Reading Sara Ahmed’s The Feminist Killjoy Handbook comes as a great relief—and not just to me: Upon reading it, my friends report laughing or crying with recognition and gratitude.

Sara Ahmed: The feminist killjoy begins as a stereotype of feminists. That feminists are doing what they do, saying what they say, because they are unhappy and because they want to get in the way ...

In 2016, Sara Ahmed left her position as professor of race and cultural studies in Goldsmiths, University of London, in protest at the institution’s refusal to tackle a culture of sexual harassment.