Can you judge a book by its gendered cover?

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Can you judge a book by its gendered cover?

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Jul 10, 2013

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For their annual summer reading episode, Caroline and Cristen discuss the impact of gendered book covers, the viral "cover flip" challenge, and whether books written by women are taken as seriously by publishers and critics. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://news.iheart.com/podcast-advertisers

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Jul 10, 2013

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Can you judge a book by its gendered cover?

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