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I made an algorithm, and then had a book published based on it, that gender swaps any text you put into it. It’s called Gender Swapped Fairy Tales and the whol
by jonplackett 5y ago
I made an algorithm, and then had a book published based on it, that gender swaps any text you put into it.
It’s called Gender Swapped Fairy Tales and the whole idea is about showing up the subtle (or not so subtle) gender biases we all have.
Some things are obvious like processes now rescuing princes but there are a whole lot of other things you won’t have noticed about the way these stories are told. For example there are a lot of fathers desperately wanting to have children. And female beasts and monsters that are allowed to be angry and scary and still get to be loved.
Some more info here: genderswappedfairytales.com and it’s available in all good bookshops in the uk, USA, Australia, New Zealand, Poland and Italy. and will shortly be published in France, Germany, South Korea and hopefully more places soon!
For me it’s the perfect sweet spot of a project that’s technically interesting AND something I personally believe in AND (hopefully) important to wider society.