Reading list

The Art and Activism of Complaining
This reading list for Teach-In 29 by Sara Ahmed explores how complaining can be a form of feminist art and activism. It begins with the figure of “sister killjoy” introduced by Ama Ata Aidoo, as well as the feminist killjoy, exploring how some of us are heard as complaining, as

Ordinary Transgressions: Gender, Desire, and the Making of Everyday Sexual Worlds in Urban Maputo
Explore below a curated selection of resources for the Political Education Teach-in series #28 about Ordinary Transgressions: Gender, Desire, and the Making of Everyday Sexual Worlds in Urban Maputo with Sandra Manuel. All the resources are authored by Global South feminists. For a more comprehensive collection on this and other

International Day of Rural, Peasant, and Indigenous Women
At South Feminist Futures, we celebrate the International Rural Women’s Day as a moment to recognise and reflect on the political, ecological, and social actions of rural, peasant, and Indigenous women – central agents of self-determination who sustain and defend land, food, and the commons, and who create and uphold

Bandung to Beijing: Reclaiming South-South Histories and Solidarities
The 1955 Bandung Conference, a milestone of Third World sovereignty and the birth of the Non-Aligned Movement, is often remembered as an event from which women were absent. However, the role of women’s groups and feminist in shaping that anti-imperialist internationalism is critical and undeniable. Groups such as Women’s International