💜 More Judith Butler quotes, from "Who's afraid of Gender" 💜

"The opposition to “gender” as a demonic social construct culminates in policies that seek to deprive people of their legal and social rights, that is, to exist within the terms that they have rightfully established for themselves ..."

"Stripping people of rights in the name of morality or the nation or a patriarchal wet dream belongs to the broader logic amplified by authoritarian nationalism"

"But no matter how intently authoritarian forces attempt to restrict freedoms, the fact that the categories of women and men shift historically and contextually is undeniable."

"New gender formations are part of history and reality. Ignoring them or trying to outlaw them is a futile effort to negate a living complexity that will certainly not go away in the years to come."

Wow ... I need this book. #JudithButler