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Thoughts on a Book | The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood

6/29/2017

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I know I'm super late to the party on this one but I just needed time to process... and to ignore it.
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​Reading this book was something I wasn't sure I wanted to do. After hearing about the show and knowing  the underlying premise I was sure it would be too hard. I was sure that in 2017 my mental health didn't need one more thing that was going to turn my stomach and induce a panic attack. The idea that women's bodies are here to serve the populous has strong roots in our modern lives. I have had the fears that this book brings to life way prior to ever hearing Margaret Atwood's name. Anti-abortionists have been trying to impede on women's choice ever since it was deemed a constitutional right.
     ARRRGH.
WHAT EVER so, one day I was at Costco on an errand for my boss and there in the book section this book stared at me from the pile. From my cart, to my car, to the couch on my three season porch this book gave me the creeps but I couldn't not read it. Not surprisingly, the 295 pages of HMT took me much longer to read than it takes me to read other books of this length.

​After every chapter I had to walk away and do something else to rest and restore my psyche. 

Reading this story through the eyes of the character Offred my mind had trouble keeping the story on the pages, I felt all of the injustices really intensely. The whole time I was reading I wanted it to stop, the writing style isn't exactly my favorite but the content was so real to me that empathy just poured out of me and the read was felt by every fiber of my body.
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Little did I know that after reading this novel the feeling in the pit of my stomach that developed would only fester and grow. The subject matter is all around me and having this new piece of fiction mixing in with my stream of non-fiction and current events is a bit nauseating but I am working to take that and turn it into motivation.

This book, this show, and most importantly to me this administration is a wake up call to every woman who enjoys the freedom to shape and reshape her own destiny. This should be a wake up to men who enjoy seeing and benefitting from the results of women shaping and reshaping their own lives. It's time to stand up and fight to move our reality towards a different outcome than depicted in this story.

Please commit to doing something positive for equality, each and every day, some days big things, some days little things. All of those big and little things will add up!

READ THIS! THEN SEE THE MOVIE... BECAUSE WE CAN IGNORE A BOOK, OR A HULU SHOW BUT WE CAN'T IGNORE THE REAL STRUGGLES THAT WOMEN ENDURE AT THE HANDS OF LEGISLATORS THAT DON'T ACKNOWLEDGE OR RESPECT A WOMEN'S RIGHT TO CHOOSE.

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and remember... 

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LOVE YOU ALL, xoxo,
​KMP

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Thoughts On a Book // SHOOT LIKE A GIRL by Mary Jennings Hegar

6/26/2017

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I have never been big on war movies, or books about weapons, planes, military experiences or the likes, but I saw this book at Barnes and Noble earlier this spring and it spoke to me, coaxing me to buy it and to explore the pages. Within the current climate I am actively in search of any of all things that will unlock new knowledge. I want to drink in the experiences of other Americans, other humans, I want to know their lives and build empathy for their struggles. 2017 has been a mental health nightmare for me but if anything is keeping me a float it is the new friends that I am able to know through the pages of books. There is no social anxiety in meeting these new people through their written stories, there is no getting dressed and leaving the house, there is no worrying about the facial reactions that I might have - in essence my books are friends with literary benefits.

So Mary Jennings Hegar and I are unlikely friends but I could not be more glad that I picked up her story. I flew through the book with voracity! Normally I am reading at least three books at a time (because #AdultADD) but once I picked this one up I basically didn't put it down until it was finished. The story hit nerves, produced tears and empowered my soul. I thank her for writing it, I thank the universe for putting it in my path and I urge you to pick it up. SHOOT LIKE A GIRL would be a great gift for a friend joining up, a retired vet or anyone who thinks that the military and the lives of it's soldiers doesn't have anything to do with them. Knowing human's experiences, learning about their motivations, triumphs, failures and what makes them tick is key to building bridges and bringing this country back together.

I don't like to give away a lot about the books I encourage others to read, I like to share my experience, the way it made me feel in hopes that someone else will want to explore it but here is a little nugget of why MJH's writing was so relatable to me and an example of the kinds of powerful sharing that she does in this autobiographical book. 


It's an intense two and a half chapters that lead up to the following sentence, 
"I would never again let someone convince me he could do whatever he wanted to my body against my will. I was truly free."  Jennings and I are just two girls who might not have anything else in common but this, we both experienced turning points in our lives that symbolize the moment of conscious reality that our bodies shouldn't be sacrificial.

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MJH is a woman who overcame countless obstacles in her dream towards becoming a pilot, she persisted and used her strength for so much good. I aspire to be as strong as her, I applaud that even after an epic career so chose to use her experiences to enhance the future for females serving our country. This book, as unlikely as the content was to resonate with me, touched a special part of my heart and I will forever feel a kindred connection to MJH.

MJH also has a TEDTALK! Which you should know by now I LOVE! 


much love and reading, @katiapriceless

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Preface About Whats To Come...

6/26/2017

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My ever-present anxiety and my newly developing depression has resulted, lately, in a crazy media intake. I'm talking hours upon hours of nothing but show bingeing, reading (magazines, books, online articles), Twitter, Instagram, cable news, listening to podcasts and NPR One and Audiobooks - all I've been doing is consuming written and recorded content. 

And in an effort to balance my intake and output I need to write and inform you about my intense feelings about specific pieces of this crazily consumed content.\

I am now about to binge on reviews, thoughts, recommendations and random rants about the stuff that my brain is trying to wrap itself around. Because if there is one thing that I am certain about in 2017 it's that we need to keep thinking. We need our brains more than anything, we need deep thought, difficult conversations and to wrestle with our roles and the ideas that drive our country.

Stay tuned. I am about to blow this site up with all of the things that have been working out my mind; some of this content is keeping me informed, some of it is keeping me sane and some of it is even giving me much needed hope. Please share it, please mull over the ideas and please read (if not this stuff than other stuff), support independent journalism, buy newspapers and don't get your media content from just one place. Democracy is what happened between elections and civilians need to keep themselves armed with relevant, helpful, diverse content. 

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    I am on a journey to be the most amazing version of myself that I can be. I always try to do what is right for myself, my planet, my body & my spirit. Living a full life to me means lots of traveling, outdoor adventures, constantly busy, obsessively learning, tons of time surrounded by friends, family and fashion.

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