Lisa also offers suggestions on how parents and individuals can re-imagine how we explore, build, and strengthen relationships with one another that helps kids of all genders and women to realize their full selves, within and outside of our notions of gender and femininity. We talk about how tomboyism offers girls a way to both challenge and reinforce dominant narratives of femininity, womanhood, and sex. Despite a book deal and many subsequent writing gigs and media appearances, Selin claims she was cancelled for the op-ed. We speak to Lisa today about the history and evolution of the term “tomboy” and its response to a gender-binary culture. Following its warm reception among conservatives and anti-trans thought leaders, Davis was given a book deal and turned the piece into the 2020 book Tomboy. On this episode of the en(gender)ed podcast, our guest is Lisa Selin Davis, writer, essayist and author of the upcoming book, Tomboy: The Surprising History and Future of Girls Who Dare to Be Different. So when author and journalist Lisa Selin Daviss six-year-old daughter first called herself a 'tomboy,' Davis was hesitant.
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