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Oct 18, 2021
3 minutes
Illustration: Joseph Joyce
Over a year ago, Laura Hobson and I had a conversation about the diversity (or lack thereof) of characters in traditional fairy tales and books. My kid could not relate to any of the beautiful golden-hair Rapunzels or Cinderellas out there. Things got even more complicated when I’d undergone a divorce and had to answer questions like ’why do I have two homes?’. I could see we’re not alone in this, speaking to other parents: the kinds of literature suggested and widely distributed by was born.
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