Sheryl Weikal"Joy is resistance" (and I'm paraphrasing) was used by Emma Goldman to mean that we should live happily in spite of oppression, not as an excuse to do things that enrich and empower oppressors. The whole point was to dance at the revolution, not pay the oppressors to take dance classes.
kolya@theleftistlawyer in before the alleged Goldman quote about dancing at the revolution is posted. that's also just a paraphrase. https://mondaymonkeylives.tumblr.com/post/77416919317/on-the-commonly-misattributed-emma-goldman-quote
On the commonly misattributed Emma Goldman quote "If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution"
"If I can’t dance, I don’t want to be part of your revolution" a quote frequently attributed to anarcho-feminist icon Emma Goldman, never actually appears in any of her work. It was invented by...