Kira Cochrane

The academic and writer Sara Ahmed has written brilliantly about the idea of the feminist killjoy, and why it should be embraced _ because feminism isn__ about making everyone around the table feel comfortable. It__ about being disruptive, challenging, and changing the terms of the debate, so that, over time, almost certainly with discomfort and backlash, everyone becomes freer.

It__ no surprise that a generation of women who were brought up being told that they were equal to men, that sexism, and therefore feminism, was dead, are starting to see through this. And while they__e pissed off, they__e also positive, bubbling with hope. One obvious outcome of being brought up to believe you__e equal is that you__e both very angry when you encounter misogyny, but also confident in your ability to tackle it.