Gender Trouble Quotes

• I think we have to ask, not, what "Gender trouble" is today but where "Gender trouble" is today.

  

  Judith Butler
  • I Think
  • Ask
  • Gender Trouble

• For instance, when "Gender trouble " is translated into Japanese, it produces a problem of vocabulary and a way of thinking about a quality for instance that is somewhat controversial in academic circles and also outside of the academy. In other places, "Gender trouble" is old.

  

  Judith Butler
  • Vocabulary
  • Academy
  • Gender Trouble

• It's not my concern. It's your concern. I just keep working. I keep posing certain questions and I think there are times when people think "What happened to the Judith Butler I used to know?" or "She's not doing gender trouble. Does that mean she refuses it or she's disavowed it?" And I would say no. I have not refused or disavowed anything.

  

  Judith Butler
  • Question
  • Refused
  • Gender Trouble

• I think I never expected "Gender trouble" to have any particularly revolutionary effect so whatever effects it has, I'm always surprised.

  

  Judith Butler
  • Revolutionary
  • Surprised
  • Gender Trouble