A disabled girl who wrote to Lego asking for better representation in their toys said a new figure with a limb difference was “amazing”. Eight-year-old Sofia from Sussex was born without a left hand, and said she felt unrepresented by the toys. The firm is releasing a new range of toys featuring diverse characters, andContinue reading “Lego: Disabled Sussex girl says new toys are amazing”
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The Simpsons creator Matt Groening on equality, memes and monorails
After a backlash prompted by a 2018 documentary called The Problem With Apu, the show has spent the last year re-casting its non-white roles. “Times change,” Matt tells us, “but I actually didn’t have a problem with the way we were doing it. “All of our actors play dozens of characters each, it was neverContinue reading “The Simpsons creator Matt Groening on equality, memes and monorails”