What’s the relationship between feminist writing and feminist activism? What does it mean to be a feminist killjoy, and what can we learn from her? This month, we’re joined by scholar and writer Sara Ahmed to answer these questions and more, as we talk about her brilliant latest book, The Feminist Killjoy Handbook. In it, Sara shows how although the label ‘killjoy’ has often been used to dismiss feminism by claiming that it causes unhappiness, in fact, assuming the identity of the feminist killjoy is a path of liberation and change. We’ll also be talking more generally about the intersections of feminism and literature, the feminist writers who have inspired us, and thinking through what books can do when it comes to the continued struggle for gender equality.
Recommendations on the theme, Feminism:
Octavia: The Penguin Book of Feminist Writing, edited by Hannah Dawson
Carrie: Your Silence Will Not Protect You by Audre Lorde
General Recommendations:
Octavia: One Small Voice by Santanu Battacharya
Sara: Our Sister Killjoy by Ama Ata Aidoo
Carrie: Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
Find a list of all recommended books at: https://uk.bookshop.org/lists/april-2023-feminism-with-sara-ahmed
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