In this episode I unpack Butler’s (1988) seminal publication titled “Performative acts and gender constitution: An essay in phenomenology and feminist theory,” which unpacks the notion that gender is a performative act that is socially and historically constructed.

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00:00 Intro

00:35 My single sentence summary

01:21 Gender as a performative act

04:32 Sex/Gender: Feminist and phenomenological views

13:19 Binary genders and the heterosexual contract

20:38 Feminist theory: Beyond an expressive model of gender

20:51 Lingering questions and thoughts

20:58 When are we unintentionally reaffirming gender expectations and binaries through performative acts related to CS education?

22:21 How do we balance between finding solidarity within a marginalized identity and challenging the social construction of that identity?

25:36 If “gender reality is performative which means, quite simply, that it is real only to the extent that it is performed” (p. 527) what other identities besides gender might we consider as performative and in need of discussing as a field?

27:03 Outro