Judith Butler

Judith Butler (born February 24, 1956) is an American philosopher. Butler was born in Ohio. Butler got a PhD in philosophy from Yale University in 1984. In 1990, Butler's book Gender Trouble was published by Routledge. It is considered an important work in modern feminism. In the book Butler talks about their theory of gender performativity, which is that gender, along with sex and sexuality, is a type of performative speech rather than an expression of human biology. In other politics, they have supported Palestine and the Democratic Party, including Hillary Clinton and Kamala Harris.

Early life
Butler was born in Ohio and went to Hebrew school. They studied at Bennington College in the 70s before moving on to study philosophy at Yale University.

Personal life
Butler lives in Berkeley, California, with Wendy Brown, the partner. Butler identifies as non-binary.

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