Gender Trouble, Judith Butler

 

Gender Trouble by Judith Butler  the subtitle for this book is generally "Feminism and the subversion of identity"

Started: April 7, 2025
Completed: April 12, 2025
Recommendation: Highly recommended
Recommended By: My cousin

Review:

This is a technical book written in the jargon of the professional in gender studies.  I found a lot of the terms seemed archaic (to my ears the use of terms were just so unusual).  I listened to an audio book where the performer pronounced words like, "corollary" as "carol-aerie," and I found the pronunciation jarring as well as quickly making the sentence unintelligible.  I coped by going back and listening again, frequently.  This book is far from an easy read, but it is kind of fun to hear Butler reduce Freud to gibbering nonsense.

Who's Afraid of Gender?, Judith Butler

 

Who's Afraid of Gender? by Judith Butler

Started: September 15, 2024
Completed: September 17, 2024
Recommendation: Highly Recommended
Recommended By: Nobody initially, but upon discussion cousin Amee

Review:

The audio book is read by Butler who sounds a lot like Martha Stewart, so the topic is initially jarring in that voice.  The arguments are truly stellar and the mechanical workmanship which goes into the refutations of particularly conservative and Catholic positions on gender is excellent.  This gives me a whole new perspective on how to talk about gender with those who have not really spent much time thinking about their positions.  What a wonderful work!