Political depression also takes shape under a state-managed happiness regime in which positivity is mobilised to legitimate authoritarian rule. The Appeal and Limits of Humour as ‘Fast Feminism’In diasporic spaces shaped by political depression, humour has emerged as an intuitive and accessible political response. Relatedly, the drive to counter the weight of political depression and trauma can turn into an affective requirement. After all, political depression is not something to be simply discharged or cured through momentary release. Revolutionary AdvocacyUPWomxn’s response to political depression is at once intellectual, organisational, and explicitly political.