"It’s Who I Was, And Where I Was, And It Happened To Me.”

March 31, 2023 4:28 PM

More than 50 years ago, the name “Judy Blume” became an enduring pop culture staple for the bravery it took to write books about puberty and sex in a way that no one else was doing. from Judy Blume Doesn’t Miss Writing. She’s Not Afraid of Dying, Either [Variety]

How Judy Blume Finally Got a ‘Yes’ From Hollywood [NYT, ungated]
Judy Blume Goes All The Way [The Atlantic, ungated]
Are You There God? It's Me, Movie Rights [previously]

posted by chavenet (3 comments total)

I didn’t know about the Prime special. I’ll have to check it out.

In my particular group of male friends, reading a Blume book was always something you just didn’t do. Not because they were “girl books” or some sort of “ew, cooties” attitude. The idea of reading Blume’s books was more akin to reading your sister’s diary. Like it would be a gigantic invasion of privacy that you just didn’t do.
posted by Thorzdad at 6:08 AM on April 1, 2023 [4 favorites]

I celebrate a little every time there's a Judy Blume FPP that isn't an obituary. I also didn't know about the Prime special and will definitely be adding that to my watch list.
posted by terretu at 7:24 AM on April 1, 2023 [7 favorites]

Judy Blume is the coolest. An acquaintance of ours, Jami Attenberg, is a writer and Judy went out of her way to praise her, befriend her, and do events with her. Just an all around super duper person.
posted by DirtyOldTown at 7:51 AM on April 1, 2023 [4 favorites]