as theme of Blume’s books, xviii–xix
virginity and, 79–92. see also virginity
Wifey (Blume) on, 123–30
Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS), 30–32, 76, 102–3, 169–70
sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)
sex education on, 29
Wifey (Blume) on, 125
Sexual Politics (Millett), xx, 46
sexual revolution
“housewife’s syndrome” and, 2–4
masturbation and, 69–71
“What About the Right to Say ‘No’?” (Lee), 86
Shields, Brooke, 141
Show Me! (McBride and Fleischhauer-Hardt), 169–70
Shulevitz, Uri, 189
SIECUS Report (Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States), 169–70. see also Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
Silsbee, Peter, 10–12, 16, 101–2, 146, 149, 167
Silverberg, Cory, 71, 107, 171, 211, 213
Simon & Schuster, 70
Slaughterhouse-Five (Vonnegut), 149, 186
Smart Women (Blume), 195–200
Solzhenitsyn, A., 157, 185
Sparks, Beatrice, 187
St. Martin’s Press, 170
Star News (Medford, Wisconsin), 202
Steig, William, 189
Steinbeck, John, 185, 186–87
Steinem, Gloria, xix–xx, 4, 128–29
Stewart, Potter, 171
Stine, R.L., 191
The Story of Menstruation (film, Kotex and Walt Disney), 35–36
Stuart Little (White), 167
suburban culture, 42, 51. see also American culture
suicide, Forever (Blume) and portrayal of, 83
Summer Sisters (Blume), 24, 82
Summer Sisters (Peacock series), xvi
Superfudge (Blume), 58, 142–44, 185, 211
Supreme Court, U.S., 150–51. see also individual names of cases
Sussman, David (Blume’s brother), 5, 21
Sussman, Esther “Essie” (Blume’s mother)
