Want a daily wrap-up of all the news and commentary Salon has to offer? Subscribe to our morning newsletter, Crash Course. Any changes made have been small and carefully considered." "When publishing new print runs of books written years ago, it's not unusual to review the language used alongside updating other details including a book's cover and page layout," said a spokesperson for the Roald Dahl Story Company in a statement about the sensitivity edits. "Our guiding principle throughout has been to maintain the storylines, characters, and the irreverence and sharp-edged spirit of the original text. The Oompa Loompas, a favorite from Dahl's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory," will now be called "small people" rather than "small men," as they had been when the book was first published in 1964. Other big changes are being made to gender specific character descriptions, swapping "female" with "woman," or doing away with the mention of gender altogether. Republicans would rather kids be shot than let them read books
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