Reading Notes

Reading Notes

Performative Acts and Gender Constitution: An Essay in Phenomenology and Feminist Theory by Judith Butler (1988)

Judith Butler’s 1988 essay argues that gender is not a natural or stable identity but a performative act. Drawing from phenomenology and feminist theory, Butler challenges the binary and essentialist notions of gender, claiming it is continuously constituted through repeated acts, gestures, and behaviors. This performativity creates the illusion of a coherent gender identity.

Jules Gill-Peterson, A Short History of Trans Misogyny

A Short History of Trans Misogyny is the first book to explain why trans women are burdened by such a weight of injustice and hatred.