Los Angeles Times Book Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 23 (2002) Winner
Judith Levine
ジュディス・レヴィン
Judith Levine
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Vermont, USA (residence) → New York City, USA (work/activity)
Career
- Occupations
- author, journalist, activist
- Active Years
- 1970-
- Affiliations
- National Writers Union, National Center for Reason and Justice (board member), ACLU Vermont (board member), No More Nice Girls (co-founder)
- Memberships
- National Writers Union (member/co-founder), ACLU Vermont (board member)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Los Angeles Times Book Prize | Harmful to Minors: The Perils of Protecting Children From Sex | — | Los Angeles Times | 受賞 |
| 2006 | Best Political Column (Association of Alternative Newsweeklies) | Poli Psy (column in Seven Days) | — | Association of Alternative Newsweeklies | 受賞 |
Los Angeles Times Book Prize
2002
Work:
Harmful to Minors: The Perils of Protecting Children From Sex
Organization:
Los Angeles Times
Result:
受賞
Best Political Column (Association of Alternative Newsweeklies)
2006
Work:
Poli Psy (column in Seven Days)
Organization:
Association of Alternative Newsweeklies
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Harmful to Minors: The Perils of Protecting Children From Sex
2002 Non-fiction (social criticism / sex education)A critique of contemporary approaches to sex education and censorship, arguing that overprotecting children from sexual information can be harmful.
sex educationcensorshipchildren's rights
Translations
- Translated into multiple languages (English original)
My Enemy, My Love: Women, Men, and the Dilemmas of Gender
2009 Non-fiction (gender studies)Analyzes traditional gender roles and the ambivalence in women's lives, examining the relationship between misogyny and feminism.
genderfeminismsocial analysis
Do You Remember Me?: A Father, A Daughter, and a Search for the Self
2004 Memoir (Alzheimer's disease and aging)A memoir about her father's Alzheimer's disease, reflecting on memory, identity, and the medicalization of aging.
memoryagingfamily
Not Buying It: My Year Without Shopping
2005 Non-fiction (consumerism critique)A witty journal examining consumerism and anti-consumerist movements through a year-long experiment of not shopping.
consumerismlife experimentethics
Translations
- Translated into five languages
Bibliography
- Harmful to Minors: The Perils of Protecting Children From Sex (2002)
- Do You Remember Me?: A Father, A Daughter, and a Search for the Self (2004)
- Not Buying It: My Year Without Shopping (2005)
- My Enemy, My Love: Women, Men, and the Dilemmas of Gender (2009)
Translations of Works
- Not Buying It translated into five languages
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- argumentative, evidence-based nonfictionjournalistic voicewry, essayistic tone
- Recurring Motifs
- sex and sex educationgender and feminismcritique of consumerismmemory and aging
Legacy
Judith Levine is a prominent commentator on sex education, gender, consumer culture and aging. Her book Harmful to Minors generated controversy but is regarded by some organizations as an influential work on sexuality. She is active as an organizer and board member in writers' and civil liberties groups and is represented in international authority files.
Academic Societies
- No clear continuous academic society memberships documented
Archives
- Library of Congress authority file
- VIAF (Virtual International Authority File)
- BnF data (Bibliothèque nationale de France)
Quotes
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Children need honest, age-appropriate guidance about sex, not censorship.
Source: Harmful to Minors (book, 2002) (2002)
Trivia
- Co-founder of the National Writers Union.
- Harmful to Minors won the 2002 Los Angeles Times Book Prize.
- Her column 'Poli Psy' in Seven Days was named Best Political Column in 2006.
- Not Buying It has been translated into five languages.