Normativity - the phenomenon in human societies of designating some actions or outcomes as good or desirable or permissible and others as bad or undesirable or impermissible.
Binary opposition - a pair of related terms or concepts that are opposite in meaning.
Deconstruction - a critique of the relationship between text and meaning originated by the philosopher Jacques Derrida.
Différance - a French term coined by Jacques Derrida. The term différance means "difference and deferral of meaning."
Reinscribe - to reestablish or rename in a new and especially stronger form or context
Cognitive dissonance - the mental discomfort experienced by a person who simultaneously holds two or more contradictory beliefs, ideas, or values.
Judith Butler - An American philosopher and gender theorist whose work has influenced political philosophy, ethics and the fields of third-wave feminist, queer and literary theory. She challenges conventional notions of gender.
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