Vicki Kirby (born 1950)[1] is an Australian anthropologist and Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of New South Wales in Sydney.
Kirby pursues these oppositions in terms of social and political conflicts and their effects.
She sees the separation of mind and body as the basis for a number of political problems, such as climate change and gender-specific oppression.
Her work is archived by Brown University as it was considered critical to feminist theory.
She also explores Butler's work in relation to other theorists, including Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Simone de Beauvoir and Monique Wittig.