“What About the Right to Say ‘No’?” (Lee), 86
on Wifey (Blume), 132
“nice girl” image, 45, 81, 88, 91. see also virginity
Nixon, Richard, 47, 69, 183–84
Nordstrom, Ursula, 38
“Not Even for a One-Night Stand” (Rees), 146–49
NYU (New York University), 1, 6–9, 10, 59
O
Of Mice and Men (Steinbeck), 186–87
Oh! Calcutta! (play), 27
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (1981), 181–82
“On Being a Banned Writer” (Klein), 185–86, 187
The One in the Middle Is the Green Kangaroo (Blume), 8–9
“The Ooh Ooh Ahh Ahh Bird” (Blume), 8
The Open Book (bookstore), 152
Oppenheimer, Robert, 117
Ordinary People (Guest), 186
Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great (Blume), 142–44
Our Bodies, Ourselves (Boston Women’s Health Collective), 70, 167
Our Subway Baby (Mercurio), 206
The Outsiders (Hinton), 13–14, 175
P
parenting. see motherhood and parenting
Parents of New York United, 150
People magazine, 115, 117, 133
Personal Products Company (Johnson & Johnson), 37
Philadelphia Daily News, 180
physical appearance, Forever (Blume) and portrayal of, 83
Pico, Steven, 149–51, 168
Pill (birth control pill), 75–76, 95
Pinter, Harold, 214
Places I Never Meant to Be (Blume), 203
Planned Parenthood
Calderone and, 30
National Coalition Against Censorship and, 192
portrayal of, in Blume’s books, 87, 95–96, 139, 141
Playboy Clubs, “A Bunny’s Tale” (Steinem) on, 4
Playboy magazine, inception of, 2
Pollack, Pamela D., 103
Portnoy’s Complaint (Roth), 130, 167
