Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Thu, Mar 26, 2020 8:01 PM
[nancy drew] Also I just found out its possible I've been reading fake Nancy Drew my entire life
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Thu, Mar 26, 2020 8:03 PM
From 1950s onwards, Nancy Drew books were heavily revised
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Thu, Mar 26, 2020 8:03 PM
A good change: racial stereotypes were eliminated
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Thu, Mar 26, 2020 8:03 PM
a bad change: that's because there's only white people in the books now
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Thu, Mar 26, 2020 8:04 PM
another change:
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Thu, Mar 26, 2020 8:04 PM
"In the revised books, Nancy is relentlessly upbeat, puts up with her father's increasingly protective tendencies, and, when asked if she goes to church in the 1969 The Clue of the Tapping Heels, replies, 'As often as I can'
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Thu, Mar 26, 2020 8:05 PM
Thu, Mar 26, 2020 8:05 PM
Nancy learns to hold her tongue; she doesn't sass the dumb cops like she used to."
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Thu, Mar 26, 2020 8:05 PM
Edits to change Nancy's sass to "Nancy said, sweetly."
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Thu, Mar 26, 2020 8:06 PM
I think there is valid criticism for Nancy being a privileged viewpoint character
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Thu, Mar 26, 2020 8:06 PM
but idk
owl time
@MadarFoxfire
Thu, Mar 26, 2020 8:59 PM
I will interpret changing overt sass to sweet as like
owl time
@MadarFoxfire
Thu, Mar 26, 2020 9:00 PM
A southern auntie saying "well bless your heart" because it's not ladylike to say "go fuck yourself"
Niamh Vibes
@nerdiethings
Thu, Mar 26, 2020 9:01 PM
Valid
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