It wasn't possible just to rid oneself, simply, of the norms through which one is constituted.
Judith ButlerPeople who expect enmity to suddenly convert into love are probably using the wrong model.
Judith ButlerIf gender is eradicated, so too is an important domain of pleasure for many people. And others have a strong sense of self bound up with their genders, so to get rid of gender would be to shatter their self-hood.
Judith ButlerPeople who have been made stateless by military occupation are entitled to repatriation, and then the question is to which state, or to what polity or area? Those who have had their goods taken away are entitled to compensation of some kind. These are basic international laws.
Judith Butler