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grarpamp grarpamp at gmail.com
Tue Mar 14 00:24:44 PDT 2023


Many more books have been wokewashed recently...


'Goosebumps' Author R.L. Stine Accuses Publisher Of Progressive 'Censorship'

https://www.theepochtimes.com/horror-book-author-accuses-publisher-of-progressive-censorship_5110711.html

The author of the popular horror book series “Goosebumps” has recently
admitted to being ignorant about some versions of his books being
edited by the publisher.
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis's book “The Courage to Be Free:
Florida’s Blueprint for America’s Revival,” for sale on a store shelf
on Feb. 28, 2023 in Titusville, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

American novelist R.L. Stine is the creator of the Goosebumps series
of books, which is considered the second-highest selling in the world,
trailing only Harry Potter. Goosebumps is estimated to have sold over
300 million copies worldwide. During a 2018 ebook re-release,
publisher Scholastic edited the books to align with progressive
ideologies that reflect a leftist version of social justice,
diversity, and gender equality. There were rumors that Stine made the
edits, but the author has refuted it.

“The stories aren’t true. I’ve never changed a word in Goosebumps. Any
changes were never shown to me,” Stine said in a March 7 tweet. He was
replying to another Twitter user’s post, which said, “The fact he
supports censorship and the alteration of works of art is quite
disturbing. How shameful.”

The 1996 book “Attack of the Jack-O’-Lanterns” described a character
as “tall and good-looking, with dark brown eyes and a great, warm
smile.” It has now been changed to “tall and good-looking, with brown
skin, dark brown eyes, and a great, warm smile.” The line “all four
people were very overweight” was changed to “All four people were
huge,” cited the British newspaper The Times.

“Don’t Go to Sleep!” from 1997 had a boy dismissing Tolstoy’s book
Anna Karenina as “girl’s stuff.” The boy dismisses the book in the new
version because it is “not interesting.”
Changing Goosebumps

The word “crazy,” which was mentioned multiple times in the Goosebumps
series, has been removed and replaced with terms like “scary,” “wild,”
“silly,” “stressed,” and “lost her mind.” The word “nutcase” has been
replaced with “weirdo” while “a real nut” has been changed to “a real
wild one.

Scholastic, the world’s largest publisher and distributor of
children’s books, insists the edits were necessary to keep up with the
times. “Scholastic reviewed the text to keep the language current and
avoid imagery that could negatively impact a young person’s view of
themselves today, with a particular focus on mental health,” said the
publisher, according to The Times.

A line from the 1997 book “I Live in Your Basement” that originally
said, “did he really expect me to be his slave—forever?” has been
changed to “did he really expect me to do this—forever?” removing the
word “slave.”

A character from the 1998 novel “Bride of the Living Dummy” was
originally dressed as a clown with black rings painted around his
eyes. The color of the rings has been changed to red.

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