Lisa Selin Davis

Lisa Selin Davis is the author of TOMBOY: The Surprising History and Future of Girls Who Dare to Be Different. Inspired by her viral New York Times op-ed, and the heated reaction to it, the book interrogates the creation of the pink/blue divide that now rules childhood, and the science, psychology and culture that prompts some kids to straddle or cross it. Davis has written for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, Time, Salon and many other outlets, and has received fellowships to Yaddo and MacDowell. She is the author of two novels, Belly and Lost Stars, which is based on a New York Times Modern Love column.

Sub-specialities:
gender; gender identity; gender nonconformity; gender-creative children; gender-expansive children; the hyper-gendering of childhood; capitalism and its relationship to gender; sexuality and its relationship to childhood gender expression, the DSM and the pathologizing of gender; tomboys; girl power; images of girls in the media.