Our Killjoy Pledge

Sometimes our words and our promises feel empty or devoid of meaning, particularly when we are making these promises within the very spaces we hope to change. 

 

However, there is power in stating your intent to make a change. Committing to distance yourself from transphobia, and call it out in your daily life, is an important part of allyship. 

 

Sara Ahmed notes that it is when we attempt to bring our commitments into effect that we realize the magnitude of the task at hand. When we put our words—our commitments—into action, we often hit a wall. 

 

This wall could be an institution resistant to change, a friend you don’t want to lose, or a family member you don’t want to alienate. 

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Ahmed shows us that our commitments are not only what we say, but what we do—often within environments structured to prevent our work.

 

Our project examines the intersection of transphobia and our daily technology use, where our actions can either challenge or reinforce the circulation of harmful, transphobic content. 

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This is why we ask you to take our pledge—to make a killjoy commitment.