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Judy Blume Forever

I was cuckoo with excitement

I was cuckoo with excitement

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I was cuckoo with excitement.
Duration
5 seconds
Views
35
Timestamp in Movie
00:16:27
Uploaded
Apr 20, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Amazon Studios,Imagine Documentaries,Uncle Feather Films,Imagine Entertainment

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Movie Summary

Judy Blume and the generations of readers who have sparked to her work. It will examine her impact on pop culture and the occasional controversies over her frankness about puberty and sex.
My first advance was $350. - Judy Blume Forever 00:13
My first advance was $350.
But these were stories told from the outside - Judy Blume Forever 00:08
But these were stories told from the outside
It wasn't really from here, not until I wrote Margaret. - Judy Blume Forever 00:07
It wasn't really from here, not until I wrote Margaret.
I was visiting my parents with my new baby. - Judy Blume Forever 00:12
I was visiting my parents with my new baby.
{\an8}And she said, "I'm writing a story - Judy Blume Forever 00:39
{\an8}And she said, "I'm writing a story
I wanted to write the truth, the reality of being that age. - Judy Blume Forever 00:08
I wanted to write the truth, the reality of being that age.
I wrote a first draft so fast in like six weeks... - Judy Blume Forever 00:42
I wrote a first draft so fast in like six weeks...
"Are you there God? It's me, Margaret." - Judy Blume Forever 00:09
"Are you there God? It's me, Margaret."
"Gretchen, my friend, got her period. - Judy Blume Forever 00:27
"Gretchen, my friend, got her period.
{\an8}"You are as obsessed with your friends as I am, - Judy Blume Forever 00:07
{\an8}"You are as obsessed with your friends as I am,
And wherever you're going, I'm kind of like down to come with you." - Judy Blume Forever 00:08
And wherever you're going, I'm kind of like down t...
{\an8}Here I was, this flat-chested girl from Brooklyn, um, - Judy Blume Forever 00:10
{\an8}Here I was, this flat-chested girl from Brooklyn, um,
It's that period where you are too old to be a child - Judy Blume Forever 00:31
It's that period where you are too old to be a child
You're on the cusp, when things are gonna change - Judy Blume Forever 00:19
You're on the cusp, when things are gonna change
And then going through it furiously, and it didn't tell me anything. - Judy Blume Forever 00:05
And then going through it furiously, and it didn't tell...
I mean, it talked about plants and things, and I was so furious. - Judy Blume Forever 00:05
I mean, it talked about plants and things, and I was so furi...
And when I got to be in fifth and sixth grade, - Judy Blume Forever 00:10
And when I got to be in fifth and sixth grade,
I lied in sixth grade and said I had my period - Judy Blume Forever 00:09
I lied in sixth grade and said I had my period
I wore, uh, what were then called a sanitary napkin - Judy Blume Forever 00:08
I wore, uh, what were then called a sanitary napkin
I wore it to school so they could pat my backside - Judy Blume Forever 00:07
I wore it to school so they could pat my backside