27.7% of matchups won
415 matchups
Elo 1196
tracked 2025/06/01 → 2026/10/17
mission: Promote gender and queer theory · Feminist philosophy · philosophers
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing39%
picked as helping wellbeing
225 matchups
15%
picked as hurting wellbeing
190 matchups
On balance people see it as helping.
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Rating over time
Elo, 7-day average · history as of 2025-08-29Related
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Known for
- Gender Trouble publication
- Theory of gender performativity
- Critique of Zionism
- Support for LGBTQ rights
- Adorno Prize recipient
Based on 415 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/10/17. Full rankings ·
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