It’s meant to be humanizing and disarming, and I think that works. Ultimately, I think the tone helps with the overall design of the book, which is aimed not just at trans readers but for everybody else as well. (This is obviously completely subjective.) In the end, I think it’s both, but it helped far more than it hurt. I guess I was expecting you know, serious words for serious themes or some such rot. This is what threw me, because I couldn’t decide if the familiar/jokey tone helped or hurt the book, because it wasn’t what I was expecting. It’s also written in a very colloquial, humorous style that is very much not the norm for these kinds of books. Ultimately, this is a good book that is part memoir and part feminist/social text about being transgender (with a focus on the UK), with some intersectional feminist ideas thrown in.
The Gender Games has been optioned by SunnyMarch Productions to be turned into an original television series, written by Rose Lewenstein.Been sitting on this review for two months now, trying to land on a star rating, and how to articulate what I wanted to say. 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. From men who can't cry to the women who think they shouldn't.Īs 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. From exclusionist feminists to 'alt-right' young men.
From little girls who think they can't be doctors to teenagers who come to expect street harassment. Gender isn't just screwing over trans people, it's messing with everyone. Before our names, before we have likes and dislikes - before we, or anyone else, has any idea who we are.Īnd 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. *WINNER OF THE UK BLACK PRIDE LITERARY PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION DIVA AWARDS 2017**AS SEEN ON TRANSFORMATION STREET* 'Opens minds, breaks down myths and vaporises prejudice - I loved it!' Rebecca Root, star of Boy Meets Girl 'Funny, thoughtful and honest' Stylist'It's a boy!' or 'It's a girl!' are the first words almost all of us hear when we enter the world.
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