Yearly Archives: 2013

Critical Racism/Critical Sexism

Posted on December 19, 2013 by feministkilljoys

Some notes on criticality (please note these are notes!). It was wonderful to launch our new Centre for Feminist Research at Goldsmiths last week. .We had such a lively and energetic discussion of some of the problems we come up … Continue reading →

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Breaking Points

Posted on December 8, 2013 by feministkilljoys

What I have loved about having my feminist killjoys blog is how it seems to have changed my relation to my own scholarly work: I am going back over the trails that led me here, to this moment, this point, … Continue reading →

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A phenomenology of the vanguard

Posted on December 1, 2013 by feministkilljoys

I was hoping to write a new post today but circumstances did not permit. So I am sharing instead a small part of the conclusion of the fourth chapter of Willful Subjects, a book which is forthcoming with Duke University Press next year. … Continue reading →

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Being Surrounded

Posted on November 24, 2013 by feministkilljoys

It was an unnerving but useful lesson: to speak about whiteness when whiteness is surrounding you is to come up against what you speak about. I should know this by now, I know, but each time I encounter this problem, … Continue reading →

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Feeling Depleted?

Posted on November 17, 2013 by feministkilljoys

I am currently preparing a new lecture that I will be giving in Vienna next week, “Diversity work as Emotional Work.” I will be drawing on some old material that I published in On Being Included: Racism and Diversity in … Continue reading →

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In the Company of Strangers

Posted on November 10, 2013 by feministkilljoys

Sometimes writing can feel like a solitary affair. But writing is not solitary. When I write the texts I am citing become my companions; they are with me, often noisy, clamouring for attention. I have in my writing often worked … Continue reading →

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Freedom to Roam

Posted on October 25, 2013 by feministkilljoys

Today I sent my book, Willful Subjects, off to the press. Away they go! Why do I refer to the book as “they”. It feels like “they.” Over the course of researching and writing for my willfulness project (I began … Continue reading →

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Sensitivity to Stigma

Posted on October 20, 2013 by feministkilljoys

Dear feminist killjoys I have been neglecting you recently! But feminist killjoys are out there, causing trouble, all on their own, if never alone. It is a little busy right now so I am sharing a piece I presented a … Continue reading →

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Feminism is Sensational

Posted on October 3, 2013 by feministkilljoys

Feminism is sensational. This is the first sentence of a lecture I am due to give at a conference in Paris tomorrow on “Willfulness and Feminist Subjectivity.” I want to think more of the many ways in which this sentence … Continue reading →

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Making Feminist Points

Posted on September 11, 2013 by feministkilljoys

In my first ever blog (not that long ago, but already it feels like a long time ago!) I created a list. We might call this a list of the tendencies that feminist killjoys share, or a list of points that … Continue reading →

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