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Unladylike

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"Cultivating our best selves and dreamiest lives is un-equally accessible for women, girls and...

The Myth of Mars and Venus

Deborah Cameron

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Popular assumptions about gender and communication--famously summed up in the title of the massively...

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Jul 2, 2019

Bill's New Frock

Anne Fine | 2002 | Children, Fiction & Poetry, Young Adult (YA)

7.5

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The humour. Exploring the topic of gender and identity (0 more)

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Funny and curent

I liked this book. In a nutshell, the protagonist wakes up one day and he is a girl. I guess that the reader has just to accept that because there is no indication as to whether Bill was actually a girl in the first place or if he actually physically changed. Fine explores gender inequality in her book as Bill is faced with a variety of obstacles that force him to see the way that girls are treated. I particularly enjoyed the emphasis on the pink dress and the impracticality of wearing such an item of clothing. I also liked the way that Bill reacts to the school bully who wolf whistles at him.
This book is a short read with lovely illustrations and rather funny.