Sara Ahmed
Sara Ahmed is a British-Australian writer and scholar whose area of study includes the intersection of feminist theory, queer theory,… more
by Sara Ahmed
The Sound of Solidarity
“From Birzeit University, in the heart of occupied Palestine, we are screaming with Gaza. We need everyone from Palestine, the Arab nations, and the peoples of the world to amplify the cry of Gaza…. Palestinians no longer need to offer proof of the enemy’s savagery – the dead neither provide nor require evidence. The bodies of the living – of the displa…
by Sara Ahmed
A Useful Manifesto
Old tales and trails I remember when I first wrote “A Killjoy Manifesto,” one of the two conclusions of my 2017 book, Living a Feminist Life. I had not intended to end the book with a manifesto: the book originally concluded with “lesbian feminism.” I rather suspect it was writing the book whilst fighting against the normalising of sexual harassment at my former institution…
by Sara Ahmed
Image Problems
Some reflections on perception and violence A British journalist ended an in-depth piece, “Israel is accused of the gravest war crimes - how governments respond could haunt them for years to come,” with details of a conversation he had with an Israeli officer.
by Sara Ahmed
Blanking
On the distortion of feminist histories (and collecting some critiques of “gender critical” feminism in one post) Over the past few months, I have written a number of critiques of “gender critical” or “sex realist” or “sex uncritical” feminism. I was compelled to write these critiques because of the situation we are in. The fragile hard-fought-for rights of trans people to live their lives safely, with dignity and on their own terms, are being dismantled.
by Sara Ahmed
Stealing Sex
Some remarks on some stories told by “gender critical” feminists I was glad to learn that Penguin was releasing some of Andrea Dworkin’s books as modern classics. I was glad for many reasons. One was that we would now have closer to hand evidence that radical feminists have offered strong critiques of the idea of biological sex.
by Sara Ahmed
Words Stripped of Meaning
Dignity, Diversity and Other Hostile Environments In a powerful article, Nicky Bandini describes what it is like to be “a transgender person in the UK over the past two weeks,” waking up “daily to discussions on how your life must be made smaller.”