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Gender is a kind of imitation for which there is no original; in fact, it is a kind of imitation that produces the very notion of the original as an effect and consequence of the imitation itself.

— Judith Butler

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Nonviolence is not an absolute principle, but an open-ended struggle with violence and its countervailing forces.

The Force of Nonviolence: An Ethico-Political Bind (2020)

Lives matter in the sense that they assume physical form within the sphere of appearance; lives matter because they are to be valued equally.

The Force of Nonviolence: An Ethico-Political Bind (2020)

We must fight those who are committed to destruction, without replicating their destructiveness. Understanding how to fight in this way is the task and the bind of a nonviolent ethics and politics.

The Force of Nonviolence: An Ethico-Political Bind (2020)

Nonviolence does not necessarily emerge from a pacific or calm part of the soul. Very often it is an expression of rage, indignation, and aggression.

The Force of Nonviolence: An Ethico-Political Bind (2020)

Perhaps the promise of phallus is always dissatisfying in some way.

The Lesbian Phallus and the Morphological Imaginary (1993)

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