In 2014, Sara Ahmed interviewed Judith Butler about their book Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity (1). Sara, referencing a previous conversation, asked Judith whether there was a connection between how they had been “derailed” as a philosopher and becoming a “feminist and queer theorist.” Judith answered: “I have to say that I am glad to own those terms, and I certainly realize that feminism is a name I took on, and that ‘queer theorist’ is one that arrived at my steps at a certain point in history.” Join Sara and Judith for a conversation about their journeys as feminist scholars who arrived at “queer theory” at different points. They will reflect on their experiences of working in an increasingly hostile and anti-queer environment and on why figures such as the feminist killjoy and queer trouble maker become useful resources. They will also share observations about writing their first trade books: Sara’s recently published The Feminist Killjoy Handbook and Judith’s forthcoming Who's Afraid of Gender?

(1) This interview was published in Sexualities in 2016. You can download it here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1363460716629607.

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