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I didn’t like the idea that she put forward of feminists (be the feminist women, men, trans, other races, disabled) constantly snapping at each other. As I listened to my feminist colleague espouse the daily challenges involved living true to her values and convictions as she encounters moments of thinly veiled misogyny and sexism, I found myself reaching into my briefcase and slowly sliding my well ear-marked copy of Living a Feminist Life across the table and uttering: “You need to read this book”. I want to explore how feminism is sensible because of the world we are in; feminism is a sensible reaction to the injustices of the world, which we might register at first through our own experiences. This book has it all: transfeminism as the political heir of lesbian feminism, direct relevance for loved experience, a defense of killing joy, a genre-defying form, and all framed though women of color feminism. And then of course, you are deemed responsible for your own ill health, for your own failure to look after yourself better.Ahmed also explores the idea of how people label those who complain about these injustices as killjoys. You are taught to be careful: to be full of care as to become anxious about the potential to be broken. Been reading this for two months and while I only got 2/3 of the way through, I have decided I am done with it for now.

But still, I felt uncomfortable from time to time, wondering where is my place in feminism if my presence makes it so difficult for women of color to express their feminism. Just this week, the local NAACP rescinded its endorsement of the Portland Women’s March on January 28th because the organizers said that talking about the issues affecting immigrant women, Muslim women, queer women, and women of color is “too political” and took to deleting the comments on the Facebook organizing page demanding inclusion. R]eading her book provides a tentative vision for a feminist ethics for radical politics that is applicable far beyond what is traditionally considered the domain of feminism.There is a distinct hope and optimism for the future of diversity work – but still a demand for better. Still, I really enjoyed the moments of personal writing, particularly the sections about the power of feminist literature.

I think it's a book that's really open to an interesting discussion on so many things, making it very useful in the classroom for sure.I remember each of these occasions not only as an experience of being violated, but as a sensory event that was too overwhelming to process at the time. Once feminist consciousness is turned on, evidence of injustice seems to rear its head at every turn, leaving the feminist killjoy feeling like an alien in a world full of people who seem incapable of breathing the same air she does. My only slightly negative comment would be the repetition of the author - not just in the book but in a following sentence. How quickly we learn: for the child, especially the girl child, her happiest day will be the moment of marrying.