Recently, I read a stunningly sharp piece by legal analyst Lisa Bloom, arguing that American women are playing into a “dangerously, unabashedly stupid celebrity and celluloid-saturated culture.”  Her new book, Think: Straight Talk for Women to Stay Smart in a Dumbed-Down World, premieres this week, and I can’t wait to read it. Yet, even though I know non-intellectual fodder is bad for me, I can’t stop myself from indulging in the world of celebrity now and again.  (I think of it as a banana split for the mind).... read more