Gender Performance: The TransAdvocate interviews Judith Butler

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Gender Performance: The TransAdvocate interviews Judith Butler

by Cristan Williams
May 1, 2014

http://www.transadvocate.com/gender-performance-the-transadvocate-interviews-judith-butler_n_13652.htm

Judith Butler is a preeminent gender theorist and has played an extraordinarily influential role in shaping modern feminism. She's written extensively on gender and her concept of gender performativity is a central theme of both modern feminism and gender theory.
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However, the concept of gender perfomativity has been used – and some would assert – abused to support a number of positions that misconstrues Butler's work. I therefore wanted to ask Butler about what she really thinks about gender and the trans experience.  Along the way Butler specifically addresses TERFs and the work of Sheila Jeffreys and Janice Raymond.

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Thanks for posting this interview!

Butler is right on, and it's impressive that her understanding of trans issues has evolved so much. Reading this made me like her a lot better than I did 20 years ago.