Fordham University, according to its blog, hosted a philosopher and “gender theorist” earlier this week for the Fordham philosophy department’s annual Suarez Lecture. The lecture titled “‘We the People,’ or Plural Action” was scheduled for April 1 to be delivered by Dr. Judith Butler, a rhetoric and literature professor from University of California Berkeley.
Fordham stated that Butler has had a “significant influence on the fields of feminist, queer, and literary theory, philosophy, political philosophy, and ethics.”
Butler, in a 2001 interview published online by The European Graduate School, criticized arguments opposed to same-sex marriage as “homophobic.” (
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