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Deep13

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1. Race and gender are social and personal constructs...

Reply to LeftyMom (Original post)

Sun Nov 11, 2012, 01:45 PM

Nov 2012

...continuously recreated by performance. So if Kerry or Huntsman go shopping for cute Espadrilles, they will be recreating a feminine gender, not unlike the drag performances in Judith Butler's essay on gender performance.

Even so, I rather like Samantha Power for the job.

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Is America ready for a white, male Secretary of State? [View all] LeftyMom Nov 2012 OP

Race and gender are social and personal constructs... Deep13 Nov 2012 #1

+1 Gormy Cuss Nov 2012 #2

the comments tell ya something do`t they.... madrchsod Nov 2012 #3

This message was self-deleted by its author Deep13 Nov 2012 #4

I believe they meant on the Jezebel page that was linked in the OP. JoeyT Nov 2012 #5

Sorry, thanks. nt Deep13 Nov 2012 #6

Only if he lives up to the example set by the current Secretary of State mythology Nov 2012 #7