0 ▁D azz ling ▁Deb ut ▁Nov els ▁to ▁Pick ▁Up ▁Right ▁Now , ▁Op rah ' s ▁Book ▁Club </ ref > ▁ ▁Con ception ▁and ▁influ ences ▁ ▁T art t elin ▁has ▁described ▁how ▁she ▁expl ores ▁inter sex ▁to ▁look ▁at ▁gender ▁roles , ▁express ing ▁the ▁view ▁that , ▁" I ▁don ' t ▁particularly ▁think ▁men ▁and ▁women ▁are ▁very ▁different ". ▁In ▁discussion ▁with ▁Inter view ▁Magazine , ▁T art t elin ▁comments ▁that ▁gender ▁is ▁arbitrary , ▁but ▁" a ▁lot ▁of ▁it ▁is ▁soci ally ▁constructed ". ▁She ▁is ▁concerned ▁that ▁some ▁main stream ▁analysis ▁of ▁trans ▁children ▁exhib its ▁a ▁narrow ▁world ▁view ▁and ▁limited ▁expect ations ▁of ▁gender ▁roles . ▁Nevertheless , ▁she ▁arg ues ▁that ▁gender ▁determ ines ▁" wh ether ▁you ▁are ▁phys ically ▁int im id ating ▁vs . ▁being ▁phys ically ▁int im id ated ". ▁Inter view ed ▁at ▁Good read s , ▁T art t elin ▁says , ▁" I ▁could ▁explore ▁gender ▁through ▁the ▁eyes ▁of ▁someone ▁who ▁had ▁no ▁need ▁to ▁define ▁themselves ▁as ▁either ▁male ▁or ▁female , ▁but ▁was ▁press ured ▁to ▁do ▁so ▁by ▁their ▁family ▁and ▁community ". ▁She ▁deliber ately ▁placed ▁her ▁protagon ist ▁within ▁an ▁"' aver age ' ▁community ▁and ▁a ▁lov ing ▁family ", ▁saying , ▁" I ▁often ▁feel ▁characters ▁with ▁alternative ▁g enders ▁and ▁sexual ities ▁are ▁treated ▁as ▁out s iders ▁in ▁art , ▁when ▁in ▁fact ▁they ▁are ▁us , ▁and ▁they