
Judith Butler and the fear of gender
In the 1990s a new philosophy helped open up alternative ways of being. Nobody predicted it would lead to war.
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In the 1990s a new philosophy helped open up alternative ways of being. Nobody predicted it would lead to war.
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ByEvidence suggesting young gay people are most at risk from gender-affirming treatment goes back decades.
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ByBetween the Israeli government and atrocity deniers, the women raped in the 7 October attack are still being victimised.
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ByCelebrating pain does not make it go away.
ByThe psychologist was a feminist icon for her work on how gender shapes our morality. But now, in her eighties,…
ByAlso this week: Bring on by-election season, and my predictions for Strictly Come Dancing.
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ByThe “Feminist Barrister’s” entitled sensationalism detracts from her causes.
ByGen Z is swapping traditional faiths for magic spells.
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ByProgressive men see Barbiemania as a capitalist conspiracy. Women see a femininity they’ve had to repress for years.
BySome argue that lived experience and personal choice trump biology – but they are wrong.
ByWe should question a mindset that viciously excludes whole groups of people.
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ByLeah Broad’s Quartet restores the pioneering work and colourful lives of Britain’s finest female composers.
ByThe singer who rose to fame with her band Antony and the Johnsons on her mentor Lou Reed, transphobia and…
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