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 “women” section of bookstores and was described as a “women’s finance book” by publishing agents. It has no content specific to any gender - it’s 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 can’t take finance advice from women) or because cats are somehow “only for girls” - or maybe because a slight salmon colored cover make it “pink” and therefore only for women?!
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Well, I’m sick of it. I hate gender norms forced on anyone or anything and I don’t want to get shoehorned into the “women’s finance” 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 “boy’s color” and maybe it will keep me from ending up stuck in a “lady corner” of bookshops and publishing schedules. So here’s 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 it’s out at the link in my bio.
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