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Terry Pratchett Audiobooks Are Hit With Trigger Warnings (reclaimthenet.org)

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[–] peter@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What parts of the book are they referring to?

[–] a253040@midwest.social 4 points 1 year ago

I'm guessing a lot of it is that Pratchett's takes on identity politics haven't always aged well, despite being generally progressive at the time of writing.

[–] bitsplease@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Yeah I'm trying to work out what "outdated attitudes" are in Discworld. Racism, sexism and whatnot are present, sure, but only really to be made fun of