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Feminist Killjoy
@saranahmed.bsky.social
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Writer and independent feminist scholar https://linktr.ee/noisnotalonelyutterance?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaf6BtEomwY_J8oUQ3e0rEGFWjEExG9w7Yi_J0bOKIeRO6A9c3McoV39LEA4Sg_aem_QYXy-zL-CapZVKCvPFMD3Q #FreePalestine
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Feminist Killjoy @saranahmed.bsky.social · Jun 23
Beginning to plan a book tour for No is Not a Lonely Utterance (UK/Ire). It means so much to share this work about our shared work! Let me know if there is somewhere I should go. The email for the book is the same as for the research [email protected] www.penguin.co.uk/books/470363...
No Is Not a Lonely Utterance
‘Behind many disasters are unheard complaints’ To complain is an intimate, dangerous act. Whether it’s speaking up about racism in the workplace or taking a stand against sexual harassment at univers...
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Feminist Killjoy @saranahmed.bsky.social · 7h
Thank you! Solidarity with you!
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Emily Mann @emann.bsky.social · 7h
@saranahmed.bsky.social also radicalised me!⚠️

Living a feminist life helped me navigate everyday backlash back when I first started learning about feminism, activism & research.

Sara's work continues to be as transformative & energising!
A hand holds up two books both by Sara Ahmed in front of a colourful bookshelf. The front book is 'No Is Not a Lonely Utterance: The Art and Activism of Complaining' with a minimalist white cover and red and black text. The other book is entitled 'Complaint!' and has a cover image of a closed white door.
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Feminist Killjoy @saranahmed.bsky.social · 1d
Thanks for being there!
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Bradford District Green Party @bradfordgreens.bsky.social · 2d
Don't threaten us with a good time, Daily Express.
Image featuring a graphic from the Bradford District Green Party. The background is green with the Daily Express logo in the upper left and a photo of Zack Polanski speaking into a microphone on the right, holding a cartoon-style bundle of cash with a pound sign. Below, a mocked-up newspaper headline reads: “Zack Polanski wants to redistribute our money and turn Britain into a Left-wing haven.” At the bottom, the Green Party logo and web address Join.greenparty.org.uk are displayed.
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Prof Sunny Singh @profsunnysingh.bsky.social · 2d
We mourn. We rest. We renew our strength and commitment. Then we turn up again and again and again. Until liberation and accountability.

We won’t forget. We won’t forgive. We can’t. For all our sakes!

#FreePalestine
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Feminist Killjoy @saranahmed.bsky.social · 2d
It’s out in US/Canada with Feminist Press in April 2026!
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Feminist Killjoy @saranahmed.bsky.social · 2d
So glad you will be there! I might just bring my treasured copy of your incredible book Vanishing for you to sign!
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Feminist Killjoy @saranahmed.bsky.social · 2d
Thanks for being there and listening!
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Holly Bird @holly-bird.bsky.social · 2d
Loved listening to @saranahmed.bsky.social speak so movingly and poetically about some of the ideas behind her new book this evening at @lighthousebks.bsky.social
Book ‘No Is Not a Lonely Utterance’ by Sara Ahmed held in front of a bookshelf
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Feminist Killjoy @saranahmed.bsky.social · 6d
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Somewhere Else to Go
Or why I’m still speaking about complaining
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Feminist Killjoy @saranahmed.bsky.social · 6d
Looking forward to sharing the work at Gutter bookshop in Dublin! Tomorrow!
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Carol Ballantine @cballantine.bsky.social · 6d
Tomorrow evening, in my absolute career highlight, I’ll be responding to the launch of this book in Dublin. Join us in the gutter bookshop at 6.30!
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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 6d
“To assemble, to say no, to do no, throws so much open … doing what we can, when we can, however we can, in the wear and tear, for as long as it takes.”

Just read @saranahmed.bsky.social’s energising new book on complaining as a collective task of feminist and queer world (un)building. Get a copy!
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Feminist Killjoy @saranahmed.bsky.social · 6d
Thank you so much for sharing this work - in so many senses!
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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 6d
“To assemble, to say no, to do no, throws so much open … doing what we can, when we can, however we can, in the wear and tear, for as long as it takes.”

Just read @saranahmed.bsky.social’s energising new book on complaining as a collective task of feminist and queer world (un)building. Get a copy!
Hand holds up the book, “No Is Not A Lonely Utterance: The Art and Activism of Complaining.”
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Feminist Killjoy @saranahmed.bsky.social · 6d
Such brilliant news! So many congratulations! @mckenziewark.bsky.social @susanstryker.bsky.social @dukepress.bsky.social
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Lambda Literary @lambdaliterary.org · 6d
🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Lambda Literary Award Winner for LGBTQ+ Studies: When Monsters Speak: A Susan Stryker Reader by Susan Stryker, edited by McKenzie Wark! @susanstryker.bsky.social @mckenziewark.bsky.social @dukepress.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉
#Lammys2025 #LammyAwards
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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 7d
People from all walks of life — including many British Jews — are protesting against your government’s complicity in genocide and standing in solidarity with Palestine.

Conflating Israel’s genocide in Gaza with British Jews is deeply inappropriate and dangerous. Shame on you.
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Feminist Killjoy @saranahmed.bsky.social · 12d
I remember, of course!
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Feminist Killjoy @saranahmed.bsky.social · 12d
Sending solidarity in the face of this institutional violence!
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Florence Ashley @floralashes.bsky.social · 12d
"Why would it bow to antidemocratic pressures by placing a professor on leave without their request, consent, or involvement? That any university would do this is beyond comprehension and is cause for alarm about the future of academic freedom in Canada."
What Happened to the University’s Commitment to Free Expression? Charley Kirk, uAlberta, and Me | Centre for Free Expression
I was shocked when the University of Alberta administration informed me, one of its law professors, that I was being placed on non-disciplinary leave for my social media comments in the wake of Charli...
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Jolyon Maugham KC @goodlawproject.org · 12d
"Most violence happens in the home, not on the streets. [We had] a strategy to address it around four pillars: prevention, engagement, the victim’s journey, and rehabilitation.

That serious, practical work has now been pushed aside in favour of fearmongering and scapegoating." goodlaw.social/hudg
In Kent, Reform’s talk of protecting women is a dangerous illusion | Good Law Project
Dodgy stats and questionable allies. It’s time to push back against Reform’s dangerous agenda on women’s safety, says Sara Fox.
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 12d
At Cornell, the Dean broke policy and ignored the disciplinary committee's findings that there wasn't evidence of discrimination, and forwarded the complaint to the Provost anyway. The Provost then opened an investigation.
A committee member, who reviewed the transcript of the exchange between Cheyfitz and Renard and spoke on the condition of anonymity because the proceedings are confidential, said Cheyfitz had brought up Renard’s views in a way that was “ambiguous” and “not particularly coherent.” The committee member said “there wasn’t clear evidence” of discrimination because it was not apparent whether Cheyfitz had intended to comment on Renard’s pro-Israel opinions or his identity as an Israeli.
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 12d
Cornell is cancelling a distinguished professor's classes on Gaza and suspending him because of the complaints of a student who previously served in Israel's military surveillance agency and was literally recording the comments of other students in class and deliberately derailing discussion.
Early last semester, Droubi said, students began approaching Cheyfitz with complaints that a graduate student in the “Gaza, Indigeneity, Resistance” class appeared to be recording them, possibly to “gather their names and comments” and intimidate them. “We believe that a student came to the course for the sole reason of surveilling and potentially harming students in the class,” Droubi said. “That ended up proving itself to be true because multiple students came forward and shared their concerns with Professor Cheyfitz.” Cheyfitz said one Palestinian student quit the class after telling him she felt upset and frightened. Current Issue Cover of October 2025 Issue October 2025 Issue According to Cheyfitz, the graduate student often steered conversations away from the assigned readings—which at that point mostly focused on definitions of genocide and international law on Indigenous rights—to defend Israel’s conduct in the war in Gaza and argue with others in the class. “He clearly had not done the readings,” Cheyfitz said. “It was disruptive.” Cheyfitz said he met with the graduate student in late January and spoke to him about concerns from his classmates. During the conversation, he asked the graduate student to drop the course, and by the next class, he did, Cheyfitz said. The graduate student, Oren Renard, a PhD candidate in computer science whose identity was confirmed by other students in the class, previously served in Israel’s elite military surveillance agency, Unit 8200, according to his LinkedIn profile.
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Caroline Litman @alicemydaughter.bsky.social · 14d
The Quakers issued this reply to a GC attack on their trans inclusion policy.

It’s incredible in its care and certainty. Its examples of transphobia are spot on. And >98% of Quakers surveyed agree with the policy.

Anyone implementing trans inclusion policies should take note. This is how to do it.
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Alexandra Lanes @ajlanes.bsky.social · Aug 28
This, from the Quakers, is a pretty good example of how to resist pressure from bigot lobbying groups. Effectively “we legally can allow trans people to use the loo, we morally should, and we tried it and nothing bad happened”
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الكسندرا ميراي @lexialex.bsky.social · 15d
Rest In Power ✊🏼
"Nobody in the world, nobody in history, has ever gotten their freedom by appealing to the moral sense of the people who were oppressing them." -Assata Shakur
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Feminist Killjoy @saranahmed.bsky.social · 15d
I look forward to watching!
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Marceline @marsintheory.bsky.social · 15d
my new video, "The Fascism of Happiness", is live now on Youtube!! Featuring the incredible philosophy of @saranahmed.bsky.social 💗 Link: youtu.be/xBLcGQJukF4
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