The Feminist Killjoy Handbook

<p><b>'Not only a dazzling analysis of the workings of sexism, but a balm for the soul</b>. <b>It will teach you how to survive and how to transform the world'</b> <b>Hannah Dawson<br><br></b><i>We have to keep saying it because they keep doing it.</i><br><br>Do colleagues roll their eyes in a meeting when you use words like sexism or racism? Do you refuse to laugh at jokes that aren't funny? Have you been called divisive for pointing out a division? Then you are a feminist killjoy, and this handbook is for you.<br><br>The term killjoy has been used to dismiss feminism by claiming that it causes misery. But by naming ourselves feminist killjoys, we recover a feminist history, turning it into a source of strength as well as an inspiration.<br><br>Drawing on her own stories and those of others, especially Black and brown feminists and queer thinkers, Sara Ahmed combines depth of thought with honesty and intimacy. <i>The Feminist Killjoy Handbook</i> unpicks the lies our culture tells us and provides a form of solidarity and companionship that can be returned to over a lifetime.</p> <p><b>'Not only a dazzling analysis of the workings of sexism, but a balm for the soul</b>. <b>It will teach you how to survive and how to transform the world'</b> <b>Hannah Dawson<br><br></b><i>We have to keep saying it because they keep doing it.</i><br><br>Do colleagues roll their eyes in a meeting when you use words like sexism or racism? Do you refuse to laugh at jokes that aren't funny? Have you been called divisive for pointing out a division? Then you are a feminist killjoy, and this handbook is for you.<br><br>The term killjoy has been used to dismiss feminism by claiming that it causes misery. But by naming ourselves feminist killjoys, we recover a feminist history, turning it into a source of strength as well as an inspiration.<br><br>Drawing on her own stories and those of others, especially Black and brown feminists and queer thinkers, Sara Ahmed combines depth of thought with honesty and intimacy. <i>The Feminist Killjoy Handbook</i> unpicks the lies our culture tells us and provides a form of solidarity and companionship that can be returned to over a lifetime.</p>