#88 Gender Troubles Today - Judith Butler

<p class="p1">Listen in as we discuss with Judith Butler on their assessment of discussions surrounding gender today. </p> <p class="p1"> </p> <p class="p1">Judith Pamela Butler<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Butler#cite_note-Duignan_2018-3'>[3]</a> (born February 24, 1956) is an American <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosopher'>philosopher</a> and <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_studies'>gender studies</a> writer whose work has influenced <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_philosophy'>political philosophy</a>, <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethics'>ethics</a>, and the fields of <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third-wave_feminism'>third-wave feminism</a>,<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Butler#cite_note-4'>[4]</a> <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queer_theory'>queer theory</a>,<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Butler#cite_note-5'>[5]</a> and <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literary_theory'>literary theory</a>.<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Butler#cite_note-kearns-6'>[6]</a> In 1993, Butler began teaching at the <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley'>University of California, Berkeley</a>, where they<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Butler#cite_note-9'>[a]</a> have served, beginning in 1998, as the Maxine Elliot Professor in the Department of Comparative Literature and the Program of <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_Theory'>Critical Theory</a>. They are also the <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Arendt'>Hannah Arendt</a> Chair at the <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Graduate_School'>European Graduate School</a> (EGS).<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith_Butler#cite_note-10'>[9]</a></p> <p class="p1"> </p> <p class="p1">I.G. @TheGambian</p> <p class="p1">Twitter:</p> <p class="p1">@MomodouTaal</p> <p class="p1">@FanonIsCanon</p> <p class="p1">@CTayJ</p>