Reviews

Complaint! by Sara Ahmed

dustygravelridge's review

challenging dark emotional reflective sad medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual harassment, Racial slurs, Racism, and Sexual assault

This book is about how complaints are mishandled, the examples in the book are almost all about sexual harassment or racism

angela42's review

It's been too long since I read anything in this book, so I'll definitely be starting over when I pick this book up again (which I definitely will do).

danthompson1877's review

Did not have physical copy

shona22's review

5.0

This is my bible and I'm an acolyte at the church of Ahmed.

I saw myself in this book, and it has given me a language for the things I learnt the hard way in academia.

Ahmed has such a way of turning theory into poetry in a way where every sentence resonates like hitting a drum.

Essential reading imo for all diversity work in higher ed as well as for academic learning designers, advisers, and educators.

breadandmushrooms's review

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

3.5

11corvus11's review against another edition

Dnf. Couldn't get into this one.

tyranosauruslex's review

challenging informative reflective

4.0

jadonm's review

3.0

This was an extremely poignant, necessary, and difficult book to read.

phdyke's review

emotional informative reflective

5.0

rada's review against another edition

informative

4.0

Complaint! by Sara Ahmed is an informative and important insight into (formal) complaint. It articulated experiences that I have also had and made me reflect, a lot. 

I'm expecially thankful that I got the chance to learn about different tactics institutions like to use to shut complaint procedures down faster. 
Expecially the part about strategic inefficiency opened my eyes.

However, it was veryy repetitive and could've been maybe a hundred pages shorter.