A leading figure in feminism and gender studies, the thinker welcomes EL PAÍS in California after being voted one of the most influential minds in the world
A leading figure in feminism and gender studies, the thinker welcomes EL PAÍS in California after being voted one of the most influential minds in the world
Butler — a pioneering voice in feminism, gender studies, critical theory, and contemporary philosophy — registered as non-binary in California years ago. While their pronouns changed to they/them, they chose to keep their name, a decision, they say, surprised the courthouse clerk at the time.
Isn’t she seen as harmful for non-cis/or transwomen LGBT folks? I’m not super knowledgeable on her though
You’d hope not.
Then I must be misremembering!
The irony of misgendering a nonbinary person while asking whether it’s true that they’re considered harmful by non-cis people.
In what way? As far as I know they have spoken out against TERFs and the like and are themselves not identifying as cis.
Specifically I know they have always argued for a more open and inclusive perspective of womanhood so I‘m unfamiliar on how they would be problematic.