book banning challenges to, 186, 191
feminism and, 46–48
themes of, 42–45, 52, 56, 109, 113–14
It’s Not What You’d Expect (Klein), 177–78
It’s OK if You Don’t Love Me (Klein), 161–64, 186, 187
J
Jackson, Richard “Dick”
on Blume’s critics, 146, 149
Blume’s discovery by, 10–17
on Blume’s themes of puberty, 41, 44, 45
Blume’s working relationship with, 25–26
on censorship concerns, 172–74, 188
Crazy in the Cockpit (Randy Blume) and, 198
on Deenie (Blume), 66, 69
Forever (Blume) marketed as adult book by, 101–2
James and the Giant Peach (Dahl), 207
Johnson, George M., xvi
Johnson & Johnson, 37
Johnston, Jill, 55
Jong, Erica, 110–11, 128, 132
Journal of the American Medical Association, 89
The Joy of Sex (Comfort), 69–70, 107, 211
“Judy Blume: Children’s Author in a Grown-Up Controversy” (Christian Science Monitor), 179, 182
The Judy Blume Diary (Dell paperbacks), 144
Just as Long as We’re Together (Blume), xv–xvi, xviii, 135–36
K
Kahn, Suzanne, 42–43, 53, 201
Katz, Leanne, 192–93
Kaufman, Sue, 111–13, 128, 132
Kempton, Susan, 47
Kennedy, John F., 47
Khomeini, Ayatollah, 214
KIDS Fund, 144
Kimberly-Clark, 35, 36–37
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 16
Kirkus Reviews, 16, 28, 72, 102
Kitchens, Tom, 115–21, 133–37
Klein, Norma, xvii, 174, 177–78, 185–87
Kobabe, Maia, xvi
Kotex (Kimberly-Clark), 35
