Judith Butler

Oneself,” Judith Butler describes how the problem with violence is that it destroys the lives of humans, and it is sometimes not recognized because of pre-determined concepts of who is human. In “How to Tame a Wild Tongue,” Gloria Anzaldua explains how Mexicans are excluded because of how they speak both English and Spanish. The media molds our lives in many ways that we as people don’t even recognize by putting emphasis on the topics they find important while ignoring other topics. Butler says,…

Why Do You Matter to Know One Judith Butler’s work “Beside Oneself” She argues “To intervene in the name of transformation means precisely to disrupt what has become settled knowledge and knowable reality, and to use, as it were, one’s unreality to make an otherwise impossible or illegible claim” (17). Culture can make this intervention very easily, simply due to unwritten standards otherwise known as cultural norms in which people within the same environment limit themselves based on…

judged or ridiculed by society. This shows why these young individuals in the film were sent to True Directions, they challenged the ‘norm’ by acting in ways that seem to be non- heterosexual. In “Performative Acts and Gender Constitution,” by Judith Butler she says she sees gender “as a strategy for survival…with clearly punitive consequences,” stating further that “those who fail to do their gender right are regularly punished” (903). Socially constructed gender roles are very apparent in…

a socially constructed idea. Judith Butler argues that neither sex nor gender is “hardwired”. Butler’s ideas hold the notion that an individual is never entirely male or female, but is in a constant state of change. Butler is also one of the leading sociologists in queer theory, which is a school of theory that first began from gay and lesbian studies. Queer theorists, such as Butler, maintain the idea that all sexual behaviors are socially constructed. Although Butler does not argue that there…

consolidated through time.” Gender is not something you are— it’s something you do. She argues that we make the conscious choice to enact gender daily, but enacting a gender different than your biological sex can, in this society, result in violence. For Butler, the question of gender can be asked and answered infinitely, and the answer comes down to that day’s performance…

What Does “Do Not Muzzle The Ox” Mean In The Bible? A Biblical Definition by Jack Wellman Thou shall not muzzle the Ox means, the worker should be treated fairly and (all people, for the work they do) must not be stripped of the wages that they deserve (Jack Wellman). What does “Do not muzzle the ox” mean in the Bible? Paul interpretation states; do not muzzle the ox while treading’ as ‘do not ignore to pay Christian ministers,’ commentators have quite naturally assumed that his analysis was…

When you open the story of Judith you are greeted with a beautiful woman who is mourning the death of her husband. By today’s notion this women will remain heart broken and only do things to remember the lost love one they are mourning for. Instead we are given a totally different side of Judith as she carries out an act that most of the men in her home are too afraid to do. This story is not only one of Anglo-Saxon proportion but one of Biblical tales as well. Though both of them are about the…

The story of Judith slaying Holofernes is widely interpreted in many paintings. The story comes from the Book of Judith. Judith was a wealthy, young, and beautiful widow. She decided to travel to the Assyrian commander in chief, Holofernes, to seduce him into leaving Bethulia. She dressed in her finest clothes and jewelry and entered the Assyrian encampment. She charmed Holofernes over the next few days. Once she gained his trust she got him drunk. Before he could attempt any sexual advances she…

Jael and Sisera and Judith Beheading Holofernes, the women appear in dominant positions over the men. However, the two women are presented very differently in the works. Both illustrate very similar Old Testament stories which involve some moral ambiguity surrounding the actions of the heroines. They offer commentary on the dubious nature of the murders in differing manners through their representations of the women, violence, bloodshed, and their settings. The engraving of Judith presents a…

Michelangelo da Caravaggio’s painting Judith Beheading Holofernes examines goodness and purity in spite of engaging in the act of sinning. Painted in c.1598, using oil on canvas, this painting illustrates a scene from the biblical Book of Judith. It depicts three subjects in what appears to be a bed chamber. The middle subject, Judith is portrayed in the act of beheading the Assyrian commander, Holofernes while her maid looks on (fig. I). In this painting, Judith retains her status of purity and…