In the end, the baby finds the tiny things that bring them joy. Each little choice helps the baby discover which things they most enjoy-sometimes one or the other, both, or neither. The story follows a baby who’s constantly torn between “girl” choices and “boy” choices, such as picking bows or bowties.
Was something wrong with me? Much later as an adult, I found myself staring at segregated racks of “girl" clothes and “boy" clothes in a retail store, and had an epiphany: pink and blue were simply colors, and the idea for Bye Bye, Binary was born. I was even teased and bullied because of it. I felt different from all the other boys who only liked action figures, dump trucks, and the color blue. I grew up as a boy who liked an assortment of many different things, which included mermaids, dresses, and the color pink. Eric Geron, BYE BYE, BINARY: Bye Bye, Binary is a board book about a joyful baby who doesn’t care about the gender binary and instead chooses whatever toys, colors, and clothes that make them happy.
0 kommentar(er)
