Word Weavers: Judith Butler
Womanica
Acast Creative Studios
4.3 • 920 Ratings
🗓️ 21 May 2025
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
Judith Butler (1956-present) is a renowned philosopher and gender theorist best known for their groundbreaking work on gender performativity, introduced in the influential 1990 book Gender Trouble. Their ideas have shaped the fields of queer theory, feminist thought, and critical theory, challenging traditional notions of identity, power, and the body.
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This month, we're talking about Word Weavers — people who coined terms, popularized words, and even created entirely new languages. These activists, writers, artists, and scholars used language to shape ideas and give voice to experiences that once had no name.
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| 1:18.4 | This month we're talking about word weavers, people who coined terms, popularized words, |
| 1:23.2 | and even created entirely new languages. |
| 1:26.1 | These activists, writers, artists, and scholars used language |
| 1:29.4 | to shape ideas and give voice to experiences that once had no name. What does gender really mean? |
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