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| pronouns = [[she/her]] or [[they/them]]<ref>https://www.newstatesman.com/international/2020/09/judith-butler-culture-wars-jk-rowling-and-living-anti-intellectual-times</ref> | | pronouns = [[she/her]] or [[they/them]]<ref name="Ferber">{{Cite web |title=Judith Butler on the culture wars, JK Rowling and living in 'anti-intellectual times' |last=Ferber |first=Alona |work=newstatesman.com |date=22 September 2020 |access-date=31 October 2020 |url= https://www.newstatesman.com/international/2020/09/judith-butler-culture-wars-jk-rowling-and-living-anti-intellectual-times}}</ref> | ||
| gender = Nonbinary<ref>https://interviewsbykian.wordpress.com/2019/12/27/judith-butler-on-her-philosophy-and-current-events/</ref> | | gender = Nonbinary<ref name="kian">{{Cite web |title=Judith Butler on her Philosophy and Current Events |author=kian |work=Interviews by Kian |date=27 December 2019 |access-date=31 October 2020 |url= https://interviewsbykian.wordpress.com/2019/12/27/judith-butler-on-her-philosophy-and-current-events/}}</ref> | ||
| occupation = Philosopher, writer | | occupation = Philosopher, writer | ||
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'''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> | '''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> | ||
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> | Butler uses singular they pronouns.<ref>Kathryn Fischer (May 13, 2020). "[https://www.tagesspiegel.de/gesellschaft/queerspiegel/gender-und-grammatik-das-pronomen-ist-frei-vom-koerper-aber-es-ist-nicht-frei-vom-geschlecht/25826376.html 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 2012 they were presented with the Theodor W. Adorno Award for outstanding achievement in philosophy. | ||