An interesting, but dense read, with many illuminating and important ideas about reworking the way we think about gender. I learned a lot from this book that I will be able to apply in not only a classroom setting, but also everyday life. The way we think about gender has a lot of progress to be made.

A love letter to Barrie Thorne.

I gobbled this up, even though it wasn't what I was expecting going in. That's probably the one criticism I have: this is not the text you might think it is. I was expecting an update on "Gender Play" (1993) for modern times. Some of that is in here. But for the most part this is a collection of reflections on how Thorne influenced, educated, supported, and ultimately revolutionized various scholars' and students' perspectives, lives, and work. I kept thinking that this volume would be better titled to reflect that: "Reflections on Gender Play" or "Reflecting and Replaying Gender" or something like that.

'I refuse to step on the bones of the women who came before me.'

You'll find out just how hard it was and continues to be for feminist sociologists, and apparently not just when it comes to research on children. I often feel that we view STEM subjects as harder hit by gender discrimination and misogyny, but it's everywhere. I only hope I can be as brave as Barrie, Cobb, and the other people in this text, who've stuck to their values and refused to cow to institutional and personal sexism.

One of the novel shifts in this text has to do with intersectionality. Gender and sex are distinguished and diversified. Race, ethnicity, class, culture, foreignness, language, and so on are moved from margin to centre. Again, most of this text is about Thorne's vast impact, but each chapter also ends with a list of works cited and related works, which the reader can peruse for more details.

I haven't read "Gender Play" and I'm not in this field of study, but it's clear that Thorne is a powerhouse and her work continues to be a crucial part of human knowledge and scholarly praxis.

I have a non binary child who announced they were non binary when they. were 7. I was excited, because I always knew that there was something special about my oldest child. I love that this book exists and that it existed long ago as well. Im excited how the future will look when it comes to gender.