Imperfect Paradise: Judith Butler on gender anxiety and the election

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🗓️ 2 October 2024

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In Butler’s latest book Who’s Afraid of Gender, renowned feminist and gender studies theorist Judith Butler maps out how the right has invoked a fear of gender ideology to galvanize their base. Imperfect Paradise host Antonia Cereijido sits down with Butler to discuss how they see this playing out in the U.S. presidential election and how they believe gender should be addressed at a societal and political level.

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Tracy Thomas, host of One for the Books, a literary live event series from L.A.
0:05.3	We're back for another round with guests, author Danzi Sena, and journalist Zach Stafford on October 2nd at the Crawford.
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0:27.0	Hey, this is Imperfect Paradise, a show about the gap between the dream and reality.
0:36.0	I'm Antonia Cédéjido.
0:38.0	This month, we're doing something a little bit different on Imperfect Paradise,
0:42.0	we are going to be hearing from four notable
0:44.9	Californians in the lead up to the US presidential election.
0:49.2	We'll be talking about a range of issues including gender, race, and democratic values. And we're starting it all off today
0:56.2	with my conversation with Judith Butler. In March of this year, renowned philosopher and gender study scholar Judith Butler
1:05.3	released their latest book, Who's Afraid of Gender?
1:08.7	The book details how the right has taken up gender and sexuality as hot topics that rile up their base.
1:15.3	According to the ACLU, since 2015, political attacks against LGBTQ people and state legislatures
1:21.9	have grown exponentially.
1:24.3	There are currently 530 anti-LgQ bills in the US.
1:29.4	We've also been hearing this play out
1:31.9	in the lead up to the presidential election like
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