Linda is thrilled to have been able to conduct this interview with one of the foremost feminist scholars in Canada right now—Erin Wunker. They speak about her book Notes from a Feminist Killjoy, published by book*hug, and the important work it undertakes in relation to the labour of being a “feminist killjoy.”
Don’t know what a feminist killjoy is? Give this interview a listen to find out more.
Here are only some of the key points of the discussion:
· About Erin Wunker (2.46)
· About the book itself: Notes from a Feminist Killjoy (book*hug press) (1.41)
· The meaning of the title (4.39)
· What is a killjoy? (1.47)
· Sarah Ahmed, as a thinker and community-engaged intellectual (1.58, 5.40, 8.10, 30.08)
· About the feminist killjoy (6.20, 7.09, 9.46, 19.40, 24.56) and intersectional feminism (15.57)
· Betty Friedan (25.00)
· The style of writing (25.30)
· Collection action, allyship, friendship (18.55)
· The podcast We Can Do Hard Things (Glennon Doyle, 13.08)
· Catherine MacKinnon (30.14, 38.04)
· Tarana Burke, #MeToo, and Jian Ghomeshi (32.58)
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