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Judy says: Thank you, thank you for all your wonderful notes. I only wish I could write back to each of you personally. But in order to start a new book I need serious thinking time, which means less time for e-mail. Hope you understand.
Just want you to know that my assistant and I read this guestbook every day, and try to respond when appropriate. Your continued love and support are a constant inspiration.
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Dear Ms Blume,
You won’t remember me, but 8 years ago or so I wrote you the very first year that I was transitioning. I’d mentioned I’d always loved your work, and I was reading “Margaret” again, because even as an adult, you made me feel less awkward about my life (as always!) You took the time to respond to me SO kindly, and you were SO supportive, and I want people to know that. It meant SO much to me that you took the time to respond. Being of “a certain age”, I grew up with you, and your kind response brought me joy in a VERY awkward time on the level of Mr Rogers telling me personally that I’m special. For many of us in my age, you’re right up there with him on the (sadly) short list of people that had a positive influence upon making us better people growing up. I’ve just now seen a report about “the comment”, and I knew I had to take a moment to say that I have first hand knowledge of your support of Trans people, and I thank you for it., and support you in turn. It truly meant so much to me, and I had to share it.
My big (Cis) sister and I are going to see “Margaret” together, and are SO excited, and I told her this story of your support and how much it meant to me when I first heard it was coming to the big screen. Thank you for being an ally, and thank you for being kind. I’m sorry for the hair trigger folks in my community have just now, but we collectively have had PTSD since things went south when Caitlyn Jenner came out. We have been under vicious attacks ever since. I want to assure my sisters that you are wonderful, kind, and absolutely supportive. I know this to be true first hand.
Since I’ve been this verbose, I hope you’ll forgive one small(er) update: Since we last talked, I have gone from being a disabled ex-nurse to having graduated from Mills College (when it was still a Women’s College! I’m fiercely Feminist and have always “preferred the company of Women”… even both my ex wives! Ha!) with my BA in English (in 2021), and a MFA in Creative Writing (in 2022). I am an adjunct Prof teaching English at a JC and I teach at a Prep school as well, but primarily, I am working on completing my first novel for adults (historical fiction about a lesbian couple in 1962 San Francisco). My second novel, however, will be a young person’s novel very much inspired by our interaction. I wrote one chapter in school and it was received enthusiastically! It is a kind of “Margaret” for young Trans girls, because they need a book written by someone who understands them and what they are going through in the way that you understood YOUR audience in Margaret. I’m hoping it will show the similarities between all women, CIS and Trans at that age… We all are scared to be different, we all want to be accepted and loved, and we all can’t wait to get our boobs! 🙂
Thank you so much, Ms Blume! My eternal gratitude and love to you! You made a real change in my life for the better!
Sincerely,
SJ
(PS: Please be patient with my community. Can you imagine how many hearts would break if you were transphobic? We have lost a lot of people that we love because we were not born Cis. We can’t even appear on beer cans without being attacked. Please don’t give up on us! 💖💖💖)
SJ
You won’t remember me, but 8 years ago or so I wrote you the very first year that I was transitioning. I’d mentioned I’d always loved your work, and I was reading “Margaret” again, because even as an adult, you made me feel less awkward about my life (as always!) You took the time to respond to me SO kindly, and you were SO supportive, and I want people to know that. It meant SO much to me that you took the time to respond. Being of “a certain age”, I grew up with you, and your kind response brought me joy in a VERY awkward time on the level of Mr Rogers telling me personally that I’m special. For many of us in my age, you’re right up there with him on the (sadly) short list of people that had a positive influence upon making us better people growing up. I’ve just now seen a report about “the comment”, and I knew I had to take a moment to say that I have first hand knowledge of your support of Trans people, and I thank you for it., and support you in turn. It truly meant so much to me, and I had to share it.
My big (Cis) sister and I are going to see “Margaret” together, and are SO excited, and I told her this story of your support and how much it meant to me when I first heard it was coming to the big screen. Thank you for being an ally, and thank you for being kind. I’m sorry for the hair trigger folks in my community have just now, but we collectively have had PTSD since things went south when Caitlyn Jenner came out. We have been under vicious attacks ever since. I want to assure my sisters that you are wonderful, kind, and absolutely supportive. I know this to be true first hand.
Since I’ve been this verbose, I hope you’ll forgive one small(er) update: Since we last talked, I have gone from being a disabled ex-nurse to having graduated from Mills College (when it was still a Women’s College! I’m fiercely Feminist and have always “preferred the company of Women”… even both my ex wives! Ha!) with my BA in English (in 2021), and a MFA in Creative Writing (in 2022). I am an adjunct Prof teaching English at a JC and I teach at a Prep school as well, but primarily, I am working on completing my first novel for adults (historical fiction about a lesbian couple in 1962 San Francisco). My second novel, however, will be a young person’s novel very much inspired by our interaction. I wrote one chapter in school and it was received enthusiastically! It is a kind of “Margaret” for young Trans girls, because they need a book written by someone who understands them and what they are going through in the way that you understood YOUR audience in Margaret. I’m hoping it will show the similarities between all women, CIS and Trans at that age… We all are scared to be different, we all want to be accepted and loved, and we all can’t wait to get our boobs! 🙂
Thank you so much, Ms Blume! My eternal gratitude and love to you! You made a real change in my life for the better!
Sincerely,
SJ
(PS: Please be patient with my community. Can you imagine how many hearts would break if you were transphobic? We have lost a lot of people that we love because we were not born Cis. We can’t even appear on beer cans without being attacked. Please don’t give up on us! 💖💖💖)
SJ
Dear Judy Blume,
Like most girls, my mother handed me my first copy of Are You There God, It’s Me Margaret when I was around ten years old. You captivated the feeling of that “awkward stage” of girlhood in such a remarkable and relatable way which has resonated with me all this long.
I began to read your Fudge series as well and truly gained my love for reading through the characters you created. My love for reading blossomed into a passion for writing my own stories.
Now, as a college graduate with and English major, I plan to teach and hopefully make time to continue writing.
With that said, I can’t see myself having this passion if it weren’t for your books growing up. You are a true treasure and I hope you know just how special you are to the writing (and reading) community.
With Love,
Serina
Like most girls, my mother handed me my first copy of Are You There God, It’s Me Margaret when I was around ten years old. You captivated the feeling of that “awkward stage” of girlhood in such a remarkable and relatable way which has resonated with me all this long.
I began to read your Fudge series as well and truly gained my love for reading through the characters you created. My love for reading blossomed into a passion for writing my own stories.
Now, as a college graduate with and English major, I plan to teach and hopefully make time to continue writing.
With that said, I can’t see myself having this passion if it weren’t for your books growing up. You are a true treasure and I hope you know just how special you are to the writing (and reading) community.
With Love,
Serina
Hello! I loved your books as a kid and I still do now! You responded to my entry last time, when I asked how you started to write. And now I'm writing a book! Thank you so much for inspiring me. Have a great day!
Judy Blume!
First of all, I love that you have this guest book and read it. Amazing.
Second of all, your books rock and helped me so much during my 70s childhood.
Third of all, thank you a million for saying that you support trans and all LGBTQ youth. I have a trans child and she is amazing. But the hate and ignorance around this issue scares me - for her and all youth. I'm trying to make change in the world but there is a big, well-funded swell against us.
Your VF interview was fantastic, unsurprisingly - anyone who writes about topics the way you have throughout your career would have a clear eye towards most issues. Books do make you more empathetic - it's a shame that people can be afraid to feel empathy towards someone who may be different than them.
Keep writing please!!!
First of all, I love that you have this guest book and read it. Amazing.
Second of all, your books rock and helped me so much during my 70s childhood.
Third of all, thank you a million for saying that you support trans and all LGBTQ youth. I have a trans child and she is amazing. But the hate and ignorance around this issue scares me - for her and all youth. I'm trying to make change in the world but there is a big, well-funded swell against us.
Your VF interview was fantastic, unsurprisingly - anyone who writes about topics the way you have throughout your career would have a clear eye towards most issues. Books do make you more empathetic - it's a shame that people can be afraid to feel empathy towards someone who may be different than them.
Keep writing please!!!
I understand that we are distant cousins through the Sussman side of my father, David Berman’s mother.
I wanted to reach out and connect.
I wanted to reach out and connect.
Judy, I have been in love with your writing for years. You have been one of my biggest inspirations and I've grown up with the comfort of your characters. I know you say you've stopped writing, but I'm desperate for one last novel. Also, one day I will be there to turn summer sisters into a tv show. I love you so much!!! -Ella
thanks to AARP, I just saw the wonderful documentary Judy Blume, Forever, I so admire you for speaking out for the adolescents. They need you more than ever these days
I must say I loved your colorful glasses..where can I find the frames.. hopefully they are not just reading glasses.. I so "need" fun glasses at my age (76)..
I must say I loved your colorful glasses..where can I find the frames.. hopefully they are not just reading glasses.. I so "need" fun glasses at my age (76)..
Hello there,
I want to start this out by saying how much I am a fan of you and your work. I have read every book of yours, some over 10 times!
When I was in fourth grade, my teacher read to the class, “Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing.” I was smitten and hooked. I burned through the rest of your Fudge books. I dipped into your other books and was saddened when I reached the end of the age appropriate collection. I fell even more in love with your adult books, particularly “Smart Women”.
This year, I started my career as a third grade teacher in a rural community. My goal was to read to them a fiction book every single day. My grandmother, who was an elementary librarian for 30 years, bought me the box set of the Fudge series. Like me, 20 years ago, my third graders were enthralled. They would beg for the next book, some not being able to wait, would check out the next book ahead of me.
For me personally, you have instilled a love of reading and ignited a love of reading in 60 students (my co-teacher read it to her students and received the same reaction.)
I am forever a fan and selfishly hope you write many more books in the future.
Thank you from Lake Havasu, AZ.
I want to start this out by saying how much I am a fan of you and your work. I have read every book of yours, some over 10 times!
When I was in fourth grade, my teacher read to the class, “Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing.” I was smitten and hooked. I burned through the rest of your Fudge books. I dipped into your other books and was saddened when I reached the end of the age appropriate collection. I fell even more in love with your adult books, particularly “Smart Women”.
This year, I started my career as a third grade teacher in a rural community. My goal was to read to them a fiction book every single day. My grandmother, who was an elementary librarian for 30 years, bought me the box set of the Fudge series. Like me, 20 years ago, my third graders were enthralled. They would beg for the next book, some not being able to wait, would check out the next book ahead of me.
For me personally, you have instilled a love of reading and ignited a love of reading in 60 students (my co-teacher read it to her students and received the same reaction.)
I am forever a fan and selfishly hope you write many more books in the future.
Thank you from Lake Havasu, AZ.
Dear Judy, I am feeling very emotional, reading about your support for JK Rowling today in The Sunday Times.
I was an obsessional reader as a child and teen - spent hours hunkered down in my local library reading all sorts of books, and yours were my favourites - it seemed to me that you really 'got' children - girls in particular. I am one of the many women all over the world to whom Joanne Rowling has given a voice. I left my job in a Primary School because we were asked to agree that a very young child was now 'the opposite sex', just because that child di not conform to stereotypes, and had been teased for it. I believe we should support children to be the kind of boy or girl they want to be. I don't lie to children, and I don't pretend that other things aren't driving children's sense that they don't feel 'right'.
Thank you for defending her right to speak, and thereby, mine. Yours, and ordinary, not 'hateful' woman
I was an obsessional reader as a child and teen - spent hours hunkered down in my local library reading all sorts of books, and yours were my favourites - it seemed to me that you really 'got' children - girls in particular. I am one of the many women all over the world to whom Joanne Rowling has given a voice. I left my job in a Primary School because we were asked to agree that a very young child was now 'the opposite sex', just because that child di not conform to stereotypes, and had been teased for it. I believe we should support children to be the kind of boy or girl they want to be. I don't lie to children, and I don't pretend that other things aren't driving children's sense that they don't feel 'right'.
Thank you for defending her right to speak, and thereby, mine. Yours, and ordinary, not 'hateful' woman
Thanks a million from Ireland for standing with JK Rowling. That takes courage. You are two women who have influenced & comforted myself AND my kids over the years since 1986 when i read Margaret for the first time. Thank you for the work you do xxx
First I wanted to say I love your work and how much it meant to me as a teenager especially. Now I am sharing it with my daughter too. Secondly, thank you so much for having the guts and strength of character to add your support to JKR in your Times interview. It means so much to so many of us.
P.s. I'm really looking forward to the film!
P.s. I'm really looking forward to the film!
Hi Judy I am reading In the Unlikely Event for my book club because I too grew up in the 50s In Elizabeth NJ. I was a little younger than you but also attended Battin. I now live in a CCRC called Willow
valley in Lancaster and thought it would be fun to talk about your book and recall so many memories. My dad brought me to the first crash sight in the Elizabeth River. Something I will not forget. I was wondering if there was a book guide of questions I could refer to at our meeting. That would be great if I had some thing. I already know I’m going to dress as a Bobby socker & bring fifties music. So anything you can add would be appreciated.
Thank you
My Best
Sharon Aldrich Gonzalez
PS
I lived on Sheridan Ave very very near the airport!
valley in Lancaster and thought it would be fun to talk about your book and recall so many memories. My dad brought me to the first crash sight in the Elizabeth River. Something I will not forget. I was wondering if there was a book guide of questions I could refer to at our meeting. That would be great if I had some thing. I already know I’m going to dress as a Bobby socker & bring fifties music. So anything you can add would be appreciated.
Thank you
My Best
Sharon Aldrich Gonzalez
PS
I lived on Sheridan Ave very very near the airport!
You are one of the main reasons I became a YA writer and a playwright that uses the voice of young people. Though I know everyone who read the books felt the same way, I always felt like you were talking just to me. I am thankful your book was in my generation, not today's censored ridiculousness. You gave me the confidence to share my voice, so I just wanted to say thank you. As that child under the covers reading your stories, you set the direction of my adult life.
Dear Judy ❤️,
I just finished reading your book “Are you there God, it’s me Margaret” that I got for my eleventh birthday.I think it might be one of my favorite books so far. When my mom gave to me I didn’t want to read it, then I lost my other book and was needing to read something. I read the first two chapters and then next this you know I’m obsessed! We need more Margaret books .
Love ,
Sahara 💕
I just finished reading your book “Are you there God, it’s me Margaret” that I got for my eleventh birthday.I think it might be one of my favorite books so far. When my mom gave to me I didn’t want to read it, then I lost my other book and was needing to read something. I read the first two chapters and then next this you know I’m obsessed! We need more Margaret books .
Love ,
Sahara 💕
I don’t know why but I never read your books? I am now reading Are you there God? It’s me Margaret
From the moment my elementary school teacher first read "Freckle Juice" to our class, I was a fan. From then on I just had to read every one of your books. No matter what age I was there was a book that spoke to me and for that I truly thank you. I've been a fan of yours for almost 50 years and am lucky enough to have held on to some of my original books, which I will always treasure. Thank you for sharing your gift with all of us and love you always! Aileen
hey im am about to right a report on you and imier you
Thank you for writing such wonderful books that teenagers could enjoy when I was 12, and now my kids that age can enjoy! 'Are you there God, it's me, Margaret' and 'Just as long as we're together', were 2 of the books we read over and over. I loved sharing the books with my friends and cousins as a teen and they meant a lot and are a big part of my childhood and formation years!
Thank you!
Thank you!
My 2 daughters read your books in the 70’s. and we thoroughly enjoyed them.
However, after your rant against Gov. Desantis, my great granddaughters will be censored from any of your books.
However, after your rant against Gov. Desantis, my great granddaughters will be censored from any of your books.
Hello. In 1974,I wrote to Judy Blume. Books were(and still are) my deepest love.You couldn't possibly know how much the hand signed response I got back meant to me! It was my prized possession for 8 years until a girl in out foster home stole it from me. Your act of kindness still puts a smile on my heart. It was one of the only 2 things I made sure to always take with me when I was shuffled around.You made me feel like I mattered. Thank you!
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