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Living A Feminist Life: A Killjoy Manifesto
Ahmed concludes the book by writing down a Killjoy Manifesto with ten principles.
Principle 1: I am not willing to make happiness my cause.
This principle focuses on rejecting the idea that the happiness society perpetuates is the be-all-end-all goal one should have. In reality, this comes from a system that only benefits the few while telling the rest to be happy. Ahmed rejects this notion and says that dispelling happiness myths is a “killjoy assignment.”
Principle 2: I am willing to cause unhappiness.
Ahmed writes, “It can cause unhappiness to reveal the causes of unhappiness.” This section focuses on how refusing to accept injustice and norms can make others unhappy with you for not going with the flow. Ahmed also critiques the idea of feminism being a bubble that should be protected from violence from institutions, which ends up protecting the institution itself, since the bubble isn’t engaging with it or trying to counter it.
Principle 3: I am willing to support others who are willing to cause unhappiness.
This section focuses on the idea that killjoys need other killjoys to keep going and to support them in the ways they wish they had been supported. It talks about standing up by and with other killjoys to help them do the work they need to do. It also shows how feminist killjoys need to cause feminist disturbances together through a variety of means, including guerrilla tactics.
Principle 4: I am not willing to laugh at jokes designed to cause offense.
I think this principle is immensely relevant toward many discussions about comedy right now. I still think about how Louis C.K. was able to relaunch his career and attack marginalized groups with his act even after it was found out he had assaulted women. Many people defend his words, citing free speech. Ahmed writes “I would argue that freedom has become reduced to the freedom to be offensive, which is also bout how those with power protect their right to articulate their own views, no matter what, no matter whom.” I think this perfectly sums up the problems I have surrounding free speech. We can’t let people get away with perpetuating systems of violence through “comedy”.
Principle 5: I am not willing to get over histories that are not over.
This section talks about how a lot of people working in oppressive systems tell marginalized people to “get over it,” because it all “happened in the past.” This is inherently untrue, because the structures that benefit from and cause oppression still exist today. Ahmed refuses to let this narrative continue and encourages other killjoys to do the same.
Principle 6: I am not willing to be included if inclusion means being included in a system that is unjust, violent, and unequal.
Ahmed talks about working in the institution of higher education and having to be self-reflective and self-critical about her role in the institution. We must always expose the violence these institutions create, especially the ones we may benefit from. We have to reject the idea that we should be thankful for being included in these systems of oppression.
Principle 7: I am willing to live a life that is deemed by others as unhappy and I am willing to reject or widen the scripts available for what counts as a good life.
This section reflects a lot of Ahmed’s arguments earlier in the book, especially about queer relationships. Queer relationships are often assumed to be unhappy since they go against the norms society has created. Ahmed rejects this idea and stresses the importance of letting others know that they do not have to follow the paths society creates and to help support them down those paths.
Principle 8: I am willing to put the hap back in happiness.
Ahmed uses this principle to call for a new way to think about happiness. This also includes thinking about they ways we care about things. Ahmed writes, “Maybe we can reorientate caring from caring for someone’s happiness to caring what happens to someone or something: caring about what happens, caring whatever happens.” This rejects the idea that things need to reflect the stereotypical ideas around happiness in order to be cared about.
Principle 9: I am willing to snap any bonds, however precious, when those bonds are damaging to myself or to others.
Ahmed writes about how some bonds can be violent and that we must remove these bonds from our lives. We have to reject the idea that breaking bonds is always sad. We also have to share the work that it took to get to the breaking point in order to help others reach their breaking points.
Principle 10: I am willing to participate in a killjoy movement.
This section talks about how a killjoy can be energized by other killjoys. We have to be willing to take up the position of the killjoy in order to create moments that become movements. We have to have killjoys from all different backgrounds in order to have the most effective movements.
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Fun Home Chapters 5-7
The first time I read Fun Home for my Intersectional Histories class last semester, the last page actually made me cry. The two contrasting panels of the truck and the swimming pool were like a visual punch to the gut of Bechdel’s reality. It was such a profound way to connect back to the start of the story with Bechdel jumping into the pool with her father in the context of the story of Icarus.
One thing that struck me both times I read this memoir was the way in which Bechdel responded to her father’s death. Usually it is expected that the mourning period follows a pretty standard course of the stages of grief. For Bechdel, she only cried for about two minutes over her father’s death. She laughs about it while telling others about it, and when she meets her brother for the funeral they immediately greet each other with grins. All of these things would be viewed negatively by society. It would perceive her as mourning “wrong” when there really is no right way to experience grief. I also relate a bit to Bechdel, because I have difficulty myself reacting “appropriately” to death. A lot of times, it doesn’t feel real to me, especially if the person wasn’t in my daily life. It’s very strange to me that society shames people for their individual ways of dealing with grief.
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Living a Feminist Life Chapter 8
This chapter was all about the feminist snap and the different circumstances that would cause a feminist to have a snap. Ahmed mentions that pressure causes a snap, but sometimes this pressure goes unnoticed, especially by those that are not experiencing the pressure. That’s why some people perceive a feminist snap as coming out of nowhere and as violent. Most of the time, the pressure is never discussed outside of feminist spaces, which just enforces the (false) idea that a feminist snap is the origin of violence.
The quote on page 191 that says “To speak your own language is to become disobedient” reminds me a lot of our modern political climate. The literal aspect of this quote reflects how much emphasis is put on speaking English and English only in America. People of color who speak in their native tongues are harassed for being outsiders or even terrorists. Ahmed draws this conclusion from an instance where a teacher refuses to learn how to pronounce a student’s name correctly. This reminds me of the Key and Peele sketch “Substitute Teacher” which satirizes the way white teachers refuse to pronounce the names of students of color correctly by flipping it around and having a teacher of color refuse to pronounce the names of white students correctly. It does a great job of using satire to show how absurd it is that students of color are often not even treated with the respect of having their name said correctly.
Ahmed’s concept of “hap” reminds me of something I’m going through in my own life. Ahmed states on page 197 that “to proceed without assuming there is a right direction is to proceed differently. To say life does not have to be like this, to have this shape or this direction, is to make room for hap.” In my own personal life, I have often dreaded questions about my future. In a capitalist society, a career is valued above anything else. I have realized lately that I do not want a career in life, I just want a job that will support the hobbies I am passionate about (which I refuse to monetize). This goes against the grain of what society deems appropriate, and some people will probably give me a hard time for it because they have a warped perception on what should make people happy.
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Fun Home Chapters 1-4
This is my second time reading Fun Home, and I’m noticing a lot more details in the illustrations than I did the first time. In particular, I’ve noticed a lot of books are ones that we have read in my Lesbian Literature class (such as the Well of Loneliness which is as sad as the title implies).
Bechdel searching for all the lesbian literature she can find reminds me of Ahmed talking about how having a word to describe something makes it tangible. Bechdel describes first having the sense of being a lesbian when she discovers the word “lesbian”. She is constantly surrounded by literature, which acts as a part of her and her family’s identities.
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Bayou
From the start, this comic pulls no punches and shows how deadly and violent the segregationist south was. It was a good choice to characterize all the specific acts of racism as literal monsters, because all these aspects really are monsters in how they dehumanize and kill people.
One character that I found particularly interesting was the sheriff. He wasn’t as cruel to Lee’s family as the other white people, and surface level readers might equate him to a “good cop.” But he still works within an institution that controls black bodies, and he’s not all good. He expresses irritation at having to deal with Lee’s dad, and says he won’t protect him from a mob. Even their “allies” don’t want to disrupt the system of oppression.
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Living A Feminist Life Chapter 6
What Ahmed discusses in chapter 6 does a great job articulating the frustrations of people who work with diversity coming up against institutional challenges. I find it especially relevant because the structures she analyzes can be easily found in social media.
Take Louis C.K. for example. Many people online are trying to argue that he deserves a pass for his sexual abuse. Ahmed’s quote from page 141 drives home why this is problematic: “harassers are enabled by being forgiven, as if their vice is our virtue.” He knows that he will have supporters no matter what he does, which enables him to continue to do terrible things.
I think this chapter also relates to how society will defend problematic comedy. Continuing with Louis C.K., he recently switched to pandering to right wing audiences in his comedy, punching down people with marginalized identities. People were quick to defend his comedy as “free speech” and “just a joke.” This example really shows what Ahmed talks about in this chapter. His defenders blame the people who oppose his offensive comedy of making everything “too PC” when they point out how his jokes reinforce problematic power structures.
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Readings for 2/28
Sex Criminals
I have to admit, I didn’t really understand this comic until the very end. The whole concept of time freezing after orgasm completely flew over my head, even though on the second reading it all seems very obvious. I liked how the comic presented all the different nuances of sex and trying to learn about. I am disappointed that the main character didn’t learn from the other high school girl. I liked that the scene showed how sex can be casual and just plain weird, but I think it was a missed opportunity to explore how a girl living with HPV would navigate a system that aims to shame her.
I really liked how the Quiet was illustrated. It represented how orgasms could be way to deal with frustrations, such as her mothers alcoholism, but it can also be isolating when you don’t know everything you need to and don’t know where to go to figure it all out.
Saga
I loved the aesthetics of this comic. Sci-fi+fantasy+western=a genre that way more writers need to take advantage of. More importantly though, I liked the message of the comic. I wish we could have gotten to know more about Abortion Town, because it’s something I’ve never really seen in a piece of media. It would be interesting to see how systems of power would work in this town.
I like this take on the classic “star-crossed lovers” trope because the relationship between Alana and Markus seems to be a lot healthier than many in this trope. Both characters have power in their own way, and they support each other no matter what.
I also liked Hazel and Petrichor’s conversation while they waited for Alana’s return. From what little we’ve read, it already seems like Petrichor is a well rounded and developed character. Unfortunately, transgender characters are often very flat and stereotypical. I liked that Petrichor was able to create boundaries on what was and was not okay to talk about while still being able to help Hazel with her fears.
Oh Joy Sex Toy
I think these comics are a really smart way to present information about abortion. It was lighthearted enough to not be intimidating for readers but also serious enough to dispel misconceptions about the process. Before reading this, I actually didn’t know there were two types of abortion. I never really knew about medical abortion, because I don’t think it is represented very well in our society. In many fictional stories, for example, the closest we get to medical abortion is a strange mixture that the person takes in order to induce abortion. We also never talk about what happens after abortion, and I appreciated this comic for explaining how it can be different for everyone and their needs.
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Bitch Planet
Issue 1
I have to admit, it took me two reads to really grasp what was going on in the story, particularly with Mrs. Collins and her husband. Once I realized that they were talking about a different Mrs. Collins, I reread the story and could better understand what was going on. I’m still a little bit confused about some aspects of the story. I don’t really know what the role of “The Catholic” was in the story. My guess is that she acted as a way to ease Mrs. Collins into her death without a fight.
I liked the essay at the end of the issue talking about how people still give into the idea that women are not oppressed anymore. The essay also talks about how we’re already on Bitch Planet because the world is always judging us. The comment about how women of color are automatically non-compliant by not being white really stood out, and on my second reading I realized Mrs. Collins was the only prominent white woman. It’s a very sad reality that we live in that is so quick to find faults with women of color just for existing.
Issue 2
I found it interesting how the story incorporated sports into the Bitch Planet society. The Father claims they use the sport to fulfill the human desire to create an “us versus them” narrative while still maintaining a homogeneous society. It reminds me of the Hunger Games series, which I have been meaning to reread with a more well-developed feminist perspective from when I was in high school. In both series, violent sports unite the society and keep everyone compliant. I want to read more in the Bitch Planet series, because if it’s going the way I think it is, seeing a woman of color take down this system would be really refreshing to see. (A note that Katniss from the Hunger Games was also a woman of color but the movies conveniently ignored that).
Issue 3
I really liked Penny’s story. Penny exists as a “fuck you” to what society deems acceptable: she is fat, she is loud, she is angry, and she wouldn’t change anything about herself. The glimpses into her past show that she has never met societies strict standards, and they follow her as she accepts herself exactly the way she is. “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” One interesting note is how the state forcibly adopted Penny after taking (and probably killing) her grandmother. This is treated as being done for her own good, to try to save her from her family’s ways. This reflects the common practice in our society of white families adopting children of color and then not raising them with information about their home cultures. I’ve heard stories now of children being taken from their families at the border and then being adopted by white families. This feeds into a white savior narrative that is so common in our society.
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Living A Feminist Life Chapter 3
One quote that stood out to me was one from the end of the chapter. Ahmed states on page 86 that “A feminist army that gives life and vitality to some women’s arms by taking life and vitality from other women’s arms is reproducing inequality and injustice. That is not freedom.” I think this quote perfectly sums up the issues with white feminism. Traditionally, white feminism has been excluding to women of color, transgender women, queer women, and disabled women. A lot of times, white feminism uses these women as props for their movements. For example, a common argument is that women who wear the hijab are victims of a patriarchal religion that need saving. In reality, many women who wear hijab do so of their own choice and their own willingness. This willing is unacceptable to white feminism, because it does not fit in with the rhetoric they have constructed in their minds. By making the woman who wears a hijab into a victim, it is taking her agency, her arm as Ahmed describes it, and using it to arm their racist and Islamophobic agendas.
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This One Summer
I saw a reflection of my old self through the character of Rose. When I was her age, I had a lot of internalized misogyny as well. I would pride myself on not wearing makeup or being boy crazy (even though I definitely was). I felt the same way about teen/unmarried pregnancy that Rose did: she shouldn’t have had sex.
I found it interesting that the book was through the point of view of Rose, who is an unreliable narrator. She blames her mother from being moody and isolates herself from her, even though she has no idea what she’s gone through. She immediately assumes that Jenny is cheating instead of acknowledging that the older boy she has a crush on is in the wrong. It makes me wish for a sequel, because at the end of the book it feels like Rose is just starting to open her eyes.
I really like Windy’s character. Even though Rose’s lens paints her as a little childish, I think she’s more mature than Rose in some ways. She has a better grasp of the reality of the world, as she’s just starting to develop feminist ideas. Her expression of page 243 stood out to me a lot. She’s realizing that her friend isn’t seeing how the world works, and her expression shows that she knows she’ll never be able to truly open up to Rose. She’s tried to get her to see a different side, but Rose isn’t ready to right now.
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Living a Feminist Life Chapter 2
Ahmed’s observations about happiness in this chapter were things I would have never thought to realize, but once they were pointed out, they made so much sense. In a way, my experience reading this chapter was like suddenly seeing the patterns of traffic that society creates as Ahmed said at the start of the chapter. She first introduces happiness as a sort of social pressure. We want to avoid things that would make us sad and so we are lead along the path of societal norms. She talks about how parents of queer children often see their child as choosing a path that would make them unhappy, and they become unhappy in turn.
Causing unhappiness like this also ties into the idea of the killjoy. By rejecting norms that people expect to create happiness, people often perceive you as taking away happiness. Sometimes we don’t even realize we are taking away this happiness. Ahmed’s anecdote about the blue card she sent her sister after her sister gave birth to a daughter illustrates this idea well. Although Ahmed didn’t even think anything of the color of the card, her sister interpreted it as a feminist act, and was upset about having feminism being part of everything.
Ahmed then talks about happiness as emotional labor, with the idea that we are responsible for making other people happy by being happy. She talks about an unhappy bride on her wedding day where if she’s not happy, she’ll ruin the wedding and everyone else will be unhappy. She then has to train herself to be happy to satisfy everyone else. This idea can also extend to women needing to smile constantly to assure everyone of their happiness. One time in middle school, I met an author and had him sign a copy of a book. He told me to smile because he wanted me to be happy. I didn’t even realize that I looked upset, and ever since then I’ve been aware of my “resting sad face” (“resting bitch face’s” lesser known sister)
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Ms. Marvel Readings
Vol. 13
I really enjoyed reading this comic, because Kamala is such a well developed character. She’s figuring out her powers (which is one of my favorite parts of a superhero story), but she still has time to be a teenage girl. She’s nerdy but confident and exploring dating. Although it is a little cliche, it’s important that she gets a romance arc because so many women of color in media are forced to be asexual beings (I’m not using this term as the identity, and I’m not trying to say that Kamala should be sexualized. These terms are a bit tricky to express these ideas).
I especially like how Kamala’s fighting style is presented. She has the classic superhero sarcasm that brings humor to the story, but she is also incredibly capable of facing tough enemies. She freaks out when she punches her enemy too hard, showing that she cares, but also gets scared. In a lot of literature, women of color (especially black women) are presented as always strong and capable of handling anything. While this might not seem bad to people unfamiliar with that trope, it functions as a way to stereotype women of color, and it also takes away opportunities for them to have nuanced stories.
Vol. 14
This volume did a lot to show Kamala working through her feelings toward Kamran, and also her joy in finding another Inhuman of Pakistani descent. When she finds out Kamran is also inhuman, she no longer has that feeling of loneliness from being the only one like her. Finding communities of people who share your identities is so important for marginalized people because without them, one could feel incredibly isolated.
We also meet Bruno, Kamala’s best friend who secretly has feelings for her. Kamala’s brother has a tough conversation with Bruno, because even though her parents like Bruno as a friend, they would never support a relationship between the two. Their reasoning cannot be dismissed, because they want Kamala to help keep their heritage alive. Heritage is incredibly important to immigrant communities, especially communities of color. It would be interesting to see if this relationship happened in future volumes, and how they would navigate through their identities respectfully.
Vol. 15
We begin volume 15 with Kamran betraying Kamala, revealing himself to be part of a group of inhumans that wants to change society in a violent way. The beginning dialogue between the two serves as a metaphor for sexual assault. Kamala tells him, “You brought me here against my will, after I said no.” Kamran responds with victim blaming, telling her she put herself in this situation, even though he was the one who broke the trust.
She alerts Bruno to her situation, and he immediately drops everything to go help (shout out to the science teacher that looks like the scientist from Back to the Future). While I love ride-or-die friendships, I was a bit bummed at the idea of Kamala needing Bruno to rescue her (although there isn’t anything inherently wrong with that, it’s just well overdone). However, she uses her own abilities, a nice mix of brains and brawn, to save herself and Bruno.
While some might say this story is cliche, I personally found these to be really fun. Everything is made of tropes; there is nothing truly unique. More importantly though, having a Pakistani girl get to have these “tropey” stories is pretty groundbreaking when they are usually only ever given to white characters.
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Living a Feminist Life Chapter 1
There were many profound parts to this chapter but one that stood out in particular was the idea of being a killjoy by pointing out when people are wrong. The quote on page 35 says “When we give an account of something as sexist or racist, we are often dismissed as having a faulty perception, as not receiving the intentions or actions of others fairly or properly.” We see this idea of “Oh, it wasn’t my intention” to hurt all the time. For instance, Ariana Grande’s apology over her tattoo blamed the people getting upset about it.
(screenshot credit to tumblr user babyfairy, who goes into more detail in this post)
Our society likes to focus on the intent of the action more than the effect of the action, and it’s something that I’ve been thinking about a lot lately, because it’s not just Ariana Grande. To me, intent doesn’t matter nearly as much as we make it out to. When I tried to throw a rock over my sister’s head one day at a lake, I didn’t intend for it to hit her in the face instead, but that didn’t matter because she was hurt as the result of my actions. (I have to admit, it’s a bit of a shallow comparison). If we stopped placing so much emphasis on the intent of our actions instead of the consequences they have, we would be bettering society.
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As the Crow Flies
I like how this comic approached the issues of traditional first wave feminism versus intersectional feminism. Having Bee, the older camp counselor, represent first wave feminism was a smart idea. The first wave feminists are always presented as leaders to follow like Bee was the leader of the group. First wave feminism is great on the surface, but once you get into the details we realize that they had it wrong a lot of the time. They were racist, transphobic, and homophobic among other things. While Bee is not trying to be malicious, she doesn’t really question the first wave feminists.
Having the campers plan on crashing the ceremony is a great analogy for tearing down oppressive systems, instead of trying to fix surface level things. The more we learn about the campers, the more we learn that they feel ostracized in some way. I liked how all the girls were starting to band together, even helping the bully realize her wrongdoings and work towards actively fixing them as they happened.
I loved this comic. I really enjoyed seeing how the author’s art style developed over the years, and I’m very disappointed it’s unfinished.
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Living a Feminist Life p. 7-18
“To learn from being a feminist is to learn about the world.”
I really like this quote because it is such a true statement. I have learned more about people from all over the world since becoming a feminist (and especially since being a GWS major), more so than I ever did in high school history classes. The interesting thing about history, especially as it is taught in public schools, is that it mostly only focuses on “important figures.” These “important figures” are often people who have had positions of power, and teaching about them reinforces those power structures. History classes rarely focus on the every day life of people, and so many identities are erased. Becoming a feminist involves looking for these erased identities.
Bringing feminist theory home
This is a concept that I think is super important. If we were to treat feminism as something that just exists within the realm of academia, we won’t be able to accomplish anything. I think of this idea as pretty literal. We need to analyze our actions and make sure to live as feminists. We also need to help the people around us live as feminists. And then we need to recreate the structure of the home within these feminist ideals.
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Excerpts from Bitch Planet
1. Everyone’s Grandma is a little bit feminist
I read this comic first, and since I hadn’t had any prior exposure to the source material, I was slightly confused about where the comic was going. At first, I thought the story was going to touch on how the main couple was going to manage an inter-religious relationship with blatantly bigoted in-laws. Soon I realized this was not the case, and after going back and re-reading I knew the true meaning they wanted to present.
While this comic touched on many issues, one that stood out to me was that of ageism. The grandmother in the comic was constantly dismissed and this dismissal started before she even appeared. The family also isolates her in multiple ways. First, her wheelchair is placed far away from the couches the family sits in. Secondly, she is sent to a “nursing home” (although I think prison is a more appropriate term) when the family is finally fed up with her. While this comic is exaggerated in the details, these are huge problems happening to elderly people now.
2. This is good for you
This comic has so much packed into it. It shocked me the first time I read it, because I see so many parallels with our society today. Pages five and six of the comic show the dueling sides of the society. On the left are the women that comply, on the right are women that defy, each arguing their reasons for their actions. The first woman who defends the patriarchal society says that it makes her “feel good about herself.” I find this argument popping up a lot with regards to the beauty industry. People argue that wearing makeup makes them feel good, and while that is valid, why do they only feel good when they’re masking their natural features?
The second thing that stood out to me was the classroom setting that had the girls all sitting up perfectly straight for hours. One girl is weeping from back pain. One girl reassures her “Only three more hours,” while another one chastises her and reminds her that they’ll all be punished if she fails. This idea of group punishments directly relates to how women can be expected to be representative of a whole (especially for women of color). When one woman defies societal norms, all women are punished for it.
3. What’s love got to do with it?
As someone who has never been in a relationship, this comic hit a little close to home. Society has presented women with an ideal time frame: meet a man in your early twenties, get engaged and married ASAP after that, have kids in your late twenties/early thirties, and then spend the rest of your life devoted to your family. I liked how this comic was a bit lighthearted (it’s not really lighthearted but this is the best word I can think of) at first, showing all the difficulties of dating and creepy men.
Then, the comic took a way more serious turn with the main character being resorted to surrogacy. This is the only thing a woman’s body is for, and society will get what it wants out of her. The skin color index was also haunting to see. Last semester, one of my GWS classes watched an episode of The Babymakers, which followed European families using surrogate mothers in India. One of the stories mentioned the family using a donated egg from an Eastern European woman. The white family had no problem taking using a brown woman’s body, but heaven forbid the baby they get out of it be brown as well.
4. To be free
I found it very striking that one of the first things we see in the “Archive of Corruptive Materials” is a statue of two women engaged in oral sex. Women’s sexuality is one of the things most heavily controlled by society. To suggest that sex can exist without procreating, without pleasing a man, is extremely radical in both the fictional society and our own. This directly leads into the end of the comic, where it’s revealed that the item of most importance is a pamphlet about birth control. Birth control inherently defies societal expectations of women. It makes it possible to enjoy sex without procreation, and states that a woman’s body doesn’t exist just to make a child.
Overall, I really liked these comics, but I wish they touched more upon transgender individuals’ experiences.
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Living A Feminist Life p. 1-7
“Where we find feminism matters; from whom we find feminism matters.”
This quote from page 5 stood out to me because there is a lot of weight behind it. Finding feminism is a very personal experience but it simultaneously impacts the entire feminist movement. We add our drop to the wave (to use Ahmed’s metaphor) and in turn help lead others to the movement as well. It is very important that Ahmed mentioned learning about feminism from her Pakistani aunt. A lot of times white feminism portrays women from Eastern countries as needing saving, but Ahmed’s experience goes against this. It is always important to make sure feminist movements do not perpetuate harmful stereotypes like this.
I definitely want to expand on the idea of feminism being like a wave in one of my animations. I also want to touch on Ahmed’s idea of always questioning everything, because that is such an important thing to do. Once someones stops questioning things, the momentum and movement stops.
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