The book explores friendship, identity, and self-acceptance.
With a few tweaks, like making Tony’s character a little less misogynistic and a little more tender, Then Again, Maybe I Won’t could be a cautionary tale about the perils of male entitlement and a guide to unlearning toxic masculinity.Īny of the books from Blume’s Super Fudge series could be made into a movie, but a book about a girl learning to navigate and overcome imposter syndrome? Yes please! The book traces one summer in the life of Sheila Tubman-a 10-year-girl riddled with phobias-who tries to play it cool on the outside, even as her internal anxieties rage within. The book touches on wealth inequality, mental health, and changing bodies. The plot follows Tony, a 12-year-old who moves from New Jersey to wealthy Roosevelt, New York, and Joel, Tony’s chauvinistic, entitled foil character. Blume’s Then Again, Maybe I Won’t could be just that-if done right. We need more films about boys that combat toxic masculinity. Rather than going the box office route, we’re casting our vote for Are You There God? as a Netflix series, set either in the 1970s-menstrual pad belts and all-or in the present day, updating the story to show Margaret going through her “witchcraft phase”- described by Jezebel as “the period wherein tweens decide to ‘be witches’ for a few months”- where she has deep talks with the goddess while figuring out how to use a diva cup without spilling blood all over her hand. Raised agnostic, Margaret talks to God about everything, from periods to religion to how to navigate friendship and betrayal.
Referenced across popular culture from SNL to Deadpool, Blume’s seminal guide to puberty, Are Your There God? It’s Me, Margaret, follows Margaret, a 12-year-old girl, as she navigates the shaky ground of adolescence.
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