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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
John Bett

'The changes in Roald Dahl's books are offensive - I'd rather be fat than enormous'

A woman has spoken out about the changes in Roald Dahl's books and described them as 'unnecessary' - as she feels that the phrase 'enormous' is just as insulting as the word 'fat'.

Confidence strategist Lizi Jackson-Barrett believes she is one of the people the changes are designed to protect, but she thinks the books should continue to be printed in their original form.

Lizi describes herself as being "overweight almost all my life", and she has alopecia and chooses not to wear a wig, so she feels that at least two of the changes in Roald Dahl's work directly apply to her.

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