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Judith Butler
Pioneering gender theorist
Judith Butler is Distinguished Professor in the Graduate School and formerly the Maxine Elliot Chair in the Department of Comparative Literature and the Program of Critical Theory at the University of California, Berkeley. They are most well-known for their ground-breaking book Gender Trouble (1990) and their theory of performativity.
Judith Butler is Distinguished Professor in the Graduate School and formerly the Maxine Elliot Chair in the Department of Comparative Literature and the Program of Critical Theory at the University of California, Berkeley. They are most well-known for their ground-breaking book Gender Trouble (1990) and their theory of performativity.
Judith Butler is Distinguished Professor in the Graduate School and formerly the Maxine Elliot Chair in the Department of Comparative Literature and the Program of Critical Theory at the University of California, Berkeley. They are most well-known for their ground-breaking book Gender Trouble (1990) and their theory of performativity.
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In Defense of Pornography
What kind of porn could be ok?
Against Meritocracy
Kwame Anthony Appiah | Merit is a mask of class
Rethinking Feminism
Is there a universal goal for women's rights?
Women and Conquest
Is modern sexual culture liberating?
The World After Men
Should we pursue matriarchy?
Sisters and the Sisterhood
Can elite women help all women?
Witches, Sluts, Feminists
Kristen Sollee | A History of Witch Feminism
Return to Radical Feminism
Finn Mackay | Has current feminism lost its way?
The Story of Romance
Do we need a new narrative for love?
A Politics of Hope
Where are the alternatives to injustice?
Equality and Difference
Should equality be applied to all aspects of life?
After Feminism
The traumatic force of feminism | Griselda Pollock
Beyond Men and Women
Should we fight prejudice or gender?
Equal Is Unfair
Inequality is not the foe | Yaron Brook
Victims and Conquerors
Prostitutes or clients, who holds the power?
Forbidden Fantasies
Is sexual desire dangerous?
The Self and the Selfie
Can focusing on oneself bring about happiness?
Greater Than Equal
Is equality of opportunity a misguided goal that legitimises inequality?
Real Men
Is the real man a fantasy?
Selling Ourselves
The body as a commodity
Dreams of Equality
What does mainstream feminism promise?
Dream Hoarders
Is the middle class to blame for inequality?
The Oldest Profession
Niki Adams | Should we decriminalise sex work?
When Women Rule
Do women make better leaders?
After Equality
Where is feminism going?
The Devil's Parties
Where Women Rule
The age of anti-patriarchy
Politics and the Patriarchy
Does Westminster still have a problem with women?
What's Right Anymore?
After Equality
Where is feminism going?
Drug Culture
How We Came to #MeToo
Linda Woodhead | The origins of sexual accusations
A Woman's World
Margaret Heffernan | On radical feminist futures
The Crisis of Masculinity
Can socialism and feminism help redefine manhood?
Exotic England: Europe's Most Promiscuous Tribe
People's promiscuity in multicultural England
Is Digital Thinking Different?
The internet revolution & the human brain
Dangerous Images
Acclaimed photographer Adrian Arbib uncovers the moment art and journalism clash with the law.
Who We Are: Beyond Black and White
Can we have a world where race does not matter?
Myths About Feminism
Why real feminism isn’t about women ruling the world.
How to Thrive in a Digital Age
The Sweetest Taboo
Democracy and Drugs
Should we legalise psychedelics as a treatment for mental illness?
Romancing Opiates
Theodore Dalrymple offer his personal take on the problems poppies pose
Visions of Disaster and Perfection
Women on Top
Gender equality and positions of power
The Sexualisation of Society
Diane Abbott | Do we think about sex too much?
The Skin We're In
Selling the body versus selling the mind
The End of Equality
Why the age of equality is a myth
Rationality and Drugs
Why our current policy to drugs is nonsense
More Than Equal
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Transgression and sexual desire
Does consciousness have a gender?
Simone de Beauvoir and the Ethics of Seduction
Language and Reality Beyond Gender
Love transcends the self
Hacking Love Isn’t Cheating
The false freedom of the female gaze
Consciousness has no gender
Sexual desire is political
The case for abolishing the family
The myth of the one true feminism
Rewriting romance
How to solve the ageing population problem
'Toxic masculinity' is not a useful description
The radical future of humanity without childbirth
The communication crisis
The right to no sex: a case for celibacy
The myth of man the hunter
The high priests of effective altruism
Love and Beauty after Feminism
What Can We Do About Collective Narcissism?
Meritocracy Is Good But We Don't Have It
Rationalising Suicide
Hannah Arendt On Why You Must Break Your Bubble
Existence and inequality
The future of race relations
The XX Factor
Cosmopolitanism and the Mixed Blessings of the Windrush Scandal - An Interview with Kwame Anthony Appiah
The future of feminism
Wittgenstein and how to debate your enemy