The Week contest - Gender-neutral books
Please come up with the title of a book in English — either a revised classic or a new creation — that is totally gender neutral.
Welcome to The Week's "What Next?" contest, an invitation to test your powers of imagination with challenges inspired by current events.
Click here for the results of the previous contest: Pretentious microbrews
Last week's contest: Sweden has embarked on a crusade to abolish gender roles altogether. With the release of a children's book pioneering the pronoun, hen, as an alternative to he and she, we asked you for the title of the first gender-neutral children's book in English.
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THE WINNER: All the Royal Person's Persons
Mark Porter, Lees Summit, MO
SECOND PLACE: The French Lieutenant's Domestic Partner
Pamela Traylor, Bloomington, MN
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THIRD PLACE: The Siblings Karamazov
Charles Begg, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI
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Sleeping Body
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Earthlings are from Mars, Earthlings are from Venus.
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The Individual with the Dragon Tattoo
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Maybe Dick
Mark Rumple, Austin, TX
Valley of the Action Figures
Brian Lenhart, Allen TX
I Guess You Can Eat Quiche After All If You Really want To
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The Androgynous Mystique
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Everyone Is From Marvenus!
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Twelve Angry Hens
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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Artist
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Act like a....uh...well...person, think like a…other kind of person.
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Death of a Salesperson
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They're Just Not That Into Them
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Romy and Jules
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Hantel & Gresel
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People are from the Solar System
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The Nancy or Drew Mysteries
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I Remember One of My Parents
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