Author Archives: feministkilljoys

Below is the text of a lecture I gave for a symposium Feminist, Queer Translation, Affect and Decoloniality on February 28th 2025, University of Birmingham. It is lightly edited for clarity, with some references added. Thanks to Michaela Baldo, Elena … Continue reading →

A killjoy’s answer is an answer to these questions: why another book on complaint? Why another trade book? Why another handbook? A Complainer’s Handbook is currently in the process of being re-titled but that is not an answer to these … Continue reading →

Some definitions. 1 “A woman has a vagina; a man has a penis” (some politicians, with a nod to “gender critical” feminists) 2 “A woman does not have a penis” (some politicians, with a nod to “gender critical” feminists) 3 … Continue reading →

This post is a lecture I gave for the Around the Kitchen Festival, organised by Kunstenfestivaldesarts, earlier this year. I  have added some notes and references and lightly edited the text for clarity. You can also hear me giving the … Continue reading →

The Equality Act (2010) remains an important tool for protecting people from direct and indirect discrimination as well as harassment on the grounds of gender reassignment; marriage or civil partnership status (in employment only); pregnancy and maternity leave, race including … Continue reading →

I am thinking of how we need poetry To express ourselves Practicing feminism By bearing witness to genocide To echo the words of Sarah Ihmoud To get our no’s out. To express, to press out, to speak one’s mind. The … Continue reading →

This was the first year since the beginning of the pandemic that I was able to be in the same room with other feminists, sharing our work, our words, our struggles. It meant so much. Presenting our work virtually has … Continue reading →

I was asked a question earlier this month. I cannot remember the exact wording, but it went something like “is it sometimes ok to be silent to be at peace with oneself.” If I had been asked this question at … Continue reading →

I write this post in solidarity with Palestine. I express my solidarity as a feminist killjoy, in my own terms, on this blog. To express solidarity with Palestine is to be a killjoy, wherever we are. We get in the … Continue reading →

Since the launch of The Feminist Killjoy Handbook in March of this year, I have been taking #FeministKilljoysOnTour to share some #KilljoySolidarity. I am looking forward to the US edition of #FeministKilljoysOnTour to coincide with the publication of the handbook by … Continue reading →