Truly, the Performance of a Lifetime
Philosopher Judith Butler on performing one’s gender
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9 min readMar 24, 2021
“Why do you talk like that? Why do you act like a girl?”
When I was younger, I was asked these two questions all of the time. Most of the time I would answer with “Um, I don’t know?” which was truthful. I was just doing me — which so happen to clash with gender norms.
