Undoctored photo credits: State Board of Education
Headline: Medium, 7/2/2025
In a brazen display of political intimidation, the Florida State Board of Education leveled shocking allegations against school administrators. During a recent meeting, board members threatened Hillsborough County Superintendent Van Ayres with criminal prosecution if he did not immediately remove Forever by Judy Blume, along with other award-winning titles, from school libraries.
Board member Dr. Grazie Christie was recorded saying,
Have you considered firing all your media specialists and starting from scratch with women and men who can read or have a single shred of decency? These people that you trust to review these materials are abusing the children of your county. They’re child abusers.
This inflammatory, unsubstantiated, and incredibly harmful claim prompted Superintendent Ayres to concede to the permanent banning of more than fifty titles. In doing so, he bypassed the district’s established review process, which includes committee evaluations and parental input, setting a troubling precedent for state-sponsored censorship in public schools.
87-year-old Judy Blume: Still getting rabid conservatives' undies in a bundle.
"Forever" was published 50 years ago.
More than 4,000,000 copies of "Forever" have been sold since its publication in 1975. Overall, Judy Blume has sold more than 80,000,000 books.
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