Movies Review: The irrepressible writer shows why she’s the GOAT of YA lit in ‘Judy Blume Forever’ Impressed with their work and their pitch to her, Blume let them adapt her most cherished book - and couldn’t be more thrilled with the results. Brooks (creator of “ The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and “Taxi” writer, director and producer of “ Terms of Endearment” and “ Broadcast News” executive producer of “ The Simpsons”). Her experience with adaptations had been mixed: a TV movie in the ’70s based on “Forever…,” a short-lived TV series in the ’90s based on her “Fudge” books and - happiest for her - a feature film of “ Tiger Eyes” directed by her son in 2012.īut with a sense of her time growing short and a desire to see “Margaret” done right, Blume agreed to meet with director Kelly Fremon Craig (“ The Edge of Seventeen”) and producer James L. The body-positive message of the new film version of “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” is just as needed now as when the book came out 53 years ago.īlume had long declined offers to option “Margaret,” aware that to many, the book is a sacred text.

Opinion Opinion: Florida wants to bar schools from talking about menstruation. She quickly spoke out, reiterating her well-known support for all LGBTQ rights and calling any suggestion to the contrary “bull-.” In fact, Blume had only expressed sympathy with authors harassed online - an experience she knows something about. Rowling’s opposition to transgender rights.

In a story in the U.K.’s Times earlier this month, a journalist couched a quote from Blume to imply that she shared author J.K. It’s a battle both starkly similar and sharply different from those of the past, but Blume is navigating its minefields with remarkable agility. Today Blume is using her platform to fight the present wave of book bans, which is targeting kids’ books dealing with gender and race. A new documentary, “ Judy Blume Forever,” surveys her life and career, covering her fervent fanbase, Reagan-era censorship and the outrage at Blume’s plain discussion of adolescent concerns. Still both candid and nurturing, unruffled by global success, Blume, 85, is retired from writing and runs a bookstore with her husband, George Cooper, in Key West. This weekend sees the premiere of “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret,” the first-ever adaptation of Blume’s 1970 classic. She’s comforted generations of young people by voicing their worries, answering their letters and fighting for their freedom to read about the stuff of their daily lives: puberty, bullying, family dynamics, early searches for faith and love. Sanctioned, interrogated, smeared and threatened with violence: Is this a suspected terrorist, or perhaps a rogue politico? No, it’s beloved children’s author Judy Blume.

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