Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Sara Ahmed

Born: August 30, 1969 (age 55)
Bio: Sara Ahmed is a British-Australian scholar whose area of study includes the intersection of feminist theory, queer theory, critical race theory and postcolonialism.
Known for:
- The Cultural Politics of Emotion (2004)
- The Promise of Happiness (2010)
- Queer phenomenology (2006)
- Differences that Matter (1998)