Judith Butler sorgt nach ihrem Auftritt in Berlin für Diskussionsstoff: Die Philosophin hat den Preis für Zivilcourage des Berliner „Christopher Street Day“ abgelehnt. Ihr Vorwurf (unter anderem): Rassistische Äußerungen.
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Blog-Beiträge zu ihrem Auftritt gibt es hier:
Quentin Tarantino analysiert „Topgun“: Queer Reading anschaulich erklärt. (Was ist Queer Reading? Link)
„Australia may have made gender history this week, as the New South Wales government lays claim to being the first in the world to recognise an individual’s sex as officially “not specified”.
This milestone in the evolution of gender queer came about with the issuing of a ‘Sex Not Specified’ Recognised Details Certificate in place of a birth certificate to Norrie (also known as norrie mAy-Welby) a resident of Sydney.
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In January 2010 doctors declared that they were unable to determine hir as either male or female as zie has no gonads, the hormonal system was not typically male or female, and Norrie’s psychological identity was neuter.“