Feminist Killjoy

No! An assembly of refusals portraying the radical power of “no” by the renowned scholar and author of The Feminist Killjoy Handbook, Sara Ahmed.To be heard as complaining is not to be heard, writes Sara ...

No! The Art and Activism of Complaining is being published by Feminist Press on April 7, 2026! We fill those speech bubbles: pop, snap, sizzle, shriek, scream, clatter, splatter! feministpress.org/collections/...

Masculinity is NOT in crisis. Masculinity is THE crisis.

Sara Ahmed (@feministkilljoys) I wrote my last piece, The Cancellers (https://substack.com/home/post/p-177974335), before I realised that teacher and author Kate Clanchy had published yet another “I’ve been cancelled,” story that h...

I wrote this post Cancellers on my newsletter last week before reading about Clanchy et al. Sigh. Solidarity to all those positioned as cancellers, esp. women of colour. substack.com/profile/1324...

"A Stunning Rebuke Of Anti-Trans Politics"—Dems Win Elections Nationwide Despite Anti-Trans Ads As election results poured in on Tuesday night, it became clear that Democrats were winning nationwide against anti-trans opponents.

"A Stunning Rebuke Of Anti-Trans Politics"—Dems Win Elections Nationwide Despite Anti-Trans Ads

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#transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

Can’t wait to listen 💜

The Complaint Apparatus Some thoughts on the co-option of complaints

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Thank you so much for being there and for the solidarity and for signing my copy of your amazing book!

A huge thank you to @saranahmed.bsky.social for your book tour and kindly signing my book.

Oh my word! If you can go, do. Sara’s such a wonderful writer and speaker, and it always feels like the audience cherishes her words and, of course, her.

Details of the book and tour here.

Queer joy! Killjoy joy! Glitter & rage on every page! Thanks Sen for such a sparkly conversation ✨✨🪩🪩

DAILY EXPRESS BACKING BRITAIN FOR 125 YEARS express.co.uk TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2025 EXCLUSIVE 'Magnificent Seven' Darlington nurses continue their female-only spaces fight FOR THE SAFETY AND DIGNITY OF EVERY WOMAN AND GIRLY

Almost 60,000 women have signed this petition by @nionwomen.bsky.social women to say that the transphobes do not speak for them. Meanwhile the Daily Express front-pages seven transphobes, falsely claiming that they “represent women”. If they do not represent you. Please sign.

notinourname.org.uk

I think this might be the first time I’ve ever done a public event in Sheffield! Calling all killjoys! Tonight with Erin Maglaque & hosted by Juno Books. www.outsavvy.com/event/29875/...

Mainstream loses control of agenda by mimicking far-right, study finds During the 2024 European Parliament election campaign, centrist politicians warned about the threat posed by far-right parties to democracies. Yet experts suggest the political mainstream itself is pa...

“One common strategy of mainstream political parties — adopting the same topics and rhetoric as the far-right — often backfires. Instead of reducing their appeal, it can amplify extremist narratives and legitimise their agenda.”

We cannot defeat fascism by platforming it and debating on its terms.

so much more discourse about the compliance of Columbia, but the “agreements” of Penn & Brown set a dangerous precedent w relatively little push back, despite the fact that they ended free inquiry by legally mandating binary gender as an intellectual and spatial paradigm for university compliance

Thank you! Solidarity with you!

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.

@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!

Thanks for being there!

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.

Don't threaten us with a good time, Daily Express.

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

It’s out in US/Canada with Feminist Press in April 2026!

So glad you will be there! I might just bring my treasured copy of your incredible book Vanishing for you to sign!

Thanks for being there and listening!

Book ‘No Is Not a Lonely Utterance’ by Sara Ahmed held in front of a bookshelf

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

Somewhere Else to Go Or why I’m still speaking about complaining

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Looking forward to sharing the work at Gutter bookshop in Dublin! Tomorrow!

Thank you so much for sharing this work - in so many senses!

Hand holds up the book, “No Is Not A Lonely Utterance: The Art and Activism of Complaining.”

“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!

Such brilliant news! So many congratulations! @mckenziewark.bsky.social @susanstryker.bsky.social @dukepress.bsky.social

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.

I remember, of course!

Sending solidarity in the face of this institutional violence!