Normally, Courtney is the one writing thank you Thursdays, because this column was her idea. Why, you may ask? Because that is what Courtney Martin does–she gives gratitude. Well, this Thursday it’s time to send some of that love her way.

Many of you have probably grown accustomed to Courtney’s compassionate and genuine style of blogging over the last few years, covering everything from the arts to sexual assault in the military. She’s an accomplished writer (hello, three books), speaker, activist and teacher. She founded the Secret Society for Creative Philanthropy. And she’s been writing at Feministing for almost 5 years (which given all of our schedules and resources is no small feat). And these are just a few ...