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Catherine Elcik's avatar

Thanks so much for writing this! I clicked through to see the changes and got enraged all over again, particularly around the complete removal of the word fat. As a fat person myself the absolute ignorance of the move makes my blood boil. The problem with body image in society was never the word fat but the perceptions around that word. Removing the word fat stigmatizes a perfectly useful adjective and does absolutely nothing about changing the way society worships at the the alter of starvation physiques. Striking a red pen through the word fat is the thoughts and prayers of body empowerment--useless rhetoric designed to make the person holding the pen feel better while doing absolutely nothing to make substantive changes.

Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk. :)

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Steve koziol's avatar

Kids love the bad guys and can understand that is their role. A Series of Unfortunate Events, the book series won't ruin kids, as we know. Some parents roll their eyes and gasp, but kids get it.

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