Wednesday, February 22, 2023
Roald Dahl’s books have been edited to stop calling people fat so much Matt Pearce Los Angeles Times
of Dahl’s classics, the British newspaper The Telegraph found that the new versions removed or rewrote passages describing characters as “fat,” “crazy,” New editions of classic 20th cen- “ugly,” and “black.” tury children’s books by British author Some references to ethniciRoald Dahl — such as “Charlie and the ties have been removed or adjusted Chocolate Factory,” “James and the Gi- — “Eskimos” are now described as ant Peach,” “Matilda,” “The Witches” Inuit — and gender-neutral terms like and “Fantastic Mr. Fox” — have been “children” and “parents” have replaced edited and rewritten to remove lansome references to “boys and girls” and guage seen as offensive or potentially “mothers and fathers.” insensitive to modern-day sensibilities. The Telegraph cited before-andAfter comparing new editions after examples, including from “Charlie published by Puffin to previous versions and the Chocolate Factory.” An older
edition of the book described one character like this: “The man behind the counter looked fat and well-fed. He had big lips and fat cheeks and a very fat neck.” In the newest edition, these sentences were removed entirely. Other sentences referencing fatness were also removed, such as “The fat around his neck bulged out all around the top of his collar like a rubber ring”; “Who’s the big fat boy?”; and “Enormous, isn’t he?” Many edits are more subtle: “The fat shopkeeper shouted” became “the shopkeeper shouted,” and “the fat shop-
keeper said” became “the shopkeeper said.” Some Twitter users attacked the latest updates to Dahl’s books as “woke” and pointless. “The thing that annoys me about the Roald Dahl changes is how stupid they are,” tweeted Daily Telegraph arts and entertainment editor Anita Singh. “A ban on the word ‘fat’ yet keeping in the rest of the description in which Augustus Gloop is clearly fat.” See Dahl’s on page 4
OSU vs WVU 3 takeaways from OSU’s blowout loss Boone on the bench The Cowboys needed more than the 10 minutes they got from Kalib Boone on Saturday at TCU. Braden Bush In that game, Assistant Boone picked up two Sports Editor quick fouls and was relegated to the bench. He attempted just two Tendencies from shots and had three early in conference points and no rebounds. play showed up again, Monday wasn’t better. and those tendencies Boone was called brought similar results. for his first foul 43 OSU struggled seconds into the game, with turnovers and then his second with went on a huge scor17:58 left in the first ing drought in the first half. Again, Boone was half of its 85-67 loss sent to the bench. against West Virginia He played four in Morgantown on minutes in the first half Monday night, and it and had three turnovers quickly took the Cowand no shot attempts. boys out of the game. Boone picked up Now, the Cowboys are two more and a technion a three-game losing cal early in the second streak, just as they were half, fouling out in just in early January. six minutes with four Here are three points and no rebounds. takeaways from the See Blowout on page 2 game.
Andy Crown Naomie Alnatas only scored nine points on 3-10 shooting in the Cowgirls loss to Iowa State earlier this season.
Cowgirls looking for revenge in matchup vs Cyclones on Wednesday Parker Gerl Staff Reporter
Photo name Kalib Boone fouled out in six minutes and scored just four points in the Cowboys’ loss.
opportunity to coach In their last matchagainst Iowa State coach up, Iowa State limited Bill Fennelly and his OSU’s leading scorer Cyclones, but this time in Naomie Alnatas to nine After earning her Stillwater. points on 3-10 shoot100th career win on Sat“I remember watch- ing. The Cowgirls didn’t urday, OSU’s Jacie Hoyt ing (Bill Fennelly’s) have their best day from is ready to keep the ball teams when I was in behind the arc either, rolling. high school and have just making just five 3s on 17 On Wednesday, admired his work ever attempts. OSU will look to grab its since, so it’s very surreal But as of late, Al20th win of the season for me to get to be on natas has caught fire. In against No. 20-ranked the other sideline going her last four games, she’s Iowa State. It’s their sec- against him,” Hoyt said. averaging 19.3 points per ond meeting of the year “But I also feel like I’m game on 46% shooting, after the Cowgirls fell to ready to be home and get including two 20-point the Cyclones in January him in our place, because performances. on the road, 69-64. you know, it was a close And since their loss Hoyt is lookgame there (at Iowa to the Cyclones, OSU has ing forward to another State).” posted a 6-2 record and
is playing one of, if not their best, stretches of basketball. They also have yet to lose at Gallagher-Iba Arena in the new year. “I just think we’ve gotten better, we’ve gotten smarter defensively. I think we’re a much better team than we were that first time around (against Iowa State),” Hoyt said. “The energy at our last home game against Baylor was electric, and I’m excited to hopefully have that again on Wednesday.”