Two new films remind us why the author—keeper of the secret lore of girls for more than 50 years—still finds herself on the front lines.
in which she seemed to express support of J.K. Rowling, the infamously anti-trans author of the Harry Potter series. Blume later explained that the quote was taken out of context. “I stand with the trans community and vehemently disagree with anyone who does not fully support equality and acceptance for LGBTQIA+ people,” she wrote in a post on Twitter. She clarified that she was identifying with the ordeal as someone who has been the subject of online harassment herself .
As award-winning author Jason Reynolds puts it in the documentary, “I don’t think Judy Blume wrote her books to be timeless. I think she wrote her books to be timely. And they were so timely that they became timeless.”Because she wrote mainly for children, specifically girls, Blume’s contributions are often overlooked, but I am not exaggerating when I say that I believe that she belongs in the pantheon of celebrated authors whose work has shaped modern literature as we know it.
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