Editing Judith Butler (section)

=== ''Who's Afraid of Gender?'' (2024) ===
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In ''Who's Afraid of Gender?'', Butler explores the roots of current anti-trans rhetoric, which they define as a "phantasm" that aligns itself with emerging authoritarian movements.<ref name="Rottenberg-2003" /> Butler was inspired to write this book after being attacked in 2017 in Brazil while speaking, at least one of whom shouted at Butler, saying "Take your ideology to hell!"<ref name="Halberstam-2014" /> Butler is interested in the literal demonization of [[gender]] by analyzing the historical context of the [[anti-gender movement]].<ref name="EGS-2019" /> The book has been described as "the most accessible of their books so far, an intervention meant for a wide audience".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mackay |first1=Finn |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/mar/13/whos-afraid-of-gender-by-judith-butler-review-the-gender-theorist-goes-mainstream |access-date=2 July 2024 |title=Who's Afraid of Gender? by Judith Butler review – the gender theorist goes mainstream |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=13 March 2024}}</ref>