New Today: Think: Straight Talk for Women to Stay Smart in a Dumbed-Down World by Lisa Bloom

In Think: Straight Talk for Women to Stay Smart in a Dumbed-Down World (Vanguard), Lisa Bloom, lawyer, author, famous daughter (to women’s rights attorney, Gloria Allred) and frequent television talking head, is trying to rekindle girl power. Think is a smart book that calls on women and girls to assess what it means to be part of a culture that often rewards beauty over brains.

Twenty-five percent of young American women would rather win America’s Next Top Model than the Nobel Peace Prize.

Twenty-Three percent would rather lose their ability to read than their figures.

Bloom tells us that, while women are now outperforming men at almost every educational and professional level, some time in the last decade “our brains became devalued.”

This, Bloom tells us, is unacceptable, not only for our own happiness, but for our culture:

Bottom line: your critical thinking skills are desperately needed right now for you own good as well as for the sake of your community, your country, and your planet.

That nagging like voice? It’s your brain, and it’s telling you that it wants back in the game.

You go!