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Category Archive: Current Events

Maybe not so current by the time you read them.

Who I Am

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I started this blog as an outlet for my musings, insights and irritations. Using the old adage that […]

Amanda Shaffer 09/11/2016 Clinton, Current Events, Politics

Guest Post: A Spirit, Not a Ghost

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I often write about free speech on this blog. It is one of my core values and its […]

Amanda Shaffer 05/11/2016 Current Events, Politics

Guest Rant: The Positive Case for Hillary Clinton

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I am privileged to have some really smart friends who often write things I wish I had said […]

Amanda Shaffer 03/11/2016 Clinton, Current Events, Politics, Religion

5 Unexpected Milestones

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It’s not quite time yet for looking back on the highs and lows of 2016, but going to […]

Amanda Shaffer 28/10/2016 Clinton, Current Events, Feminism, Philosophical

The Sum of Our Parts

I live in a segregated neighborhood. That may seem like an odd way to describe my corner of […]

Amanda Shaffer 20/10/2016 Clinton, Current Events, Politics

Thank you Donald Trump

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Donald Trump is the best thing to happen to American women since Seneca Falls. In my work I get […]

Amanda Shaffer 13/10/2016 Clinton, Current Events, Feminism, Girly Things, Uncategorized

Hillary Can Join my Car Pool

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I survived watching the first presidential debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. The only moment that made […]

Amanda Shaffer 27/09/2016 Clinton, Current Events, Feminism, Girly Things, Politics

When words fail

I have been increasingly silent on my blog during the last year. Partially because I had a mistaken […]

Amanda Shaffer 11/07/2016 Current Events, Politics

Reposting because everyone should read this

I Fit the description… This is what I wore to work today. On my way to get a […]

Amanda Shaffer 05/12/2015 Current Events, Politics

What Your Mother Has Done

A New York Times opinion piece about work/life balance (“A Toxic Work World“) is making the rounds and […]

Amanda Shaffer 21/09/2015 Current Events, Feminism, Girly Things, Mother Issues, Pages

Burning Down the House

While I was facilitating a discussion about race this week it came up that some people “didn’t want […]

Amanda Shaffer 30/04/2015 Current Events, Philosophical, Politics

Talking About Race

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Given their druthers race is not usually the go to conversation topic for most people. It’s not hard […]

Amanda Shaffer 24/04/2015 Current Events, Feminism, Philosophical

The Right to Be Right

The comment was “Anyone who doesn’t think we are living in a police state is deluding themselves.” It […]

Amanda Shaffer 05/02/2015 Current Events, Politics

Claudette Colvin, Rosa Parks and the Brutal Truth of Video

There is a moment in every public discussion of race where the topic is no longer the justice […]

Amanda Shaffer 08/01/2015 Current Events, Politics

Now What?

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UPDATE: November 25, 2019 Much remains the same since I wrote this post back in 2014, and some […]

Amanda Shaffer 25/11/2014 Current Events, Politics

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