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"[A] thorough and engrossing investigation…Davis’s persuasive and deeply personal argument for moving beyond the gender binary will resonate with those curious about child rearing free of normative expectations.”
— Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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Hooray for gender rebels!
— Peggy Orenstein, New York Times bestselling author of Girls & Sex
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[A] thorough and engrossing investigation... Davis's persuasive and deeply personal argument for moving beyond the gender binary will resonate with those curious about child rearing free of normative expectations.
— Publishers Weekly, starred review
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Tomboy is a revelation, an impassioned and empathic consideration of how gender is manufactured and sold, and how it can both oppress and empower. This is way more than a book for parents navigating how to raise individuals in a world of stubborn binaries; it's for all of us who want to understand that world, and how we might become our true selves within it.
— LaurenSandler, author of This Is All I Got: A New Mother's Search for Home andOne and Only: The Freedom of Having an Only Child, and the Joy of Being One
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As I read this book, I felt at turns challenged and surprised and at turns comforted-as a tomboy in the 80s, I saw myself on the pages and understood where I had come from and the forces that shaped me. As someone who currently teaches gender inclusion at schools across the country, I can't wait to use this book in the presentations I give. It will really help teachers and parents understand not just tomboys but gender. But it isn't just an informative and useful book; it's exciting and compelling as well.
— Alex Myers, author of Revolutionaryand Continental Divide
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Lisa Selin Davis uses TOMBOY as a launch pad for a thought-provoking and enlightening exploration of the troubled pink and blue waters of gender categories-and the words that can be life rafts to help us float above them or stones pulling us in deeper.
— Deborah Tannen, professor oflinguistics at Georgetown University and author of You Just Don't Understand,You're Wearing THAT?, and You're the Only One I Can Tell
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This book will surprise,
delight, and challenge everything you think you know about gender. Davis's
writing is lively and lucid; a sage and compassionate guide on this rocky
terrain. Every parent needs to read this book.
— Jennifer Block, author of EverythingBelow the Waist
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A
thoughtful, thorough examination and celebration of gender non-conformity, and
a crucial contribution to our cultural understanding of this moment, and how we
got here.
— LizPlank, author of FOR THE LOVE OF MEN
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Tomboy tackles a unique, contradictory moment in history: male and female binaries are exploding yet childhood has become more hyper-gendered than ever. How did we get here? What does it mean? I picked up this book expecting to read a few pages; hours later I was still riveted, underlining paragraphs, scribbling margin notes and rethinking all my assumptions about boys, girls and everyone along or beyond that spectrum. Hooray for gender rebels!
— Peggy Orenstein, NewYork Times bestselling author of Girls & Sex
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An informative jumping-off point for further investigation.
— Kirkus
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[A] fascinating book that has resulted [explores] the concept of the
tomboy from Victorian times to today's world, where considerations of gender
are front and center.
— Booklist
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An intriguing look
at culture's influence on gender & identity.
— PEOPLE Magazine
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Lisa Selin
Davis leverages a familiar term to take a comprehensive look at gender
performance in girls...Davis takes the reader in a fresh direction by
illuminating the forces behind the shifting regard in which tomboys have been
held. ...thoughtful consideration of how money and power have shaped our
ever-changing view of tomboys.
— New York Times Book Review