![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() On Wednesday, August 19, Science Writers in New York invites you to join us on Zoom for a conversation with SWINY co-chair David Levine and Davis about her new book. But “tomboy” seemed like an outdated word–why use a word with “boy” in it for such girls at all? So, was it outdated? In an era where some are throwing elaborate gender reveal parties and others are embracing they/them pronouns, Davis set out to answer that question and to find out where tomboys fit into our changing understandings of gender.ĭavis’s new book, Tomboy: The Surprising History and Future of Girls Who Dare to Be Different, published August 13 by Hachette Books, explores the evolution of tomboyism from a Victorian ideal to a 21st-century fashion statement, honoring the girls and women–and those who identify otherwise–who stomp all over archaic gender norms. This winter, Davis’s New York Times op-ed “Bring Back the Tomboys,” part of the research that the book was based on, went viral. Her child favored sweatpants and T-shirts over anything pink or princess-themed, just like the sporty, skinned-kneed girls Davis had played with as a kid. When Lisa Selin Davis’s six-year-old daughter first called herself a “tomboy,” Davis was hesitant. ![]()
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