Feminist Killjoy @saranahmed.bsky.social · 21hSolidarity with everyone being hit by the shit in their feed! 0203
Feminist Killjoy @saranahmed.bsky.social · 21hWhen they cannot remove the violence from the papers, fhey remove the papers. feministkilljoys.substack.com/p/on-par-wit...feministkilljoys.substack.com“On Par with a Handshake”Violence and Paperwork 0148
Reposted by Feminist Killjoygul2024.bsky.social @gul2024.bsky.social · 11/09/2026"collecting these stories has made me unemployable in another way. I have heard too many stories including about misconduct by some of the most powerful and well regarded academics in the UK to put myself back in there. Even if I could, I wouldn’t." 024
Feminist Killjoy @saranahmed.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I just checked and there are a couple of resale tickets available if you want to join us tonight xx 154
Reposted by Feminist KilljoyFeminist Killjoy @saranahmed.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Join me and Janine Francois to talk about complaint activism & more on September 17th? It’s to mark the paperback launch of No is not a Lonely Utterance in collaboration with Pages of Hackney. Last event in London for this year.open.substack.comNo is Not a Lonely Utterance in paperbackDear friends and killjoys, 1127
Feminist Killjoy @saranahmed.bsky.social · 17/09/2026feministkilljoys.substack.com/p/get-a-no-o...feministkilljoys.substack.comGet a No Out so that Others can follow!No is Not a Lonely Utterance: The Art and Activism of Complaining is out in paperback today! 085
Feminist Killjoy @saranahmed.bsky.social · 11/09/2026feministkilljoys.substack.com/p/stories-of...feministkilljoys.substack.comStories of Institutional ViolenceWriting in honour of Professor Jason Arday 02013
Feminist Killjoy @saranahmed.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Join me and Janine Francois to talk about complaint activism & more on September 17th? It’s to mark the paperback launch of No is not a Lonely Utterance in collaboration with Pages of Hackney. Last event in London for this year.open.substack.comNo is Not a Lonely Utterance in paperbackDear friends and killjoys, 1127
Feminist Killjoy @saranahmed.bsky.social · 14/07/2026I would really like to include this image from a trans rights protest in my book, Common Sense and Its Others, with an eye on the placard "Your Common Sense Isn't Our Common Sense," but I can find the original source to ask for permission (I've tried google image reverse search). Any ideas anyone? 410144
Reposted by Feminist KilljoyGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Because, as everyone knows, protest works best when it's approved by the government. The entire judgement is based on a series of fairytales: about democracy, the benign nature of the state, the efficacy of polite, obedient and invisible protest and the harmonious course of English history. 756189
Reposted by Feminist KilljoyGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16/06/2026If the Suffragettes were active today, there is not a shadow of a doubt that Keir Starmer's government would have banned them as a terrorist group, and insisted there are plenty of other ways in which women can register their dissent. Why don't they write letters to their MPs? 12691159
Reposted by Feminist KilljoyGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16/06/2026The Court of Appeal judgement on Palestine Action is frankly bonkers. It says PA is not "a direct action civil disobedience protest group like the suffragettes operating transparently in the open." Right: the arson, bombings, slashings etc were all planned in open meetings in Parliament Square 🙄🧵 20882236
Reposted by Feminist KilljoyStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 02/06/2026Every crime in which an ethnic or cultural minority is the perpetrator used to justify repression or worse of minorities. Every crime in which a minority is the victim used to argue for the idea that ethnic diversity is inherently unstable and should be reduced or eradicated. 352523783
Reposted by Feminist KilljoyDangerous Brown Woman (they/it) @angrybrownwoman.bsky.social · 10/05/2026“Who else becomes an also? The barely mentioned? After thoughts? To become a stranger, sometimes, is to remain in the shadows, at the edges of social experience, not registered as living and breathing. Until.” So relatable and heartbreaking 💔 2117
Feminist Killjoy @saranahmed.bsky.social · 10/05/2026open.substack.com/pub/feminist...open.substack.comStrangers to a StoryWriting about common sense and racism in surreal times 0104
Reposted by Feminist KilljoySooz Kempner @soozuk.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Wow, I can't believe Labour's tactic of yelling "DON'T VOTE FOR THESE GREEN CUNTS, THEY'RE DANGEROUS, VOTE FOR US, WE HATE IMMIGRANTS IN A BETTER WAY THAN REFORM!" hasn't led to them keeping all their council seats. 12436499
Feminist Killjoy @saranahmed.bsky.social · 27/04/2026I’m joining the campaign to Defend Our Juries - Take action here: www.defendourjuries.netdefendourjuries.netHome - Defend Our JuriesJurors have an absolute right to acquit a defendant according to their conscience Juries put the moral intuition of ordinary people into the heart of the criminal justice system. Over the last few yea... 062
Reposted by Feminist KilljoyJess O'Thomson @jessothomson.co.uk · 16/04/2026It's a year today since the Supreme Court decision on the meaning of "sex" under the Equality Act 2010. Jolyon Maugham and I have written a reflective piece with our thoughts on the judgment, everything that has happened since, and why it's so important that we are still fighting - together 👇goodlaw.socialA year under attack – and a year fighting backJess O’Thomson and Jolyon Maugham reflect on what has happened in the year since the Supreme Court’s judgment, and how the trans community has courageously fought back 5378119
Reposted by Feminist KilljoyBarred and Boujee aka Madiba Dennie @audrelawdamercy.blacksky.app · 16/04/2026You can give me just one of those millions, I promise my viewpoint would bring some diversity to Harvard 2368477
Reposted by Feminist KilljoyNatacha @natacha.bsky.social · 16/04/2026If you are a cis woman who is opposed to being used as a pretext for establishment transphobia and trans exclusion please sign this petition by @nionwomen.bsky.social. Now fewer than 300 signatures needed to get it past 100,000! notinourname.org.uknotinourname.org.ukHome - Not in our nameNot In our Name: Women in support of the trans+community 27248
Feminist Killjoy @saranahmed.bsky.social · 16/04/2026open.substack.com/pub/feminist...open.substack.comNo as a NoticeboardSome reflections on taking No! on a mini-tour in the US 0113
Reposted by Feminist KilljoySenthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · 16/04/2026When it comes to sexual assault, asylum, domestic violence, the structural reality is that people (especially migrant women) are faced with great suspicion, scrutiny, and stigma for making such claims. Any reporting that obscures this reality only further institutionalises racist, sexist inequality. 13012
Reposted by Feminist KilljoyCitizen.Coping @propcazhpm.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Watch author Sara Ahmed discuss "No!: The Art and Activism of Complaining" at Politics and Prose bookstore in Washington, D.C. Ahmed is in conversation with Soraya Chemaly, an award-winning writer and activist whose work focuses on the role of gender in culture, politics, religion, and media.youtube.comAuthor Talk: Sara Ahmed — No!: The Art and Activism of Complaining - with Soraya ChemalyYouTube video by Politics and Prose 01411
Reposted by Feminist KilljoyRoxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 10/04/2026On May 2nd, I'm hosting a one-day writing conference for memoirists at Rutgers! Our keynote speaker is Kimberlé Crenshaw and other guests include Alexander Chee, Mira Jacob, Lauren Hough, Kelly Sundberg, Savala Nolan and Mary HK Choi. I hope you can make it! ce-catalog.rutgers.edu/coursedispla...ce-catalog.rutgers.eduWriting a Life - Rutgers University Division of Continuing StudiesJoin Dr. Roxane Gay for a full-day conference about memoir. 630134
Feminist Killjoy @saranahmed.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Last event on mini book tour today! A community discussion: a chance to sit with each other and the work 💜 1231
Feminist Killjoy @saranahmed.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Thinking back. So many no tales. And trails. In my 2017 post No! all no’s were in bold. feministkilljoys.com/2017/06/30/no/feministkilljoys.com 041
Feminist Killjoy @saranahmed.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Today in Washington DC! With the ever inspiring Soraya Chemaly! ! politics-prose.com/sara-ahmed-0...politics-prose.comSara Ahmed — No!: The Art and Activism of Complaining - with Soraya Chemaly — at Conn AveAn assembly of refusals portraying the radical power of "no" by the renowned scholar and author of The Feminist Killjoy Handbook, Sara Ahmed. 0103
Reposted by Feminist KilljoyNot In Our Name (NION) Women @nionwomen.bsky.social · 10/04/2026We’re proud to include voices like @natashadevon.bsky.social MBE - journalist, campaigner, and long-time advocate for women and young people - in our growing movement of women speaking out in support of the trans+ community 5472149
Reposted by Feminist KilljoyNatalia Tsoumpra @natsoum.bsky.social · 10/04/2026feministkilljoys.substack.com/p/an-abuser-...feministkilljoys.substack.comAn Abuser is a NetworkSome thoughts on how our complaint archives can help us in reading the Epstein files 262
Reposted by Feminist KilljoyNatalia Tsoumpra @natsoum.bsky.social · 10/04/2026As @saranahmed.bsky.social has written: An abuser does not just have a network. An abuser is a network. www.thetimes.com/uk/education...thetimes.comWorld-leading classicist gave female student unwanted ‘slobbery kiss’An investigation into Simon Goldhill, 69, a professor of Greek at King’s College, Cambridge University, upheld complaints of professional and sexual misconduct 1249
Reposted by Feminist Killjoysasha @2damntrans.bsky.social · 08/04/2026"we helped bring fascists to power, we provided them with an ideology to use to strip away trans rights and reinforce gender norms. but it turns out that they're not fond of the gays WTF???" 37620
Feminist Killjoy @saranahmed.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Philly today! Saying no, in a killjoy way. With Heather Love 💜 publictrust.org/on-complaint...publictrust.org 284
Reposted by Feminist KilljoyMelissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 07/04/2026“It comes down to this: The press, because of its own conventions and time-honored practices, normalizes him, and thus fails to get across the extreme nature of this president’s behavior. Ten years of sane-washing have had their effect. He remains in power, reelected, undeterred.”margaretsullivan.substack.comHow the media must cover this madman presidentMy three suggestions—with illustrations—since 'sane-washing' is far too mild a term 125084
Feminist Killjoy @saranahmed.bsky.social · 07/04/2026A killjoy joy to be launching No! The Art and Activism of Complaining with @roxanegay.bsky.social & @feministpress.bsky.social tonight @clags.bsky.social. I did describe myself as a mega-fan of Roxane’s in The Feminist Killjoy Handbook. So this is a lot! Hope you can come along! 01910
Reposted by Feminist KilljoyHarvard Book Store @harvardbookstore.bsky.social · 05/04/2026📆 Mon. 4/6 @ 7PM: Independent feminist scholar Sara Ahmed joins us in store for a discussion of her new book, No!: The Art and Activism of Complaining. She will be joined in conversation by award-winning author Durba Mitra. Learn more here: buff.ly/ObaGaY7 0133
Feminist Killjoy @saranahmed.bsky.social · 02/04/2026The No!s have arrived! Just in time for a quick study session 💜 0233
Feminist Killjoy @saranahmed.bsky.social · 01/04/202610 years. A love letter to diversity workers. And gratitude for my complaint collective. substack.com/@feministkil...substack.comSara Ahmed (@feministkilljoys)Ten years ago this month, I resigned from my post and my profession in protest at the failure of my institution to deal with the problem of sexual harassment. It was a lot to give up. But it was neces... 02510
Feminist Killjoy @saranahmed.bsky.social · 27/03/2026Solidarity with the transgender & intersex communities in India after the Amendment Bill was bulldozed through houses of parliament replacing self-identification with mandatory medical certification. My #KilljoySolidarity with you in this fight. Friends, sign & fight! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...docs.google.comSigning the Collective Statement on Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill 2026Collective Statement on Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Amendment Bill 2026. Note: Translations of this statement in multiple Indian languages are available at the end. We, the concerned ... 03319
Feminist Killjoy @saranahmed.bsky.social · 23/03/2026I had to get this out. Mistakes probably. Solidarity always with all survivors of secrets. open.substack.com/pub/feminist...open.substack.comWhose secrets do we keep?Some scattered thoughts on silence and violence 0239
Feminist Killjoy @saranahmed.bsky.social · 22/03/2026Calling all killjoys in Boston, NYC, Philly and DC. Come along and say no loudly and together to the abusers and the harassers and the fascists and the systems they create that create them 🔥🔥 25218
Reposted by Feminist KilljoyWhy is a woman still not safe @treemuseums.bsky.social · 18/03/2026"To complain about abuse would be to complain to your abuser or to the colleagues or friends of your abuser, some of whom participated in the abuse, or to the institution that gave your abuser the power they abused, for whom your abuser is likely an investment, a person to be protected." 0126
Reposted by Feminist KilljoyProfKFH @profkfh.bsky.social · 18/03/2026It seems the phrase should be “men’s club talk” instead of “locker room talk” “The conversation was like being in a men’s club, you know.It was really offensive. They didn’t notice me.”The men at that table used the same words to describe women’s bodies that are much repeated in the #Epstein files” 0159
Reposted by Feminist KilljoyDr Zara Bain @zaranosaur.bsky.social · 17/03/2026I'm doing some prep for next week's Transcription for Racial Justice panel event (see link in next post) and the various bits of writing I want to produce to promote it and it's given me cause to revisit @saranahmed.bsky.social's fabulous blog. This post on the institutional as usual is just great:feministkilljoys.comInstitutional As UsualI have been away from my blog for some time! Over the summer, I completed the second draft of my book, What’s the Use: On The Uses of Use, which I have now sent to my publishers. There will b… 2104
Feminist Killjoy @saranahmed.bsky.social · 18/03/2026open.substack.com/pub/feminist...open.substack.comAn Abuser is a NetworkSome thoughts on how our complaint archives can help us in reading the Epstein files 1157
