A quick palate cleansing, brain cleansing, soul cleansing blog post

It’s Friday, the end of a long week. Not really the end, but a milestone reached on the calendar in any case. Yesterday I felt okay but I’ve been going through a soul-draining time. So it was delightful to go check my mailbox and find not one but two wonderful books waiting for me, review copies that I gathered heartily.

I have read Momma Zen author Karen Maezen Miller’s new book Hand Wash Cold as an e-galley, but having it to hold and read as a paperback is a gift. Now I can cozy up with warm paper rather than a cold laptop and read it again. Karen’s writing always helps me reconnect with and appreciate the life I have–ups, downs and all around.

And after all the Frank Deford sexist commentary musing this week, it was a breath of fresh air to discover Courtney Martin and J. Courtney Sullivan’s new book Click: When We Knew We Were Feminists.

We really need more voices from women, young women, and feminists in particular, as recent reporting indicates, including recent Newsweek coverage of the reproductive rights movement that didn’t get nearly enough input from young women themselves, so I can’t wait to dig into this treasure trove.

[I know that Newsweek did a follow up to that piece and I am behind in following the story as it evolved. For more commentary from young feminists, check out Jezebel's coverage and related links.]