Kylee Nixon

“Hatred is stoked and rationalized by moral righteousness, and all those damaged and destroyed by hateful movements are cast as the truer agents of destruction.”
― Judith Butler

“The weaponization of this fearsome phantasm of “gender” is authoritarian at its core. Rolling back progressive legislation is surely fueled by backlash, but backlash describes only the reactive moment in this scene. The project of restoring the world to a time before “gender” promises a return to a patriarchal dream-order that may never have existed but that occupies the place of “history” or “nature”—an order that only a strong state can restore.”
― Judith Butler, Who's Afraid of Gender?

“Consider the allegation that “gender”—whatever it is—puts the lives of children at risk. This is a powerful accusation. For some, as soon as the accusation is spoken, it becomes true, and children are not threatened with harm, but are actively being harmed. When that swift conclusion is reached, there is only one option: Stop the harm! Stamp out gender! The fear of children being”
― Judith Butler, Who's Afraid of Gender?

“It seems we are not in a public debate at all, precisely because there is no text in the room, no agreement on terms, and fear and hatred have flooded the landscape where critical thought should be thriving.”
― Judith Butler, Who's Afraid of Gender?