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In the original version of her song Grrrls, Lizzo used the word 'spaz,' based on the condition spastic diplegia, to suggest she was going to lose control. Within days of criticism that it was an ableist slur, she replaced the line. 'I never want to promote derogatory language,' she said.

'Revealed through a series of journal entries, this story of the relationship between a young grandmother and her eight-year-old deaf granddaughter, as they explore the watery world that surrounds them, living at the edge of the Bog of Allen, is heartrendingly beautiful.'