Judith Butler

I stumbled upon an interview she gave for Guernica magazine. Now I really want to read her book—it’s been nearly a year since I finished Gender Trouble.

The real question is why people thought with the election of Obama that there was no reason to still be on the street? It is true that many people on the left will never have the animus against Obama that they have against Bush. But maybe we need to protest policies instead of individuals. After all, it takes many people and institutions to sustain a war.