"I Must, I Must, I Must Increase My Bust"
24"x30"
acrylic on canvas

A large number of Judy Blume's books have been banned including "Are You There God?  It's Me, Margaret", "Blubber", and "Forever" to name a few.  It's a coming of age book that deals with a girl getting her first period, her first bra and trying to figure out her relationship with religion and god.

Dana Ellyn's painting, "I Must, I Must, I Must Increase My Bust", shows a preteen girl in her first training bra doing an exercise that Margaret and her friends (and many other preteens) did to try and increase their bustline.