A workshop to honour the roots of International Women's Day through the lens of the feminist killjoy.
In a moment marked by burnout and uncertainty, this workshop invites us to pause, reflect, and reimagine what resistance and care can look like within feminist movements today. Using Sara Ahmed’s concept of the feminist killjoy as a grounding framework, we’ll explore what it means to name injustice, disrupt comfort, and continue showing up without burning ourselves out.
Together, we’ll unpack what International Women’s Day means in this current context, examine examples of feminist killjoys and everyday acts of resistance, and begin building a practical feminist killjoy toolkit in a way that centres joy.
Workshop Leads:
Alexa Traboulay (she/her) is the Manager of Community at Women Transforming Cities. Alexa is a passionate researcher and community organizer who writes to inform policy and social change. She holds a Master's degree in Social Sciences from the University of Chicago (UC), with a concentration in political science, and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of British Columbia, where she completed the Honours Political Science Program and a minor in Law & Society. Her academic research explores the impacts of political polarization and online disinformation on racialized communities in the United States. Recognized for her ability to bridge research with advocacy, she was the recipient of the UC Quadrangle Research Scholarship and was an affiliate of the Chicago Center on Democracy. A second-generation immigrant with Trinidadian and Hungarian ancestry, Alexa is a settler on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations.
Florence Li (she/her) is the Education Coordinator at WTC. She has a strong background in both grassroots organizing and anti-racist advocacy. A former college teacher with experience in both academic and community settings, she strives to cultivate safer spaces that allow for curiosity and critical thinking to thrive. Growing up as a racialized immigrant settler in “Toronto,” she instinctively became apprehensive around teachers and in classrooms. She has since found herself drawn to places of learning, wanting to be the supportive guide she needed in order to speak loudly and to ask questions.
This workshop is part of our learning series for WTC members. Tickets are free for members with a code and $10 for the public.