![]() ![]() ![]() Blume took the taboo - birth control, puberty, bullying, divorce - and made it mainstream. And she pours that empathy and that memory onto the page in a way that really resonates with kids." Why were these books so controversial?īefore Blume, young people rarely had a chance to read about the issues directly impacting them. "She remembers what it feels like to be a kid, to feel like your parents don't understand you, or your sibling is driving you crazy, or your body is confusing … She's able to tap into those feelings seemingly so easily. " that memory extends to feelings," explains Pardo. ![]() ![]() How did Blume write through the eyes of young people so well?īlume has impressive powers of recall when it comes to her own childhood. "The powerful thing about Judy Blume is that she has this ability to really portray the interior lives of young people … and she describes their concerns and their desires without judgement," says Wang.ĭavina Pardo, who co-directed Judy Blume Forever, told Stop Everything!: "I got my period when I was 10 … to open up a book like Margaret and be inside the head of a girl who wanted this thing so desperately that I was so ashamed of … to be part of a conversation with Margaret and her friends that I wasn't having in my own life, was so incredibly comforting." Listen to Stop Everything!įor more pop culture coverage. ![]()
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