"When we talk of “white men” we are describing an institution."
- Sara Ahmed, White Men
If you haven't read Sara Ahmed, you're missing out.
Her essay "White Men" goes a long way to making sense of how institutions work, and how their behaviours diverge from their stated mandates.
I read this essay 8 1/2 years ago and I have never stopped thinking about it.
https://feministkilljoys.com/2014/11/04/white-men/
#Kyriarchy #SaraAhmed #FeministKilljoy #Race #Gender #Hegemony
En libraire aujourd'hui !
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Livre-volcan où l’autrice donne libre cours à la langue incandescente de la rabat-joie féministe, méditation poétique et personnelle aux connotations révolutionnaires, Vivre en féministe forge des outils pour survivre à l’expérience traumatisante du racisme et du sexisme.
https://ruedorion.ca/vivre-en-feministe/
#FeministKilljoy #RabatJoie #LivingAFeministLife #SaraAhmed
#KilljoySolidarity #FuckThePatriarchy #Feminisme #LutteFeministe
Un livre-volcan.
En librairie le 5 mars.
#FeministKilljoy
#RabatJoie
#LivingAFeministLife #SaraAhmed
#KilljoySolidarity #FuckThePatriarchy
#Feminisme
#LutteFeministe
#MastoLivre
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 #Feminisme #SaraAhmed #FeministKilljoy #ThePromiseOfHappiness #LivingaFeministLife #FeministTheory #LesbianFeminism #QueerTheory #CriticalRaceTheory #Postcolonialism
"Unseen violence is not simply violence that is not seen. Unseen violence is an action. You have to unsee something because it is seen. A complaint can be an effort to make the violence seen, to bring it out. A protest, also, can be an effort to bring the violence out, to make it public by creating a public." (Sara Ahmed, Killjoy Truths)
In one of the best-known German business magazines for women, the new issue is about Vereinbarkeit - the daily struggle to balance work and family life. On the cover is a married couple who run several companies while raising 4 children. The two are successors to a family dynasty and are very wealthy by birth. In her podcast, she shared that they've had about 16 nannies so far. I don't like it that such families lead the debate on Vereinbarkeit in Germany. #whitefeminism #feministkilljoy
I'm also practicing at being a #FeministKilljoy - in a "I need to get better at this" kind of way.
I am generally socially inept so I lurk a lot rather than join in a conversation.
In non-SF reading, my favourite authors are probably Victor Hugo and Arthur Ransome... In SF reading I have far too many, Peake, Le Guin, Delaney, Hobb, Sam J Miller, RB Lemberg, Ada Palmer, NK Jemison...
A quote from The Feminist Killjoy Handbook on trigger/content warnings that is spot on.
"In fact, trigger warnings are better understood as techniques that can enable some people to remain in the room in order to have difficult conversations about distressing material. Trigger warnings are about providing more information, not less. They are not about putting an end to difficult conversations but enabling those with a history of trauma to participate in them."
Reading Sara N Ahmed's The Feminist Killjoy. This book speaks to the younger me, who was frequently an unrepentant killjoy.
Am resting but still working to maintain my Killjoy status. The cat agrees & wonders why I'm not paying attention to her! #FeministKilljoy
#IWD23 is a great day to be a #feministkilljoy #EmbraceEquity If you doubt this then check out https://feministkilljoys.com/2023/03/06/killjoysolidarity/ #killjoysolidarity #FemedTech
Happy Feminist Killjoy Handbook publication day to Sara Ahmed, and everyone like me who is super excited to read this book.
#SaraAhmed comments on that bell hooks quote with: "Ethnicity becomes spice is perhaps one of the most perfect descriptions of how racism operates in consumer culture!" What fantastic writing to provide such a concise description to learn and understand and teach! /end #FeministKilljoy #FeministMovement #bellhooks #BlackAuthors #books #bookstodon #AntiRacism
That #SaraAhmed ode has a brilliant quote from page 21 in bell hooks' "Black Looks: Race and Representation":
“The commodification of Otherness has been so successful because it is offered as a new delight, more intense, more satisfying than normal ways of doing and feeling. Within commodity culture, ethnicity becomes spice, seasoning that can liven up the dull dish that is mainstream white culture.” /2 #FeministKilljoy #bellhooks #FeministMovement #AntiRacism #BlackAuthors #books #bookstodon
Sara Ahmed wrote what I think is a beautiful ode to bell hooks: https://feministkilljoys.com/2022/09/20/feminism-as-lifework-a-dedication-to-bell-hooks/ Reading this is a great inspiration to end 2022 and begin 2023. I have "Ain't I a Woman" by bell hooks ready to read soon on my tablet. My anti-racist teachers have taught me that bell hooks is all about love, and what's not to like about that. Beautiful activism sounds like a good theme to take into 2023. #SaraAhmed #FeministKilljoy #bellhooks #FeministMovement #AntiRacism #BlackAuthors #books #bookstodon /1
I want to share Sara Ahmed's article called "Snap!" as something to consider going into 2023. https://feministkilljoys.com/2017/05/21/snap/
When I found this a while back, I thought her description of Faith Jackson from Andrea Levy's book made so much sense. It is something I can use to be a supportive ally for others. It's a #longread, but hey! It has been a while since I read it, but I know some of you out there can use this right now. #feminism #FeministKilljoy #SaraAhmed
#introduction #artistsofmastodon
Hi, it’s me! I’m new on here and I’m a 29 yo cis-female queer #digitalartist ✨
I’m very interested to get in contact with other artists and creative people in general; or just people interested in that;
So you and I might be compatible when:
- you are a #feministkilljoy like me and think that #transrightsaremensrights and you are #prochoice
- you like to look at, or create mainly #fantasy and #OC art or you write ✍️
- you are just a kind person ✨
#twittermigration Hi! I am a #feminist #soundstudies researcher finishing up my PhD entitled “Feminist Ears: Listening to Sound, Body & Gender”.
✨ Need to re-find my network ✨
And, get new friends! #phd #phdlife #listening #feministkilljoy #academia #humanities #voice
I’m new here and looking to follow topics related to #DisabilityJustice and #sts and #FeministKilljoy and #FeministSTS. And how about some #histsci. I don’t know what tagging these means: will I only see posts that also have the hashtag or is it a community?
#introduction. This is me.
I'm Eleanor/LNR. Some of you may know me from usenet (#AFP) and Livejournal.
I'm married to Mike with one child (Matthew). I'm #bi, and a trans-inclusive intersectional #FeministKilljoy - #LGBTQ+.
I like to #knit and #crochet but I'm not very good at it. I like #ComputerGames, particularly #Minecraft and #Pokemon at the moment.
I am a cyclist, and #cycling advocate. #ThisMachineFightsClimateChange
I work in #AcademicIT and I'm an active member of #UCU
Hello :)
