Kids today...

Well. I just finished another book for my YA Lit class. It was pretty great - like Bridget Jones' Diary on crack. When fellatio is mentioned on the third page, you know you've got a winner. Makes me think about all the books that were "risque" when I was 13. I remember those Judy Blume books (voyeurism! masturbation!) that adults tried to keep out of our hands. I also remember Jaws (p. 76 was it?) and one particular section of The Godfather. Once the dangerous passage was figured out, the page number was communicated between me and my sisters, often whispered in doorways.

Who knew that all we had to do was to wait it out and pick up YA books in the late 2000's? These kids have no idea how easy they have it! No sneaking around! Things are named and described! I'm sure they'll find something else to be stealthy about. Just give them time...