No Is Not a Lonely Utterance

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Ahmed merges her own experience with stories shared by other battle-scarred complainers... These stories bolster Ahmed's cutting observations about the nefarious means by which power is maintained within institutions... Readers will find meaningful insight and support * Publishers Weekly * Doesn't simply celebrate complaints; it reimagines them as a form of resistance and recognition... Ahmed's book is an insightful reminder: Sometimes the squeaky wheel doesn't get the grease until it's too late -- Natalie Haddad * Hyperallergic * A must-read . . . Ahmed does an excellent job of calling the reader to action whilst pointing out that solidarity and resistance look like different things to different people -- Ashley * Glasgow Women's Library * Remarkable . . . has the potential to generate real change. In a world that is so turbulent and unpredictable, this book is the hope that so many people are searching for -- Ellie Johnson * Zimmer Magazine * Brilliantly rearticulates the feminist method of complaint as a necessary and productive daily inhabitation of the political . . . a loud and insistent demand for a more just world -- Jasbir Puar, author of <i> The Right to Maim </i> Goes beyond the academy to our shared histories of dismissal and denial . . . In an act of solidarity and resistance, we all need to sign up to the complaint collective Ahmed suggests -- Pratibha Parmar, writer and filmmaker Praise for Sara Ahmed -- - * : * Sara Ahmed always has her finger on the pulse of the times -- Angela Davis A brilliant feminist thinker... Ahmed moves from scene to scene with clarity, rage, and joy, building through each refrain to mark the brutal violence of everyday encounters -- Judith Butler Clever and generous... has a talent for bringing her readers with her, without ever dumbing down or sugar-coating her politics, love of theory, or lived experience as a queer woman of colour -- Zora Simic * Inside Story *