The story always comes back to a "true self" that can be seen when you wash the makeup off or pull off the hairpiece/veil to see your real hair or pull open the clothes to see you naked The idea that there's still an ultimate definition of who you really are based on your body
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And the answer that makes people angriest in such situations is "Well, sure, I can try, but you might not be able to understand it" (Bigots REALLY lose their shit when they get told their bigotry is a product of ignorance)
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Exactly. When it becomes “oh there are arguments from this literature about the performativity of our selves versus the internal self,” people get real angry real quick. That’s part of why so many people are convinced “women’s studies” shouldn’t be a real thing.
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I the problem is when this stuff leaks into discourse, where it has a certain obligation to make sense, especially to those who are the subject there of. As a queer person myself I would like to understand content about myself.
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That, I think, is where my goal in my work is! I get Butler’s desire not to get bogged down, but for conversation like current ones about trans lives, it’s important to me that the theory that helps me understand myself be more readily understood, at least in part!
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