Through the lenses of history, biology, psychology, endocrinology and more, she digs deeply drawing from firsthand accounts, research studies, publications, interviews as well as her lived experience. “…from Laura Ingalls on Little House on the Prairie to Jo Polniaczek on The Facts of Life…They were the heroines of America’s most beloved works of literature, from Jo March in Little Womento Scout Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird.” Selin Davis’s exploration of the concept of tomboy cuts across as wide a range of topics as those characters. I had not thought about or even heard the word tomboy for a very long time.įortunately, a refresher appeared early in the introduction through mention of favourite tomboys portrayed in the media during the 70s when she (and I) was growing up. The seeds, however, for Selin Davis’s non-fiction contribution – Tomboy: The Surprising History and Future of Girls Who Dare to Be Different – released this August had been planted. Selin Davis was curious about her daughter’s description yet could have left it there. “That’s a girl who has short hair and likes sports” explained Lisa Selin Davis’s daughter as she made the announcement of her identity to her mother by relaying this explanation from her grade one classmate.
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