Sublime

Because of killjoys, the story goes, we are not allowed to keep our traditions, to do what we had previously enjoyed doing in a relaxed and uncontroversial manner.

Feminism is often dismissed as a personal failing, not just a tendency but a flaw, as if she disagrees with something because she is being disagreeable; as if she opposes something because she is being oppositional. Your reaction to what is said can be used to justify a judgment that has already been made: She would say that. She would say that; I

Fatphobia can be defined as a feature of social systems that unjustly rank fatter bodies as inferior to thinner bodies, in terms of not only our health but also our moral, sexual, and intellectual status.

Another facet of this enforced shrinking is that those with fat bodies are deemed somehow incapable of knowing what is best for them.

What I learned from being a diversity worker as well as talking to diversity workers is how what you introduce to unblock a system can be used to reblock the system.

The figure of the feminist killjoy teaches us how the minimization of harm and the inflation of power often work together.