'Gender is performative: no identity exists behind the acts that supposedly "express" gender, and these acts constitute—rather than express—the illusion of the stable gender identity. Furthermore, if the appearance of “being” a gender is thus an effect of culturally influenced acts, then there exists no solid, universal gender: constituted through the practice of performance, the gender "woman" (like the gender "man") remains contingent and open to interpretation and "resignification." In this way, Butler provides an opening for subversive action. She calls for gender trouble, for people to trouble the categories of gender through performance.'
Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity is a 1990 book by Judith Butler. Influential in academic feminism and queer theory, it is credited with creating the seminal notion of gender performativity. It is considered to be one of the canonical texts of queer theory and postmodern/poststructural feminism.
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Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Clip Penn & Teller Card Trick PBS 1985
watch Penn & Teller interact with their audience in this 1985 card trick clip
J.S.G. Boggs - The Art of Making Money
The inspiration for G!C funny money art transaction: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEtKSqzpj0Q
Customer stuck with counterfeit money from the post office
Click here to find out what happens if you receive counterfeit bills from a branch of the federal government! (Hint: not much...)
The Great Gabbo (1929)
There's something really magical about this opening ventriloquist act (roughly 1st 2 mins) from The Great Gabbo .
Monday, January 7, 2013
Capitalism n. (OED)
The possession of capital or wealth; an economic system in which private capital or wealth is used in the production or distribution of goods and prices are determined mainly in a free market; the dominance of private owners of capital and of production for profit.
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