{"product_id":"the-gender-games-9781473648609","title":"The Gender Games","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e*WINNER OF THE UK BLACK PRIDE LITERARY PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION DIVA AWARDS 2017*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*AS SEEN ON \u003ci\u003eTRANSFORMATION STREET\u003c\/i\u003e* \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Opens minds, breaks down myths and vaporises prejudice - I loved it!'' Rebecca Root, star of \u003ci\u003eBoy Meets Girl \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Funny, thoughtful and honest'' \u003ci\u003eStylist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''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 \u003cb\u003eJuno Dawson\u003c\/b\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGender 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 wo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the bravest, freshest voices -- Laura Dockrill * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eThis memoir ... got me underlining, and texting friends, frequently. -- Stephanie Burt * TLS *\u003cbr\u003ePart memoir, part manifesto, \u003ci\u003eThe Gender Games \u003c\/i\u003eis filled with the type of funny, thoughtful and honest writing that has made Dawson a multi-award winning YA author...Frank, witty, \u003ci\u003eand \u003c\/i\u003eeducational' * Stylist *\u003cbr\u003eIf you want to be well informed about what it menas to be trans, I can highly recommend Juno's book \u003ci\u003eThe Gender Games\u003c\/i\u003e. It's a\u003cb\u003e funny, honest read\u003c\/b\u003e and clears up a lot of confusion and misinformation -- Lorraine Kelly * The Sun *\u003cbr\u003eThis book is incredible, I loved it so much -- Emma Gannon * CTRL ALT DELETE podcast *\u003cbr\u003eA saucy, sassy, sweary look at gender, and how it trips and entraps us. -- Suzanne Harrington * Irish Examiner *\u003cbr\u003eFunny, thoughtful and honest writing ... It's soberingly relevant and makes you want to #smashthepatriarchy * Stylist *\u003cbr\u003eOpens minds, breaks down myths and vaporises prejudice - I loved it! * Rebecca Root *\u003cbr\u003eNot only is this book incredibly informative, it's also very funny. * Zoe, Readabilitea *\u003cbr\u003eIt's not often as a grown-up that someone makes you sit up and re-examine not only your own identity, but your attitudes to an entire social group. But that's the effect this thoughtful, articulate woman had on me. ... Dawson's book is eminently readable and often very funny. * Marianne Taylor, The Herald *\u003cbr\u003eInformative and entertaining. I'd recommend it to anyone and everyone: we all have something to learn about gender. * Chloe Scaling, Palatinate *\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Murray Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48739525624151,"sku":"9781473648609","price":11.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781473648609.jpg?v=1720052491","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-gender-games-9781473648609","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}