A Book is Not a Baby – Why the Childbirth-Creativity Metaphor is a Trap

Rachel Giese

Rachel Giese is an award-winning journalist and author. She is the editorial director of Xtra, an online magazine covering LGBTQ2S+ politics, culture, sex, relationships, and health. Her 2018 book, Boys: What It Means to Become a Man won the Writers’ Trust of Canada Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing.