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Judy Blume Makes a Career Out of Empathy

Today is Judy Blume’s birthday!

The beloved author of children’s and young adult novels has written over 30 books — which also include non-fiction and works for older adults — and earned over 90 literary awards throughout her prolific career. 

Judy wrote her first book, The One in the Middle Is the Green Kangaroo, in 1969 when she was 31 years old.read more.

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FYC ’17: Jessica Perry

FF2 Associate Editor Jessica Perry asks you to consider these six films by women writers &/or directors (from the full list of films released in NYC theatres in 2016). Note that this list was created in November & will be updated after December 31, 2016.

My Favorite Feature Films of 2016 (2)

My Favorite Documentary Films of 2016 (2)

My Favorite Foreign Language Films of 2016 (2)

Photo: Sally Field as Doris Miller and Max Greenfield as John Fremont in Hello, My Name is Doris. read more.

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FYC ’17: Eliana Levenson

FF2 Associate Eliana Levenson asks you to consider these films by women writers &/or directors (from the full list of films released in NYC theatres in 2016). Note that this list was created in November & will be updated after December 31, 2016.

My Favorite Feature Films of 2016 (2)

My Favorite Foreign Language Films of 2016 (2)

Photo: Edge of Seventeen

Photo Credit: (Murray Close/STX Films)… read more.

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