I am going to see a film today called The Education of Shelby Knox. I’m looking forward to it – it looks like a great movie – but it’s particularly exciting because Shelby Knox herself will actually be there! Here’s a short description from IMDB:
A 15-year-old girl’s transformation from conservative Southern Baptist to liberal Christian and ardent feminist parallels her fight for sex education and gay rights in Lubbock, Texas.
If you’re local, and you’d like to join me at the screening at UT early this evening, it runs from 4 to 6 at the Union Theater, and both the entrance and the pizza will be free! You can find out more particulars on the event’s Facebook page. I’ll have a review for you tomorrow – but I’d rather see you there!
I hope you’ll find out where and when Shelby might be speaking and/or showing her film in other parts of the country (namely, Boulder, CO where I am)! Thanks for this heads up on what sounds like an important addition to the growing literature and film on the need to be honest with our kids about sex.