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The Gender Games
The Gender Games: The problem with men and women, from someone who has been both | Juno Dawson
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'It's a boy!' or 'It's a girl!' are the first words almost all of us hear when we enter the world. Before our names, before we have likes and dislikes - before we, or anyone else, has any idea who we are. And two years ago, as Juno Dawson went to tell her mother she was (and actually, always had been) a woman, she started to realise just how wrong we've been getting it. Gender isn't just screwing over trans people, it's messing with everyone. From little girls who think they can't be doctors to teenagers who come to expect street harassment. From exclusionist feminists to 'alt-right' young men. From men who can't cry to the women who think they shouldn't. As her body gets in line with her mind, Juno tells not only her own story, but the story of everyone who is shaped by society's expectations of gender - and what we can do about it. Featuring insights from well-known gender, feminist and trans activists including Rebecca Root, Laura Bates, Gemma Cairney, Anthony Anaxagorou, Hannah Witton, Alaska Thunderfuck and many more, The Gender Games is a frank, witty and powerful manifesto for a world in which everyone can truly be themselves.
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AnneCecilie
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This is Dawson memoir about her transition from male to female and her journey there. It‘s also about the expectations we have to boys and girls from the day we are born (or sooner), and how destructive those can be if you don‘t fit into your label. And how we should all be better at accepting people just the way they are

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jenniferw88
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For some reason #fixyou reminded me of the subtitle of this book. #AnglophileApril @Cinfhen @Mdargusch @Reviewsbylola @emilyhaldi

Cinfhen Interesting!! 5y
Mdargusch I like your thinking! 5y
Reviewsbylola This looks like a good read! 5y
wintergeist Interesting indeed 5y
emilyhaldi Cool cover 🤩 5y
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Verity
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This is really, really good. This is the book I‘m going to be recommending to people who don‘t understand why toxic masculinity is a thing or who get their knickers in a twist about trans people‘s bathroom rights. Smart, frank, clever, informative.

Ddzmini 🧜🏽‍♀️👖😍 6y
Verity @Ddzmini I know. I want some! 6y
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Verity
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It was announced today that Benedict Cumberbatch‘s production company has optioned this for a TV series so of course it‘s jumped straight to the top of the tbr pile!

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IReadThereforeIBlog
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Juno Dawson is an award-winning YA author who in 2015 announced her transition as a transgender woman and in this funny, sharply observed, magnificently sweary and seriously thought-provoking book that‘s part memoir and partly a critique of modern society and its gender expectations, she picks apart what gender means and what people can do about it. This isn‘t a book aimed at a YA audience, but it should be read by everyone.

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Booksnchill
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#Femmeuary Juno Dawson is a writer and a transwoman. This book is a discussion, education and consideration of gender politics and labels. I found it a fascinating read as a ciswoman and feminist so many things I had not considered.

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Kalalalatja
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My latest #pickpanbailsoso books for @Cinfhen ‘s wonderful giveaway. Congrats on your big milestone Cindy 👏👏

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Cinfhen I'm funny with Anna Quindlen books, too! She's a total hit or miss for me 6y
Cinfhen Thanks for playing 😘 6y
Kalalalatja @Cinfhen I have only tried the one above, and I‘m not really sure I‘m going to try more. Too many books, too little time 🤷‍♀️ 6y
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Kalalalatja
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I completely forgot to post my review of this book I finished last week. I enjoyed it quite a lot, especially the second half. Dawson had a lot of interesting insights and thoughts I had never even thought about. Also, the audiobook was great 👏

ferskner I REALLY want those leggings! 6y
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SavidgeReads
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Part memoir and part social study/commentary. This is a fantastic, engaging and thought inducing look at gender, sex, sexuality and all the things in between that cause so much kerfuffle. I found it brilliantly direct, it made me understand something's I'd been puzzled about and left me feeling empowered as a person. I want it to do that for anyone who reads it. And you should read it, whatever you gender, sex or sexuality.

Verity Juno is a great follow on Twitter - I'm looking forward to getting my hands on this at some point. 7y
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