I am so loving the stories people are telling in response to my inquiry about how they learned how babies are made. However, one thought these comments aroused (heh heh) in my little head is the difference between learning about how babies are made/where babies come from and about sex in general. After I learned how babies were made, I don't think that I thought about people having sex just to have sex because it felt good. Then again, my Barbies were getting it on with Ken, so I must have had some concept of the many purposes of sex. On the other hand, I was clueless enough to ask my mom how babies were made, so perhaps this is just another sign that I was not the most perceptive lass out there. Hmmm…
By the way, Forever rocked the house, as did Then Again, Maybe I Won't and to a lesser extent, Are You There God?.... (Not to mention the brilliant comedy that emanates from Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing and SuperFudge, although they had nothing to do with the traumas of puberty. I still laugh out loud just thinking about scenes from those books.) Long live Judy Blume!
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Judy Blume wrote a book for adults a few years ago. I never read it, but others did and they liked it. I should remember what it was called and go buy it.
ReplyDeleteThat wasn't really a comment on your blog, that was more of a mental note for me.
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I have been buying all the old Judy Blume books. I find them in thrift stores instead of buying them new, because then they have the covers I remember.
ReplyDeleteOh..and Judy Blume has actually written several adult titles. The first one, "Wifey" came out around the same time as "Forever". They are all pretty good.
My Barbie dolls led very disfunctional lives. Car wrecks, murders, prostitution, drug abuse. They were seriously screwed up...ahhh, the memories.
I think it was called Summer Sisters. It was ok-ish.
ReplyDeletejust a thought, i asked my sister (who is the ripe old age of 14) if she'd read any of the above mentioned judy blume books... she had no idea who judy blume is!!!what is wrong w/ the current generation!?!
ReplyDeleteThanks, I must go clear my local bookstore of at least one copy of every Judy Blume book to put in my "youth lit that i must re-read collection."
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