December 8, 2011
by Medb McGearty
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In completing my final exam for the semester, I began to think about how I wanted to end this series of posts. I read over past entries while contemplating the themes that Butler has raised in this lecture series. In … Continue reading
December 2, 2011
by Medb McGearty
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In Judith Butler’s final lecture “Towards an Ethics of Co-Habitation” she presented ideas of co-habitation and ethical responsibility to others. In weaving the threads of her argument, she pointed out our interconnectivity as social beings who are now, more than … Continue reading
November 17, 2011
by Medb McGearty
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Butler’s lecture this week Bodies in Alliance and the Politics of the Street coupled with the news of Occupy evictions lead me back to a panel discussion I recently attended on website usability and designing for social change (much of … Continue reading
November 10, 2011
by Medb McGearty
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In Monday’s lecture entitled Gender Politics, Alliance, and the Right to Appear, Judith Butler raised the question of who is recognizable and “what is read as non-gendered or genderless”? She also discussed the politics of representation and the right to … Continue reading
November 3, 2011
by Medb McGearty
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Recognizing the absence of something points to its very existence, or, to follow Butler’s use of the Lacanian theory of desire, to deny something is to reference it. Butler relates this theory in The Force of Fantasy: Feminism, Mapplethorpe, and … Continue reading
October 27, 2011
by Medb McGearty
Comments Off on Permeating Boundaries of Gender in Feminism
As we move through life, we are forced to identify ourselves by our gender on various administrative forms, applications, etc. For some, this task entails a simple check mark placed in a box without a second thought and for some … Continue reading