“If we start close to home, we open ourselves out. I will try to show how, in making sense of things that happen, we also draw on histories of thought and activism that precede us. Throughout I thus reflect on… — Sara Ahmed Copy Share Image
“Feminist consciousness can be thought of as consciousness of the violence and power concealed under the languages of civility, happiness, and love, rather than… — Sara Ahmed Copy Share Image
“If we start close to home, we open ourselves out. I will try to show how, in making sense of things that happen, we… — Sara Ahmed Copy Share Image
“Where we find happiness teaches us what we value rather than simply what is of value.” — Sara Ahmed Copy Share Image
“Let's take the figure of the feminist killjoy seriously. One feminist project could be to give the killjoy back her voice. Whilst hearing feminists… — Sara Ahmed Copy Share Image
“When you expose a problem you pose a problem. It might then be assumed that the problem would go away if you would just… — Sara Ahmed Copy Share Image
“But think of this: those of us who arrive in an academy that was not shaped by or for us bring knowledges, as well… — Sara Ahmed Copy Share Image
“To live a feminist life is to make everything into something that is questionable. The question of how to live a feminist life is… — Sara Ahmed Copy Share Image
“I think of feminism as poetry; we hear histories in words; we reassemble histories by putting them into words.” — Sara Ahmed Copy Share Image
“Queer and feminist worlds are built through the effort to support those who are not supported because of who they are, what they want,… — Sara Ahmed Copy Share Image
“To be a feminist at work is or should be about how we challenge ordinary and everyday sexism, including academic sexism. This is not… — Sara Ahmed Copy Share Image
“By using the idea of sweaty concepts, I am also trying to show how descriptive work is conceptual work. A concept is worldly, but… — Sara Ahmed Copy Share Image
