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Blume
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noun
- Judy, born 1938, U.S. novelist.
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Times staff writer Howard Blume contributed to this report.
Times staff writer Howard Blume contributed to this report.
As a white, straight woman, who as a child read Judy Blume — one of America’s most banned authors — to navigate the tricky crosscurrents of youth, Jones said books are a refuge and a map for those wanting to empathize with people different from themselves.
The Utah State Board of Education has ordered schools to remove 13 books, including works by Judy Blume, Rupi Kaur, Sarah J. Maas, Margaret Atwood and other authors, for content they deem to be pornographic or indecent under a new state law.
The first set of banned materials includes Judy Blume’s "Forever," is a coming-of-age book that touches on sexuality, Margaret Atwood’s "Oryx and Crake,"a post-apocalyptic novel that has been frequently subjected to banning, and Rupi Kaur’s book of poetry, "Milk and Honey," which is about "violence, abuse, love, loss, and femininity," ABC News reported.
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