Judy Blume is very awesome. When I was working at symphony space, Anna and I wrote her an email and she emailed us back, in all seriousness and fairly promptly too. ANd once when I went to a book signing, she listened to me babble about my love for ...Starring Sally J. Friedman as Herself and was responsive to my gush. For these reasons, and so many others, Judy Blume ROCKS. Her books are among the most challenged in libraries, and for years she's been active in the fight against censorship, because she knows that is totally fucked up.

So, Judy Blume wrote a very positive message on behalf of Planned Parenthood for mother's day....and now she's getting death threats from anti-choice extremists. She certainly doesn't deserve that. Send her a supportive shout out. Tell her that you love how she stands up for choice. That she stands up against censorship. That Superfudge rocked. Whatever. Just tell her you're not out to kill her. I'm sure that would be a welcome change of pace.

http://www.ppaction.org/campaign/supportjudy