Table of Contents
Introduction: A Tomboy Emerges 1
1 The Creation of the Pink/Blue Divide
1 What the Heck Is a Tomboy, Anyway? 15
2 Tomboys? Okay! Sissies? No Way! 35
3 Sporty Spice Dropkicks the Tomboy 53
4 Ode to Jo 71
II Why Tomboys Do What They Do
5 The Best of Both Worlds 89
6 Are Tomboys Born or Made? 103
7 Beware the End of the Princess Phase 125
8 Why Do Tomboys Wear Boys' Clothes? 137
9 Parenting Between the Pink and Blue 153
III Tomboys, All Grown Up
10 What Happens to Tomboys When Puberty Hits? (A Brief Introduction to a Giant Question) 175
11 I Used to Be a Tomboy. Now I'm a Full-Grown Lesbian 185
12 War of the Words: Tomboy or Trans Boy? 199
13 Breaking the Binary 225
14 Is It Time to Retire the Word "Tomboy"? 241
Conclusion: The Pink Ponytail 251
Acknowledgments 269
Bibliography 273
Endnotes 287
Index 307