{"product_id":"beyond-the-gender-binary-9780593094655","title":"Beyond the Gender Binary","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2021 In The Margins Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"When reading this book, all I feel is kindness.\"-- Sam Smith, Grammy and Oscar award-winning singer and songwriter \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Thank God we have Alok. And I'm learning a thing or two myself.\"--Billy Porter, Emmy award-winning actor, singer, and Broadway theater performer \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Beyond the Gender Binary will give readers everywhere the feeling that anything is possible within themselves\"--Princess Nokia, musician and co-founder of the Smart Girl Club \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A fierce, penetrating, and empowering call for change.\"-- \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews, \u003c\/i\u003e starred review \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An affirming, thoughtful read for all ages.\" -- \u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, starred review \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eBeyond the Gender Binary\u003c\/i\u003e, poet, artist, and LGBTQIA+ rights advocate Alok Vaid-Menon deconstructs, demystifies, and reimagines the gender binary. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePocket Change Collective is a series of small books with big ideas from today's leading activists and artists. In this installment, \u003ci\u003e Beyond the Gender Binary\u003c\/i\u003e, Alok Vaid-Menon challenges the world to see gender not in black and white, but in full color. Taking from their own experiences as a gender-nonconforming artist, they show us that gender is a malleable and creative form of expression. The only limit is your imagination.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlok Vaid-Menon is a gender non-conforming writer, performance artist, and public speaker who has been featured by HBO, MTV, NBC, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and more. Their creative challenge to the gender binary has been celebrated around the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAshley Lukashevsky is an illustrator and visual artist born and raised in Honolulu, Hawaii, currently based in Los Angeles. Ashley uses illustration and art as tools to strengthen social movements against systemic racism, sexism, and anti-immigrant policy. She aims to tear down these systems of oppression through first envisioning and drawing a world without them. Her clients include Refinery29, Broadly, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, Planned Parenthood, Girls Who Code, \u003ci\u003eGOOD\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, \u003ci\u003eBrooklyn\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, ACLU, Red Bull, Snapchat, Air Jordan, and Logo TV. Ashley is also the illustrator of the best-selling \u003ci\u003eAntiracist Baby\u003c\/i\u003e, by Ibram X. Kendi.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Workshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50579964723474,"sku":"9780593094655","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c1ffc5df-a647-4ee2-b85a-e9de35972a44.jpg?v=1732006775","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/beyond-the-gender-binary-9780593094655","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}