Who's Afraid of Gender?

"Judith Butler, who wrote the groundbreaking 1990 book Gender Trouble, leans into the titular question of her latest work, asking: Why has gender become such a “phantasm” in American life, and what does it tell us about how we’re approaching some of the biggest problems facing us, like climate change and far-right extremism? Butler has a clear perspective – and spells out the dangers of an ascendant “anti-gender ideology.” But it’s also an invitation to consider how we think about gender – and what that might tell us about who we are."