina; a man has a penis” (some politicians, with a nod to “gender critical” feminists) 2 “A woman does not have a penis” (some politicians, with a nod to “gende…| feministkilljoys
The Equality Act (2010) remains an important tool for protecting people from direct and indirect discrimination as well as harassment on the grounds of gender reassignment; marriage or civil partne…| feministkilljoys
I am thinking of how we need poetry To express ourselves Practicing feminism By bearing witness to genocide To echo the words of Sarah Ihmoud To get our no’s out. To express, to press out, to…| feministkilljoys
In my first ever blog (not that long ago, but already it feels like a long time ago!) I created a list. We might call this a list of the tendencies that feminist killjoys share, or a list of points…| feministkilljoys
I write this post in solidarity with Palestine. I express my solidarity as a feminist killjoy, in my own terms, on this blog. To express solidarity with Palestine is to be a killjoy, wherever we ar…| feministkilljoys
In my previous post Common Sense as a Legacy Project, I explored how common sense becomes a way of defending national culture, social traditions and social institutions from perceived threats. The …| feministkilljoys
Common sense tends to be understood in a commonsensical way at least by those who appeal to it. We typically hear of common sense as what we have lost or what we need to resolve a conflict or dispu…| feministkilljoys
In today’s lecture, I will reflect back on my project on complaint, and in particular, my method of listening to complaint, listening as learning about violence. I was inspired to do this research…| feministkilljoys