![]() ![]() ![]() When Blume began writing for pre-teens and teens in the '70s and '80s, young readers devoured her novels, which spoke to their hopes and anxieties. I mean, where are we? What country is this?" "There's legislation going on right now that says that girls in elementary school are not allowed to speak about menstruation. "They're trying to pass laws about what we can think, what our kids can think, what they can know, what they can talk about," she says. ![]() In March, Florida's Martin County School District removed her 1975 novel Forever, which deals with teen sexuality, from its middle and high schools - a move she calls government censorship. It's been nearly 50 years since some of Judy Blume's books were published, but that doesn't mean they aren't still getting banned. Writer Judy Blume poses for a portrait at Books and Books, her non-profit bookstore in Key West, Fla., on March 26. ![]()
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