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To: Mr. Silverback

I remember reading some of Judy Blume's books. "Blubber" is the one I remember the most clearly. I fail to see what the sexual stuff was in her books. I guess I would have to read them again to be certain.


3 posted on 12/29/2004 12:39:17 PM PST by exnavychick (Just my two cents, as usual.)
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To: exnavychick

Forever was a bit sexual. I remember reading it and being fascinated and embarrassed at the same time. It was my first venture into anything of that sort and it was kind of shocking. Hahahaha


5 posted on 12/29/2004 12:41:42 PM PST by ShadowDancer
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this is a crappy article in the vein of "George Washington owned slaves"

the blume books with sex in them are far outweighed by the ones that don't.


39 posted on 12/29/2004 2:51:18 PM PST by KneelBeforeZod ( I'm going to open Cobra Kai dojos all over this valley!)
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To: exnavychick
Maybe he got masturbation and menstruation confused. I don't know if there's anything sexual in Judy Blume's books, but she did deal with girls' coming of age. So is she to be condemned for bringing that "bodily function" into children's literature? I don't know, but until I find out more about her books, I have to assume that the writer isn't being entirely fair to her.

A funny moment in TV was Andy Richter on the old Conan O'Brien show telling how much he loved her book and identified with the main character, until someone explained to him that he'd gotten it wrong, and much of what Blume was writing about he couldn't actually have experienced. He had a priceless look of confusion, pain, and finally understanding. But that's probably what a boy would have gone through reading that book.

41 posted on 12/29/2004 3:06:10 PM PST by x
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