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Judith Butler
American
Philosopher
About the author
It seems, though, that historically we have now reached a position in which Jews cannot legitimately be understood always and only as presumptive victims.
Judith Butler,
American
Philosopher
#Now
#Victims
I would say that I'm a feminist theorist before I'm a queer theorist or a gay and lesbian theorist.
Judith Butler,
American
Philosopher
#Gay
#Lesbian
There is no original or primary gender a drag imitates, but gender is a kind of imitation for which there is no original.
Judith Butler,
American
Philosopher
#Imitation
#Gender
There is no gender identity behind the expressions of gender... identity is performatively constituted by the very 'expressions' that are said to be its results.
Judith Butler,
American
Philosopher
#Results
#Identity
#Gender
The point is not to stay marginal, but to participate in whatever network of marginal zones is spawned from other disciplinary centers and which, together, constitute a multiple displacement of those authorities.
Judith Butler,
American
Philosopher
#Network
Race and class are rendered distinct analytically only to produce the realization that the analysis of the one cannot proceed without the other. A different dynamic it seems to me is at work in the critique of new sexuality studies.
Judith Butler,
American
Philosopher
#Work
#Race
#Class
#Sexuality
Sexual harassment law is very important. But I think it would be a mistake if the sexual harassment law movement is the only way in which feminism is known in the media.
Judith Butler,
American
Philosopher
#Law
#Mistake
#Media
#Feminism
I think that every sexual position is fundamentally comic.
Judith Butler,
American
Philosopher