Not that author Judy Blume, who lives in Florida, is happy about that, and she's made it clear as she promotes the movie that she disagrees with lawmakers who support the "Don't Say Period" bill. And yet, as the film adaptation arrives in theaters more than 50 years later, books are being banned at an increasingly alarming rate and the Florida House of Representatives passed a bill in March that prohibits school discussions of menstrual cycles before the sixth grade. The poignant book Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret was controversial when it was released in 1970, for its frankness about menstruation, among other topics. The film adaptation of the often-banned book Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret features girls discussing their periods, something Florida lawmakers are attempting to prohibit in schools.(Illustration: Aisha Yousaf for Yahoo/Photos: Getty Images, Everett Collection)
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