Book Blog 2: Deadened by the Drip

Popular mass media perpetually drips messages about gender, sex and relationships into our minds. The trouble is, it often promotes false or counterfeit images of what womanhood is all about. In this Girls Gone Wise video book blog, I challenge you to examine whether your mind is being deadened by that constant drip drip drip. When it comes to the ideas you expose yourself to, are you being wise or wild?

Read the second point of contrast between a Wild and a Wise Thing (Pages 35-44)
Download and complete the Chapter Questions for Personal Reflection
Take the Media Reduction Challenge

Do you agree or disagree that “you’ll become what you expose yourself to”?

Do you think you’ve been influenced by things you’ve seen? How?

What adjustments have you made (do you want to make) to your media intake?

About The Author

Mary Kassian

Mary and her husband love hiking and biking in the spectacular Canadian Rockies, spending long winter nights in front of a crackling fireplace, and escaping the snow from time-to-time to dive, snorkel and paddleboard in the sun. Naturally, they love spoiling their adorable grandkids . . . and their black lab too. Mary also loves DEMO DAY! . . . tearing down walls, ripping up floors, trying her hand at electrical and plumbing, building stuff, refinishing furniture. She knows her way around a hardware store and is happy as a lark when she has a power tool in her hand.