UBC discuss Shy Radicals by Hamja Ahsan

Our book for October is Shy Radicals by Hamja Ahsan. However, it's a little tricky to get hold of and there is a short film version available, so our meeting will take a slightly different format to usual.

Meet at Spike Island at 7pm for a screening of the short film (22 mins) then a discussion of the film and book (if you've been able to read it, no worries if not).

Bring your own drinks and snacks, there is a kitchenette available with microwave and kettle.

The event will be held in the Associate Space, please meet by the main entrance and I will take you up there.

The book/film documents the Shy Radicals' campaign to bring about a utopia for shy people. Their aim is to establish:

"Aspergistan, a utopian state for introverted people, run according to Shyria Law and underpinned by Pan-Shyist ideology, protecting the rights of the oppressed quiet and shy people.

"Shy Radicals are the Black Panther Party of the introvert class, and this anti-systemic manifesto is a quiet and thoughtful polemic, a satire that uses anti-colonial theory to build a critique of dominant culture and the rising tide of Islamophobia."

(Quote from the publisher: https://bookworks.org.uk/publishing/shop/shy-radicals-the-antisystemic-politics-of-the-militant-introvert-2017-fourth-edition-2020/)