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adventurous challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

heliarocha's review against another edition

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challenging informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

meri_uwu's review against another edition

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slow-paced

2.0

The book is cut into many parts using other feminist thinkers to establish gender modalities and the anxieties gender produce.
I found the chapter on Monique Wittig to be the most rememberable.

The chapter with Julia Krysteva is so cryptic that its almost unreadable.

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informative medium-paced

3.75

harperwinz24's review against another edition

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challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

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challenging slow-paced

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challenging informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

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challenging informative slow-paced

4.75

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1.0

Terrible. Butler is notorious for her difficult writing yet even once you dig down into what she actually says, you find that so much of it is wishy-washy and contradictory. I particularly disagree with Butler's assertion that identity is no longer necessary to any kind of feminist politics.

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3.5

Okay, back with less of a headache for some more comprehensive thoughts, but I really enjoyed this book and, obviously, Butler's theories and ideas in here have shaped the entire thought landscape of gender studies. I think it's easy to see why, but it's been great to read this as already familiar with its key concepts (rather than go in blindly, because you can easily get lost in the wording) and it has some incredible insight into the issue of social constructiveness of gender, sex, body and the performance that unites all three.