Focus on the encounters of feminist and queer theories, on the ways in which basic terms, such as 'male' and 'female', 'man' and 'woman', 'black', 'white', 'sex', 'gender', 'sexuality' change meaning as they move from one body of theory to another. Along with essays Judith Butler interviews Rosi Braidotti and Gayle Rubin in separate discussions. Rosi Braidotti and Trevor Hope exchange comments on his reading of her work. Teresa de Lauretis responds to Elizabeth Grosz's review of her book 'The practice of love'.