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'''Judith Pamela Butler''' is | '''Judith Pamela Butler''' is an American philosopher and gender theorist whose work has influenced political philosophy, ethics, and the fields of third-wave [[Feminism|feminist]], queer theory, and literary theory. Their 1990 book ''Gender Trouble'' introduced the idea of [[Gender expression|performing or "doing" gender]]<ref name="Fischer">{{Cite web |title=Think Gender Is Performance? You Have Judith Butler to Thank for That. |last=Fischer |first=Molly |work=The Cut |date=21 June 2016 |access-date=4 May 2020 |url= https://www.thecut.com/2016/06/judith-butler-c-v-r.html}}</ref> and criticized the [[gender binary]].<ref name="famo_Judi">{{Cite web |title=Judith Butler |author= |work=famousphilosophers.org |date= |access-date=4 May 2020 |url= https://www.famousphilosophers.org/judith-butler/}}</ref> | ||
In 2012 | Butler uses singular they pronouns.<ref>Kathryn Fischer (May 13, 2020). "Das Pronomen ist frei vom Körper - aber es ist nicht frei vom Geschlecht". ''Der Tagesspiegel'' (in German). Retrieved September 24, 2020.</ref> | ||
In 2012 they were presented with the Theodor W. Adorno Award for outstanding achievement in philosophy. | |||
In 2013, Darin Barney of McGill University wrote that: | In 2013, Darin Barney of McGill University wrote that: | ||
{{quote|Butler's work on gender, sex, sexuality, queerness, feminism, bodies, political speech and ethics has changed the way scholars all over the world think, talk and write about identity, subjectivity, power and politics. It has also changed the lives of countless people whose bodies, genders, sexualities and desires have made them subject to violence, exclusion and oppression.<ref>{{cite news|last=Barney|first=Darin|title=In Defense of Judith Butler|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/darin-barney/in-defense-of-judith-butler-mcgill_b_3346589.html|work=Huffington Post|accessdate=9 October 2013}}</ref>}} | {{quote|Butler's work on gender, sex, sexuality, queerness, feminism, bodies, political speech and ethics has changed the way scholars all over the world think, talk and write about identity, subjectivity, power and politics. It has also changed the lives of countless people whose bodies, genders, sexualities and desires have made them subject to violence, exclusion and oppression.<ref>{{cite news|last=Barney|first=Darin|title=In Defense of Judith Butler|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/darin-barney/in-defense-of-judith-butler-mcgill_b_3346589.html|work=Huffington Post|accessdate=9 October 2013}}</ref>}} | ||
Butler | Butler lives with their partner Wendy Brown, a political theorist; they have a son together. | ||
On transgender rights specifically, Butler has said: | On transgender rights specifically, Butler has said: | ||