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Popular children\u2019s book and adult fiction author Judy Blume<\/u><\/a> slammed book publisher Puffin for publishing an “updated,” more politically correct version of Roald Dahl\u2019s classic children\u2019s books, saying, “I don\u2019t believe in that.”<\/p>\n

The author of “Are you there God? It\u2019s Me Margaret” and “Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing” told Variety in a recent interview that she agreed Dahl may have used some problematic language in his writing, but insisted that his work should not be altered.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She said that children “love the way he wrote them.”<\/p>\n

SIX DR. SEUSS BOOKS TO STOP BEING PUBLISHED BECAUSE OF RACIST IMAGERY<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Blume\u2019s words came in response to controversial news that U.K. publishing company Puffin had decided to update the classic works of Roald Dahl with less offensive language.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As Fox News Digital reported in February<\/u><\/a>, “A publisher has altered children’s books by Roald Dahl \u2013 the author of several well-received children’s books that were later made into hit movies, including \u2018Matilda,\u2019 \u2018James and the Giant Peach,\u2019 and \u2018Charlie and the Chocolate Factory\u2019 \u2013 to remove language now deemed offensive.”<\/p>\n

Reporting detailed that Puffin U.K. “hired sensitivity readers to make changes to certain portions of the author’s wording in the U.K. editions as part of an effort to ensure the books \u2018can continue to be enjoyed by all today.\u2019”<\/p>\n

The announcement incited swift backlash from critics who claimed the update was censorship. The backlash prompted the publisher to alter course<\/u><\/a>, leaving Dahl\u2019s original works in print as a “classic” edition, and making the updated versions a separate line. <\/p>\n

Speaking with Variety for its new “Power of Women” issue, Blume disagreed with the publisher\u2019s move. When asked about it, suggested Dahl would be up in arms over it. She said, “What do I think about rewriting the Roald Dahl books? I think if Roald Dahl was around, you would be hearing what he thinks about that.”<\/p>\n

Blume admitted she felt that some of the language in Dahl\u2019s works was problematic but insisted that doesn\u2019t mean they should be altered.<\/p>\n

She claimed, “Whatever he is, whatever he\u2019s accused of being, there\u2019s a lot of truth there. But the books are the books. Kids still love the books, and they love them the way he wrote them. So I don\u2019t believe in that.”<\/p>\n

ROALD DAHL’S FAMILY APOLOGIZES FOR HIS ANTI-SEMITIC REMARKS 30 YEARS AFTER HIS DEATH<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

When asked if a similar update could be made to her books, she replied, “Not as long as I\u2019m around.”<\/p>\n

The interview turned to Blume\u2019s own experience with censorship of her work. She recounted how in the last several decades her famous young adult and children\u2019s books have been banned in some school libraries for their content.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Variety explained, “Her 1970 novel \u2018Are You There God? It\u2019s Me, Margaret\u2019 has been banned for featuring middle schoolers talking about the menstrual cycle, while in 1973\u2019s \u2018Deenie,\u2019 teenage girls learn about and engage in masturbation. \u2018Forever\u2019 (1975) follows a high school senior who learns to stop fearing sex as she enters her first serious relationship.”<\/p>\n

Blume remarked on this, saying, “In the \u201980s is when it all broke loose, after Reagan\u2019s election.” Blume also mentioned how the prinicipal of her own kids\u2019 elementary school banned “Margaret” from the library shelves. She said, “He believed that menstruation wasn\u2019t a topic that girls should read about, nevermind how many kids already had their periods.”<\/p>\n

Blume mentioned that this censorship is getting worse. She told the outlet, “It was bad in the \u201980s, but it wasn\u2019t coming from the government. Today, there are laws being enacted where a librarian can go to prison if she or he is found guilty of having pornography on their shelves. Try and define pornography today and you\u2019ll find that it\u2019s everything.”<\/p>\n

It was clear Blume was taking aim at conservatives\u2019 efforts to get inappropriate books out of children\u2019s school libraries. Towards the end of the interview she said, “No child is going to become transgender or gay or lesbian because they read a book. It\u2019s not going to happen. They may say, \u2018Oh, this is just like me. This is what I\u2019m feeling and thinking about.'”<\/p>\n

Blume then explicitly defended the book “Gender Queer<\/u><\/a>,” a book by Maia Kobabe found in public school libraries that has been challenged by American parents for “its depictions and descriptions of oral sex as well as discussions on masturbation.<\/p>\n

She said, “I just read a book that was wonderfully enlightening to me. It\u2019s called \u2018Gender Queer\u2019 It\u2019s probably the No. 1 banned book in America right now. And I thought, \u2018This young person is telling me how they came to be what they are today.\u2019 And I learned a lot, and became even more empathetic. That\u2019s what books are all about.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/author-judy-blume-blasts-roald-dahl-censorship-defends-controversial-gender-queer-book-being-schools <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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