The Gender Games is without a doubt a big eye-opener, without really thinking we are led to believe a range of things and what gender really is, the particular part that struck me was the passionate talk regarding intersectional femininity and not excluding everyone who isn’t a white female. Besides this the bigoted people who believe trans woman are imposing on women’s culture…. This is absolutely ridiculous to me, women have a set of standards set by generations and media to how to conduct themselves, it’s not easy being a woman, not to take that away from men who are now being more vocal about toxic masculinity. However, the fight to be seen as equals with men is a continuing battle. Juno sets out to educate on the toxicity of how she as a gay man tried to be what was deemed ‘accepting’ of her role as a gay man.
I was not disappointed by the book. It is a complex minefield of a subject and it explained things in a way that anyone could understand. It gets the reader thinking about gender and how we are as a society. Boys play football and girls play with dolls and how we say to children about finding a boy to get married to if they’re a girl and Vice versa. It made me think about how I say things at school where I work and how I can change things for the future.
Nathans Juno discovery stated in 2017 coming across ‘The Gender Games’ at the literature festival, afterwards, they did a book signing so I went to meet her to get my book signed (I’d already purchased the book beforehand). I couldn’t wait to read The Gender Games when I got home after my new-found knowledge from the amazing talk.
I was not disappointed by the book. It is a complex minefield of a subject and it explained things in a way that anyone could understand. It gets the reader thinking about gender and how we are as a society. Boys play football and girls play with dolls and how we say to children about finding a boy to get married to if they’re a girl and Vice versa. It made me think about how I say things at school where I work and how I can change things for the future.
Juno has an extensive back catalog of books ranging from educational to fictional stories for young adults, all of which can be found online. May we recommend shopping at our favorite independent LGBTQ store ‘Gays The Word’ it’s the oldest bookstore in the UK. Housing hundreds of important LGBTQ books as well as some gorgeous pins to decorate jackets and totes! Shop away here
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Twitter: @junodawson
Official Website: www.junodawson.com
Juno’s new book ‘What’s the T’ is out 18th February and is available to pre-order now!
