GET ME REWRITE: Squeamish Florida GOP legislators think this book is hazardous to a girl's health

 

Headline:  The Independent, 3/20/2023

Florida’s state legislature has introduced a new bill that will ban any discussion of menstrual cycles in elementary school grades. Now, people have shared their outrage over the ban, including Judy Blume – the famed author of Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. 

Blume, who’s 1970 novel has helped young readers explore topics of puberty and religion, took to Twitter on 18 March to share her cheeky reaction to the proposed bill. The 85-year-old author quoted a tweet from writer Carl Hiaasen, which read: “Florida bill would ban young girls from discussing periods in school. Here’s Ron DeSantis Universe, with GOP lawmakers nosing into your children’s most private matters. Welcome to ‘free’ Florida, right? What a farce.”

Plot summary of Are You There God, It's Me Margaret? by Judy Blume

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