Book · 1999 · Social Science
Gender Trouble
Feminism and the Subversion of Identity
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My third hobby horse book, which I think people talk about this book all the time, but I feel like a lot of people have never actually read it, is Gender Trouble by Judith Butler.
Annie Lowrey · The Ezra Klein Show · Aug 2026 What they say about it
- References the author and title“Gender Trouble by Judith Butler”3
The best things said about it
One angry lesbian college professor writes a book which I have read called Gender Trouble by Judith Butler.
Andrew Klavan The Megyn Kelly Show · Nov 2024 The 1990s is when Judith Butler publishes Gender Trouble which Butler never said all genders performance or all genders drag.
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Why people recommend it
Gender Trouble by Judith Butler is a foundational work of feminist and queer theory that challenges traditional assumptions about sex, gender, and identity. On The Ezra Klein Show, Annie Lowrey recommended the book as a frequent topic of conversation that many people discuss without actually having read it. Emily Jashinsky mentioned the text on Breaking Points while describing a theoretical framework of gender ideology, associating it with a political figure. On Behind the Bastards, Robert Evans brought up the book during a discussion on trans femininity and fantasies, and Dr. Julia Serano referenced Butler's work to contextualize her own writing in the mid-2000s and clarify common misconceptions about gender performativity. Andrew Klavan discussed the book on The Megyn Kelly Show to critique gender theory and the transgender movement, characterizing it as the work of an angry professor. Additionally, Spencer Klavan mentioned the text on the same program while arguing that modern gender concepts function more as articles of faith than objective scientific facts.
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Annie Lowrey And then my third hobby horse book, which I think people talk about this book all the time, but I feel like… 1
“And then my third hobby horse book, which I think people talk about this book all the time, but I feel like a lot of people have never actually read it, is Gender Trouble by Judith Butler.”
Andrew Klavan one angry lesbian college professor writes a book which I have read called gender trouble by Judith Butler 1
“one angry lesbian college professor writes a book which I have read called gender trouble by Judith Butler”
Dr. Julia Serano So in in kind of I was writing the book in the mid 2000s and so the 1990s is when um Judith Butler publishe… 1
“So in in kind of I was writing the book in the mid 2000s and so the 1990s is when um Judith Butler publishes Gender Trouble which Butler never said all genders performance or all genders drag.”
Emily Jashinsky I think Plathner is a true believer in uh gender ideology like sort of Judith Butler level gender's on a sp… 1
“I think Plathner is a true believer in uh gender ideology like sort of Judith Butler level gender's on a spectrum and there's interchangeability. I think he's a true believer in that and that's fine.”
Robert Evans I read that book. Um you have my copy. I think I'm almost certain I do. That that makes sense. Yeah, that m… 1
“I read that book. Um you have my copy. I think I'm almost certain I do. That that makes sense. Yeah, that makes sense. Almost certainly. That's the trouble with gender, right? Uh gender trouble.”
Spencer Klavan whatever else that is it's definitely an Article of Faith right it's definitely a profession of something t… 1
“whatever else that is it's definitely an Article of Faith right it's definitely a profession of something that you some spiritual idea that you believe rather than you know some scientific objective facts that everybody has to accept tomorrow or else you're a bigot and you're just ignorant and wrong right um these are these are spiritual claims”
