“I used to think that when my kids grew up”: Judy Blume at the Arlington Public Library event on October 22, 2015. Accessed on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUDBcovfFjM.
Index
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abortion
Adolescent Family Life Act (AFLA) on, 181–82
Blume’s personal experience with, 119
Diary of a Mad Housewife (Kaufman) on, 112
It’s Not What You’d Expect (Klein) on, 177–78
Roe v. Wade (1973), xix, 95, 201
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (Alexie), 67–68
Adolescent Family Life Act (AFLA), 181–82
“Age of Innocence,” New York Times on, 174
Alexie, Sherman, 67–68
All Boys Aren’t Blue (Johnson), xvi
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), 149, 150–51, 190–91, 192
American culture. see also censorship; divorce; feminism; marriage; race
birth control pill and, 75–76, 95
Blume’s fame and, 142–44
boys’ vs. girls’ sexuality and cultural norms, 75–78. see also masturbation
divorce and women’s finances, 53–58. see also divorce
“nice girl” image, 45, 81, 88, 91
pop culture films of late 1970s, 141
post–World War II economy and, 19–21
Religious Right and, 142, 165–68, 183–84
sex education of late 1960s and, 27–28, 29–32, 34–37. see also Are You There God? (Blume)
sexual pleasure by women, 93–100
suburban lifestyle, 42, 51
“Teen-Age Girls” (Life) on, 21–22
on virginity and marriage, 88–89. see also virginity
American Libraries journal, 185
American Library Association, xvi, 156–57, 185, 190–91
Andrews, V.C., 175
Animal House (National Lampoon), 141
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret (Blume)
“bust” chant, 23
censorship and, 186
childhood as “messy” and, 38–39
commercial success, 58, 144
criticism of, 147, 148
