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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.
Sara Ahmed • The Feminist Killjoy Handbook: The Radical Potential of Getting in the Way
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
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"Against Interpretation"
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.
Kate Manne • Unshrinking: How to Face Fatphobia
The killjoys kill the joy of others, not their own joy, perhaps because they do not have their own joy to kill.
Sara Ahmed • The Feminist Killjoy Handbook: The Radical Potential of Getting in the Way
Another facet of this enforced shrinking is that those with fat bodies are deemed somehow incapable of knowing what is best for them.