Tori Shucheng Yang, Yuxin Yang
This essay focuses on diasporic queer feminist world-making under conditions of political depression.While 'fast feminism', such as stand-up comedy, offers vital catharsis, it risks reducing political engagement to commodified, fleeting release.Moving beyond affective discharge, the essay examines United Proud Womxn (UPWomxn), a transnational organisation modelling an alternative political temporality.UPWomxn metabolises collective exhaustion through