Reading: The Complainer as Carceral Feminist by Sara Ahmed (Patreon)
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Just finally read this amazing essay by Sara Ahmed (it’s been in my to-read pile for much too long) and y’all can read it here: https://feministkilljoys.com/2022/06/08/the-complainer-as-carceral-feminist/?amp
In this essay Ahmed explores the dynamic in which those who complain about sexual assault and harassment are cast as “carceral feminists” and positions “complaint” as a necessary form of feminist pedagogy.
“When you are told you should have used transformative justice in cases where those who have abused power have refused and still refuse to recognize the harm they caused, transformative justice is used as a way of avoiding accountability, the opposite way to how it is used by our community as a demand for accountability.”