“She definitely wanted to talk about how important it is to her that women still have the right to do what they choose with their bodies.” Wade decision was leaked, and we didn’t include all of it in the film but she talked about the one scene in ‘Forever’ where the main character Katherine goes to Planned Parenthood, not for an abortion but to get birth control and to take control of her body,” Wolchok said. for decades since their respective releases, namely 1973’s “Deenie” which deals with masturbation, and 1975’s “Forever,” about a high school senior who explores her sexuality. Many of Blume’s books have been censored in the U.S.

That’s what is especially enraging and infuriating and disheartening.” Davina Pardo and Leah Wolchok Getty Images for Stacy's Pita Ch “That’s where it’s getting a lot scarier, because bills are being introduced that get signed into law that limit the way that kids are able to talk about themselves and read about themselves and their bodies and really discuss information that would help them understand their bodies better and be accepted for who they are. … There are political movements getting involved in what our kids can and can’t read,” Wolchok told IndieWire. “In the ’80s, it was small groups of parents getting together to challenge books that they did not want their own kids to read and they didn’t want all kids to read. In a recent interview with InideWire, “Judy Blume Forever” documentarian Wolchok addressed the differences between Blume’s battle against book banning in the ’70s and ’80s and the fight against modern right-wing politicians.

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