It brings to mind women who have stood up, spoken back, risked lives, homes, relationships in the struggle for more bearable worlds. It brings to mind loud acts of refusal and rebellion as well as the quiet ways we might have of not holding on to things that diminish us. What do you hear when you hear the word feminism? It is a word that fills me with hope, with energy. INTRODUCTION Bringing Feminist Theory Home We are chipping away, slowly, but we are chipping away! Each message brought a message home to me, one I have been trying to write about in this book: living a feminist life is about how we connect with and draw upon each other in our shared project of dismantling worlds. I have been overwhelmed by the feminist solidarity and support I have received. During the copyediting of this book, I made the difficult decision to resign from my post at Goldsmiths after three years of working with others to challenge how sexual harassment has become normalized in academic culture. To those who have participated in the Centre for Feminist Research and the Feminist Postgraduate Forum, thanks for working to make work a better and safer place, especially Tiffany Page and Leila Whitley. To my feminist colleagues at Goldsmiths and beyond, I appreciate the care and connection, whether from near or afar, especially Rumana Begum, Sirma Bilge, Lisa Blackman, Ulrika Dahl, Natalie Fenton, Yasmin Gunaratnam, Heidi Mirza, Fiona Nicoll, Nirmal Puwar, Beverley Skeggs, Elaine Swan, and Isabel Waidner. My appreciation to Duke University Press for working with me again, and to Ken Wissoker and Elizabeth Ault for sustaining your enthusiasm for this project throughout, as well as to Liz Smith for her patience at the late stages. My special thanks to my partner in feminist crime, Sarah Franklin. Thanks to Leona Lewis for your voice and inspiration. Thanks to Mulka and Poppy for your furry brown companionship, then and now. Thanks also to those with whom I have engaged on social media since. Thank you so much to those who encouraged me to start my blog, especially my feminist friends on Facebook. This is the first time I have written a book alongside a blog. Lesbian Feminism CONCLUSIONġ A Killjoy Survival Kit 2 A Killjoy Manifesto Brick Walls PART III LIVING THE CONSEQUENCES 7. Willfulness and Feminist Subjectivity PART II DIVERSITY WORK 4. To the many feminist killjoys out there doing your thing: THIS ONE IS FOR YOU. Classification: LCC HQ1190.a36 2017 (print) | LCC HQ1190 (ebook) | DDC 305.4201-dc23 LC record available at Carrie Moy er, Chromafesto (Sister Resister 1.2), 2003, acry lic, glitter on canvas, 36 x 24 inches. paper) ISBN 9780822373377 (e-book) Subjects: LCSH: Feminist theory. Includes bibliographical references and index. Description: Durham : Duke University Press, 2017. Title: Living a feminist life / Sara Ahmed.
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© 2017 Duke University Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper ∞ Designed by Heather Hensley Ty peset in Arno Pro by Graphic Composition, Inc., Bogart, Georgia Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Names: Ahmed, Sara, author. Duke University Press / Durham and London / 2017