The Friday before the new Netflix adaptation of Judy Blume’s novel Forever was set to release, its creator Mara Brock Akil was power-walking through New York City for exercise. The Los Angeles resident was in town doing a round of press to support the show, and, in a full-circle moment, …
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When was the first time you realized you were a woman? Was it when you got your first period? Was it when you had your first heartbreak? Was it when you were in ninth grade and the unibrowed kid on your school bus wouldn’t stop calling you a slut, despite …
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Judy Blume skewered Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and his efforts to dictate the parameters of public education in the state, telling a crowd at Variety’s Power of Women event, “Teachers are under fire, librarians are threatened. They are criminalizing teachers and librarians. It’s not just that they’re threatening their jobs. …
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Judy Blume Forever, the upcoming Prime Video documentary, is a dive into the creative mind who shared her fair share of adolescent experiences through her writing. In the first official trailer for the film, out April 21, Judy Blume journeys through her own coming-of-age story that inspired the influx of …
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