Podcast Mentions
Gender Trouble Feminism and the Subversion of Identity (Routledge Classics)
Judith Butler
One of the most talked-about scholarly works of the past fifty years, Judith Butler’s
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The Charlie Kirk Show
It was mentioned as a book that put into words already existing sentiments about gender inequality, rather than creating them.
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Like uh you know derrick bell the founder of critical theory or judiff butler you know who wrote gender trouble I mean those thinkers but but I would say a lot of those philosophers come after the fac...
— Episode: The Woke Ouroboros Eats Itself
Episode: The Woke Ouroboros Eats Itself
It was mentioned as a book that put into words already existing sentiments about gender inequality, rather than creating them.
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Like uh you know derrick bell the founder of critical theory or judiff butler you know who wrote gender trouble I mean those thinkers but but I would say a lot of those philosophers come after the fact like you know it was already a thing to think this and then the philosophers just put it into words it's more prescriptive I mean it's more descriptive than it is prescriptive so you can say oh it was crt that did this but you know the sentiment was already there but crt just gave it a name for this already felt sentiment that you know there was this inequality between black and white and maybe hispanic and asians in the middle there was already this this this feeling and so these ideologies you know people like derrick bell people like judiff butler simply label those ideologies and put them into into words
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The Matt Walsh Show
Matt Walsh discussed the title as a foundational text for gender ideology, noting that it surprisingly omitted any reference to motherhood. He also pointed out that its prose was obscure and difficult to follow. The overall tone was critical, emphasizing these perceived shortcomings.
Episode: Daily Wire Backstage: The Red Wave
The book was described as astonishingly omitting any mention of motherhood, which the speakers highlighted as a flaw.
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This is one of the most amazing things about this book by Judith Butler, this gender trouble, is I don't think there's a single mention of motherhood in the entire book.
Episode: Daily Wire Backstage: The Red Wave
Matt Walsh called it "one of the most amazing things" about the book and noted its obscure, obscurantist prose.
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This is one of the most amazing things about this book by Judith Butler, this gender trouble.
Episode: Daily Wire Backstage: The Red Wave
The speakers highlighted the book as a foundational text for gender ideology and noted its surprising lack of any mention of motherhood throughout.
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This is one of the most amazing things about this book by Judith Butler, this Gender Trouble, is I don't think there's a single mention of motherhood in the entire book.
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