It's one thing to report on Supreme Court cases, but quite another to cover celebrity sex tapes and drunken starlet antics. When television legal analyst Lisa Bloom—who has worked for such networks as Court TV, CNN, and CBS News—saw the changing paradigm of what news directors thought their women viewers wanted, she decided it was time to write a book that would be a wakeup call for women across the country. "Most women are pretty conversant about lip plumpers and wrinkle fillers, but they're not knowledgeable about the things that most of us would agree are important," Bloom tells Show Daily. "So rather then just throw up my hands and say, ‘Well that's just the way it is,' I thought somebody has to do something about this. So I decided to write a book."\
In Think: Straight Talk for Women to Stay Smart in a Dumbed-Down World (Vanguard, June ), Bloom exposes how the tabloid media pervades women's lives and redirects their priorities. Bloom's mother, feminist lawyer Gloria Allred, and other crusading women like her are also featured in her book. "We owe them a debt," Bloom declares. "They didn't kick down doors for us to spend our time e-mailing pictures of kittens on Facebook." Bloom explains how to make better use of our time. "Become the CEO of your own life; take charge of the information you need."
Bloom makes a big push for reading books: "Books allow your mind to unfurl. The more time we spend with tabloid media, the more we start to believe that ‘boob jobs' matter. "
She will be signing at the Perseus/Vanguard booth (4106) today at 11 a.m.
