Our Streets Now, In Conversation with Sara Ahmed

‘Behind many disasters are unheard complaints’

Sara Ahmed is an independent feminist scholar who works at the intersection of feminist, queer and race studies. Her research is concerned with how bodies and worlds take shape; and how power is secured and challenged in everyday life as well as institutional cultures. She has published eleven books includingThe Feminist Killjoy Handbook

To complain is an intimate, dangerous act. Whether it’s speaking up about racism in the workplace or taking a stand against sexual harassment at university, the act of complaining to an institution can leave you isolated and undermined, all while the original injustice remains unresolved. Time and time again, we see these unanswered complaints compound to disastrous effect.

In this conversation with Our Streets Now, Charli the Head of Policy & Campaigns at Our Streets Now will talk not only to Ahmed's new book but also more widely about the art and activism of complaining in the University context.

This event is free to UK University students as part of the 'It Ends Now' programme find out more here: Higher Education Programs to Combat Public Sexual Harassment — Our Streets Now

You can buy Sara Ahmed's new book here: No Is Not a Lonely Utterance