Article excerpted from Aftonbladet (?) by Åsa Mattsson

"Allows girls to be cocky
To me, Astrid Lindgren has been the pep talk of all times. Astrid allows all her Pippi-like girls cross the limits, she liberates the girls from traditional girly categories such as decency and goodness, and lets them soar freely and unpredictably.

Gave girls the leading roles.
With Astrid Lindgren came the girls that dared, that were noisy, that were different, that "gave tit for tat", that were extremely verbal, that were imaginative, funny and absolutely fantastic. Girls with provocative characters, around which exciting stories could circulate, girls that weren't just passive subordinate characters, which still is the norm in children's books and literature in general. Yes, girls like us could simply recognize ourselves. Thanks Astrid for everything you've written, but especially for this."

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