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Matilda at 30: To mark three decades since Roald Dahl’s heroine first appeared, her illustrator, Quentin Blake, has imagined her life now

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Tags: united kingdom, roald dahl, matilda, illustration, quentin blake, anniversaries, characters, author.donna ferguson, source.the guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/sep/15/matilda-at-30-roald-dahl-quentin-blake

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Title
Matilda's new adventures at 30: astrophysicist, explorer or bookworm
Authors
Donna Ferguson
Published
Sep 15 2018
Word count
762 words

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    tan
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    This is a great point, and I'm glad the article (and this linked one) made me aware of this. Kids need role models, and representation is important - yet I still hear people claiming that feminism...

    Children’s fiction continues to be dominated by male characters because publishers wrongly think boys don’t like to read books about heroines, she says – and this continues to make Matilda appear fresh and relevant. “We are surprised by Matilda because there aren’t many modern female characters like her. We shouldn’t be, but we still are because times haven’t quite changed enough.”

    This is a great point, and I'm glad the article (and this linked one) made me aware of this. Kids need role models, and representation is important - yet I still hear people claiming that feminism is no longer needed because women are now equal. At least Matilda is there for us.

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      At risk of opening an argument I don't want to continue beyond a throwaway comment. I would say that those that think that women have achieved equality are probably those that were/are against...

      yet I still hear people claiming that feminism is no longer needed because women are now equal.

      At risk of opening an argument I don't want to continue beyond a throwaway comment. I would say that those that think that women have achieved equality are probably those that were/are against their strive for equality and the idea of feminism to begin with.