>but the people i
>personally knew who peddled this stuff hardly ever got grants
Like slurs thrown at "pomo" writing that never specify texts or authors, claims that the skies are filled with jet-setting pomos never name names. I'd like to see a list of these pomos living high on the hog. And not one borrowed from David Horowitz.
>and were the most politically active people i knew on campus.
Amidst all the concern with whether Butler is right or wrong, ones and zeros, what gets missed is how many young students become engaged with learning and politics because of contributions like hers. People who arrive on campus with their own gender troubles are very likely to find Butler more engaging than Marx. We should be glad that they are even coming in the tent, not taking on a kind-of forgive them for they know not what they do posturing.