Gender Trouble by Judith Butler discussion

One of the most talked-about scholarly works of the past fifty years, Judith Butler's Gender Trouble is as celebrated as it is controversial. Arguing that traditional feminism is wrong to look to a natural, 'essential' notion of the female, or indeed of sex or gender, Butler starts by questioning the category 'woman' and continues in this vein with examinations of 'the masculine' and 'the feminine'. Best known however, but also most often misinterpreted, is Butler's concept of gender as a reiterated social performance rather than the expression of a prior reality. Thrilling and provocative, few other academic works have roused passions to the same extent.

Text…

• Gender Trouble (PDF): https://selforganizedseminar.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/butler-gender_trouble.pdf
• Gender Trouble (Audio): https://youtu.be/OuwnZvA_uW0?si=plZeYEWkVorgbb0M

For a shorter read, here is an early article by Butler touching on similar topics...

• Performative Acts and Gender Constitution (PDF): https://www.amherst.edu/system/files/media/1650/butler_performative_acts.pdf

Video…

• Big Think: Judith Butler - Berkeley professor explains gender theory https://youtu.be/UD9IOllUR4k?si=BqMynm01yqUaTLTu

Podcasts…

• Partially Examined Life: Judith Butler’s “Gender Trouble” (Part One) https://partiallyexaminedlife.com/2020/02/03/ep235-1-butler-gender-trouble/
• Partially Examined Life: Judith Butler’s “Gender Trouble” (Part Two) https://partiallyexaminedlife.com/2020/02/10/ep-235-2-butler-gender-trouble/
• Interview, The: Judith Butler: Gender and Identity https://www.bbc.com/audio/play/w3ct4p4g