Join us for an evening with Sara Ahmed as she launches her new book, No Is Not a Lonely Utterance: The Art and Activism of Complaining.
📅 22 October 2025* ⏰.6:15pm - 8:30pm
📍the Whitworth
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Sara Ahmed joins us at the Whitworth for an exploration of the solace and power of listening in an unjust world. Ahmend builds on the success of The Feminist Killjoy Handbook.
Weaving together testomonies from various walks of life, Ahmed shows us that we learn about the ways institutions excersise their power when complaints are raised, and indeed what we learn about our capacity to collectivize and create socail bonds through complaint.
We will be selling copies of Sara's new book on the evening, where she will be availabe to sign copies at the end of the evening.
*Please note this is a special Wednesday evening event
About the Author
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 including The Feminist Killjoy Handbook.
About the venue
The Whitworth is a venue with level access throughout, and facilities to support you during your visit. Alongside this our visitor team will be on hand to assist you in the gallery. Find out more about planning your visit to the Whitworth and accessibility information for you.
If you’d like to speak to a team member about any access or additional needs, please get in touch with the gallery and we will be happy to assist you. Email whitworth@manchester.ac.uk or telephone 0161 275 7450.
The Whitworth art gallery and gardens is driven by a mission to work with communities to use art for positive social change, and actively addresses what matters most in people’s lives. We are proudly part of The University of Manchester, operating as a convening space between the University and the people of the city.
