Sam Miller

Moms for Liberty pushes ‘parents pledge’ in high-stakes meeting with GOP

A top conservative organization advocating parents’ rights is descending on Capitol Hill Wednesday to meet with both Republicans and Democrats on the subject of transgender issues and other agenda items. Moms For Liberty is taking its “parents pledge” to Congress, with group members expected to sit down with Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and others in…

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“Judy Blume: A Life” and the Problem of Biography

“Judy Blume: A Life” and the Problem of Biography

When Blume started writing, the market category of young-adult (as opposed to children’s) literature was defined by politically motivated novels that took up social issues, such as drugs and teen pregnancy—“problem novels,” Oppenheimer calls them, using the terminology of the time. Blume didn’t write “problem novels,” he stresses. He quotes her in an interview, somewhat…

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