Even inanimate objects have to deal with stupid gender norms. Let me tell you a story:
My purrsonal finance book kept getting put in the âwomenâ section of bookstores and was described as a âwomenâs finance bookâ by publishing agents. It has no content specific to any gender - itâs for anyone that feels overwhelmed and left out of traditional personal finance. .
It has a lot of cats.
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But for some reason, maybe because the author has a traditionally feminine name (and clearly men canât take finance advice from women) or because cats are somehow âonly for girlsâ - or maybe because a slight salmon colored cover make it âpinkâ and therefore only for women?!
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Well, Iâm sick of it. I hate gender norms forced on anyone or anything and I donât want to get shoehorned into the âwomenâs financeâ category. Lots of people like cats. And pink. And I can give advice to anyone regardless where they fall on the gender spectrum (or exist entirely outside of it.)
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But I caved and changed my cover to blue. Because that is a âboyâs colorâ and maybe it will keep me from ending up stuck in a âlady cornerâ of bookshops and publishing schedules. So hereâs the new cover (and title.)
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You can pre-order the new *coughbullshit* gender neutral edition starting next Tuesday on Kickstarter. Sign up to get notified when itâs out at the link in my bio.
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