Woman Who Allegedly Led Woke Editing Of Roald Dahl’s Books A ‘Non-Binary, Asexual, Polyamorous Relationship Anarchist’

According to reports, the woman who led the mission to bowdlerize Roald Dahl’s books to avoid offending readers was called “a” “non-binary, asexual, polyamorous relationship anarchist who is on the autism spectrum.”

Inclusive Minds was the main perpetrator of the massive woke reediting of Dahl’s books. Jo Ross-Barrett was a former Inclusive Minds project manager who led the project. She wrote on LinkedIn 2022 that she was involved in a secretive project. “delivering a large-scale, comprehensive review of inclusion issues and potential solutions for copyright holders and publishers of one of the most famous classic children’s book collections in the world (specifics under NDA until publication),” National Review reported.

Barrett was described as such in a profile on Inclusive Minds. “they/them” And a “writer and editor with a passion for championing inclusive content and policies. … Jo is an autistic, non-binary, asexual, polyamorous relationship anarchist. They work with Inclusive Minds to help authors and publishers make their books more authentically representative of marginalized groups, and have provided workshops and talks at A Place at the Table 2020 and the UK Asexuality Conference 2019,” The Daily Mail reported.

Used for Inclusive Minds “sensitivity readers” “inclusion ambassadors” Editing stories for children; “ambassadors” As young as 8 years of age. Some “ambassadors” Included a trans-identifying poet, and a queer trans-identifying and intersex person.

The Telegraph Some of Dahl’s book changes were illuminated by the report. Author Salman Rushdie, who was himself subject to an Iranian death warrant for the work he did, took to Twitter to highlight their findings. “Roald Dahl was no angel but this is absurd censorship. Puffin Books and the Dahl estate should be ashamed.”

Puffin, the publisher for the Dahl books, stated that they would release two versions. Francesca Dow, the managing director of Penguin Random House Children’s released this statement: “We’ve listened to the debate over the past week which has reaffirmed the extraordinary power of Roald Dahl’s books and the very real questions around how stories from another era can be kept relevant for each new generation. … We also recognize the importance of keeping Dahl’s classic texts in print. By making both Puffin and Penguin versions available, we are offering readers the choice to decide how they experience Roald Dahl’s magical, marvelous stories.”

The publisher has made the following changes:

In “The Twits”: “Have you ever seen a woman with an uglier face than that” became “Have you ever seen anyone with an uglier face than that.” “Oh do shut up, you old hag” became “Oh do shut up, you old crow.”

In “The Witches,” These sentences were deleted

I don’t wish to make women feel bad. Many women are beautiful.“How horrid!” “Disgusting,” “My grandmother said.”If an actress is wearing a wig or if we were to wear one, we would put it over our hairs, but a witch must apply it directly to her scalp.

In “Matilda,” “mothers and fathers” became “parents.” “She went on olden-day sailing ships with Joseph Conrad. She went to Africa with Ernest Hemingway and to India with Rudyard Kipling,” became “She went to nineteenth century estates with Jane Austen. She went to Africa with Ernest Hemingway and California with John Steinbeck.”

In “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,” This sentence was completely removed “Mike Teavee himself had no less than eighteen toy pistols of various sizes hanging from belts around his body, and every now and again he would leap up into the air and fire off half a dozen rounds from one or another of these weapons.”

This sentence was also dropped: “The Oompa-Loompas spent every moment of their days climbing through the treetops.”

In “The BFG,” The word “black” was replaced with the word “dark” You can use phrases such as “It was something black,” “It was something tall and black,” “Something very tall and very black and very thin.”

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