Clever Girl

“In Clever Girl, Hannah McGregor offers a queer feminist reading of Jurassic Park that celebrates the wild, the ravenous, and the rageful while honoring the kinship and care we need in our apocalypse survival kits.” — Zena Sharman, author of The Care We Dream Of
“It’s a joy to watch Hannah McGregor examine the film like a prism, with each rotation revealing a new flash of intimate memoir, brilliant feminist analysis, and apocalypse survival guide. This book bites back.” — Tajja Isen, author of Some of My Best Friends
“If you love reading smart books, you’ll appreciate this artful dance of storytelling and cultural criticism.” — Chantal Gibson, author of With/holding and How She Read
“Clever Girl is attentive and open, engaging a depth of academic research alongside lively prose that moves at a quick clip.” — andrea bennett, author of Like a Boy but Not a Boy
“Hannah McGregor is the most astute, engaging guide you could ask for, whether you’re navigating a dinosaur-infested island or the patriarchy-infested wider world.” — Jess Zimmerman, author of Women and Other Monsters
“This is the dinosaur book I didn’t know I needed. Read it now!” — Zoe Todd, Fish Philosopher
“Hannah McGregor reminds us that nothing is disposable when you try to make your way through the end of the world.” — Karen Tongson, author of Normporn: Queer Viewers and the TV That Soothes Us
“Clever Girl is a book that is going to introduce the ‘monstrous feminine’ and be sexy and fun while doing it … one that will leave you as hungry for more as a T. rex after a blood-sucking lawyer.” — Out Front Magazine
“Clever Girl is a fierce reclamation of the power and necessity of showing up to the movies as your own unique, monstrous self.” — LA Review of Books

Hannah McGregor is an academic, podcaster, and author living on the traditional and unceded territory of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations (Vancouver, BC). She is the director of publishing at Simon Fraser University, co-director of the Amplify Podcast Network, and co-founder of feminist media company Witch, Please Productions. McGregor co-edited Refuse: CanLit in Ruins and authored A Sentimental Education.

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