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Gay princes and trans deer
For more diversity: Do we have to rewrite our children’s books and fairy tales?
In this live episode of the star-DISKUTHEK, which is broadcast as part of the “Week for Diversity”, we discuss diversity in children’s books and fairy tales – and the question of whether children’s book classics such as “Pippi Longstocking” should be rewritten.
There has long been an emotional debate about non-discriminatory language and diversity in children’s books and fairy tales. Classics like “The Little Witch”, “Pippi Longstocking” or Grimm’s Fairy Tales have been criticized. In Hungary, Prime Minister Viktor Orban has banned the fairy tale book “Fairytale Land for All” with homosexual princes and a trans deer. A Hungarian politician even went so far as to publicly shred the book.
stern publishes various fairy tale book “Fairy tale land for everyone”
Of the star that’s one of the reasons why he published “Fairytale Land for Everyone” in German. The book has also made waves in Germany – because there are also opponents of such new stories in this country.
In this live episode of the star-DISKUTHEK, which is broadcast as part of the “Week for Diversity”, we discuss diversity in children’s books and fairy tales. And the question of whether children’s book classics such as “Pippi Longstocking” should be rewritten.
The following DISKUTHEK guests will discuss this with our moderator Daphne Sagner:
Saskia Michalski (lives in a polyamorous relationship, podcaster, presenter and children’s book author)
Alexander Korte (child and adolescent psychiatrist, psychotherapist, father)
Brigitte Zypries (former justice minister, former economics minister, SPD politician)
Laura-Lena Förster (deputy editor-in-chief of stern, mother)
Key questions of the DISKUTHEK “For more diversity: Do we have to rewrite our children’s books and fairy tales?”
- Key question 1: Should children’s books and fairy tales be rewritten for more diversity?
- Key question 2: Is discrimination a question of childhood education?
- Key question 3: Are we creating a more tolerant society by communicating trans identity, gender diversity and queerness in children’s books and children’s television?
- Key question 4: Should the state oblige publishers to provide more diversity in children’s books?
Moderator: Daphne Ivana Sagner
Editors: Hendrik Holdmann, Sarah Klößer, David Baum
Editorial collaboration: Sarah Winter, Marco Klehn
Camera: Rashed Payam
Image mix: Robin Aldag
Sound and Light: Simon Prem
Graphics: Martin Schlosser
Graphic concept: Vladislav Estrin, Edgars Noskovs
Director: Hendrik Holdman
Head of the stern video department: Hendrik Holdmann
Production management, direction: Christoph von Gülich
All DISKUTHEK episodes can be found here.
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