Gender Trouble
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What’s it about?
A radical dismantling of sex, gender, and identity, arguing that gender is a performance—not a fixed essence—and that subverting norms is the key to freedom.
You’ll learn
- Gender is something we do, not something we are
- The heterosexual matrix enforces binary norms
- Drag reveals the imitative nature of all gender
- Identity categories can be traps, not tools