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maxedahlgren's review against another edition
From the amount of times this book has been cited by other great works I've read I know that the ideas in here are interesting but I really just struggled too much with the language.
tuhmeeyur's review against another edition
4.5
extremely dense academic writing ; extremely relevant and defining theory. judith's work is one of those i find has inspired much of the work that inspires me. she's super intelligent, well-versed in the history of sex and gender, and curious. she asks a lot of questions that i don't even know if people would've asked before her. it is so hard to imagine a world without gender, even today when much of her theory has been expanded on and brought into the zeitgeist. now, her questions like "what is a woman?", "what is gender?", "what is sex?", "why do we categorize humans by sex?" are commonly discussed, at least among certain groups, but there are still unclear answers and differing opinions. her idea of performative gender as something defined not by some innate desire to express, but rather a social norm and the fear of being rejected from society, is another concept i had heard of and thought about, but can get fuzzy, even now. this is definitely a seminal work. one i can study many times and still a lot of it will likely go right over my head.
filledwithbirds's review against another edition
4.0
Some parts perfectly articulated what I would consider necessary principles in understanding gender and its construction, especially in relation to feminism. But overall after finishing this book I feel very tangled. Maybe I’ll come back to it once my frontal lobe has developed
lifegivesyoulemons's review against another edition
muito muito interessante. eu não era alheia à tese de que gênero é uma performance e concordava com ela, mas esse livro me fez reconsiderar muitas coisas que eu tomava como verdade nesse aspecto e sobre sexo biológico também. só queria que judith butler escrevesse que nem gente. meu deus senti meus neurônios derretendo enquanto eu lia
rageandresist's review against another edition
4.0
Hard shit to digest, it's Butler bruh. Or I'm just dumb anyway. Thanks Butler (minus the neolibs who used their views to promote something in the market. this isn't about justifying your queer-segmented market so then they can "perform" their queerness in a certain way [from a capitalistic cis-het tendencies] ya dumass).