Book · 1957 · homosexuality
Forever
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I think even in 2025 2024 2025 school year, she was um her novel Forever was on the um list of most banned books, the one that had it was basically a safe sex self-help um manual.
The best things said about it
You can learn about this the way we all did in the 1970s by buying the book forever.
Megyn Kelly The Megyn Kelly Show · Mar 2024 I did pass around forever which was another one of Judy Bloom's books that had some fairly graphic sex scenes that were very educational.
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Why people recommend it
Judy Blume's 1975 YA classic Forever addresses teenage sexuality and relationships, famously serving as a vital educational resource for generations of readers. On Stuff You Should Know in July 2026, Josh Clark discussed the novel's massive cultural footprint, noting its appeal to Gen X readers and observing that it continues to appear on lists of the most banned books due to its candid, manual-like approach to safe sex. On The Book Review in July 2024, Elisabeth Egan reminisced about passing the novel around with peers during her youth because its graphic sex scenes provided essential educational value. Megyn Kelly similarly brought up the book on The Megyn Kelly Show in March 2004, referencing it to contrast the straightforward sex education of the 1970s with contemporary classroom debates. The enduring fascination with the title stems from its frank portrayal of adolescent love and bodily autonomy, making it a frequent topic of discussion among cultural historians, podcasters, and educators examining the shifting boundaries of censorship, youth literature, and the evolution of open conversations about adolescent development, sex education, and personal responsibility over the past several decades.
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Josh Clark I think even in 2025 2024 2025 school year, she was um her novel Forever was on the um list of most banned… 2
“I know her 1975 book Forever is not one that I read, but that's a very big book for Emily and I know a very big book for a lot of like uh probably girls of all generations, but Gen X girls in particular because that was the one where she had kind of been building up to, you know,”
“I think even in 2025 2024 2025 school year, she was um her novel Forever was on the um list of most banned books, the one that had it was basically a safe sex self-help um manual.”
Elisabeth Egan I did pass around forever which was another one of Judy Bloom's books that had some fairly graphic sex scen… 1
“I did pass around forever which was another one of Judy Bloom's books that had some fairly graphic sex scenes that were very educational”
Megyn Kelly You can learn about this the way we all did in the 1970s by buying the book forever 1
“You can learn about this the way we all did in the 1970s by buying the book forever”
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
“She wrote uh Forever.”