"Judy is the one who says that it's not YA. She always draws that distinction, so I honor her. There wasn't such a category. No one talked about YA."
"She was part of a movement, unsurprisingly a sort of late '60s, early '70s movement aligning with the counterculture, aligning with second-wave feminism."
Judy Blume's work is distinguished from Young Adult literature, focusing instead on middle-grade readers. Her writing emerged during a cultural movement in the late '60s and early '70s, which included second-wave feminism and a new focus on the emotional lives of young people. Blume's books generated significant love and controversy, reflecting the changing societal attitudes towards youth and their experiences. Her contemporaneous contributions to works like Free to Be You and Me further highlight her influence during this transformative period.
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