▁pra xis , ▁thought , ▁and ▁studies . ▁Dar in ▁Bar ney ▁of ▁McG ill ▁University ▁writes ▁that : ▁ ▁Other ▁sch ol ars ▁have ▁been ▁more ▁critical . ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 8 , ▁Den is ▁D utton ' s ▁journal ▁Philosoph y ▁and ▁Liter ature ▁awarded ▁Butler ▁first ▁prize ▁in ▁its ▁fourth ▁annual ▁" Bad ▁Writing ▁Compet ition ", ▁which ▁set ▁out ▁to ▁" ce le br ate ▁bad ▁writing ▁from ▁the ▁most ▁sty list ically ▁l ament able ▁pass ages ▁found ▁in ▁scholar ly ▁books ▁and ▁articles ." ▁Her ▁unw itting ▁entry , ▁which ▁ran ▁in ▁a ▁ 1 9 9 7 ▁issue ▁of ▁the ▁scholar ly ▁journal ▁Dia crit ics , ▁ran ▁thus : ▁ ▁Some ▁critics ▁have ▁accused ▁Butler ▁of ▁el it ism ▁due ▁to ▁her ▁difficult ▁pro se ▁style , ▁while ▁others ▁claim ▁that ▁she ▁reduces ▁gender ▁to ▁" dis course " ▁or ▁prom otes ▁a ▁form ▁of ▁gender ▁volunt ar ism . ▁Susan ▁B ordo , ▁for ▁example , ▁has ▁argued ▁that ▁Butler ▁reduces ▁gender ▁to ▁language ▁and ▁has ▁cont ended ▁that ▁the ▁body ▁is ▁a ▁major ▁part ▁of ▁gender , ▁in ▁opposition ▁to ▁Butler ' s ▁conception ▁of ▁gender ▁as ▁performance . ▁A ▁particularly ▁vocal ▁critic ▁has ▁been ▁femin ist ▁Mar tha ▁N uss baum , ▁who ▁has ▁argued ▁that ▁Butler ▁mis read s ▁J .   L . ▁Austin ' s ▁idea ▁of ▁perform ative ▁utter ance , ▁makes ▁err one ous ▁legal ▁claims , ▁forec los es ▁an ▁essential ▁site ▁of ▁resistance