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Category Archive: Philosophical

10 Things I Learned in 2014

I recently saw a picture of Cinderella’s slipper with the caption “If Cinderella went back to pick up […]

Amanda Shaffer 31/12/2014 Philosophical

“Tell us what you really think”

There are lots of ways to shut down women when they are speaking. For me the one that […]

Amanda Shaffer 10/09/2014 Feminism, Girly Things, Philosophical, Politics

Cheap shots

While this title might suggest a lengthy post about the evils of drinking well liquor, it is instead […]

Amanda Shaffer 11/08/2014 Girly Things, Philosophical, Random Stuff

Micro, micro dopamine flow. Bite my ass.

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I am being forced to write this blog post by a friend who has suffered through an 8 […]

Amanda Shaffer 24/07/2014 Philosophical, Random Stuff

Civilization Crumbles

The New York Times Social Q’s column sometime in the last couple of months included the line – […]

Amanda Shaffer 09/07/2014 Philosophical, Random Stuff

Steel Cables

Been thinking a lot about obligations lately. What you owe to colleagues, family, friends, society – why and […]

Amanda Shaffer 10/04/2014 Philosophical, The Past

Mixed Marriage

My husband and I have a mixed marriage when it comes to our attitudes about our books. I […]

Amanda Shaffer 07/03/2014 Domestic, Philosophical, Random Stuff

Red Card

I’m not a terribly sports oriented person. I don’t like watching professional sports other than tennis, and always […]

Amanda Shaffer 13/01/2014 Philosophical, Politics

Un-Wealthy

There has been a lot of discussion lately about poverty in the US both because of the 50th […]

Amanda Shaffer 10/01/2014 Current Events, Philosophical, Politics

Time Out

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Time off means different things to different people. For me, stretches of “free time”, also known as “Holidays”, […]

Amanda Shaffer 02/01/2014 Philosophical, Writing

Progress

Sometimes the future arrives when you aren’t even looking. The other night we attended the fall concert at […]

Amanda Shaffer 28/11/2013 Philosophical, Random Stuff

For what its worth

I was rummaging around in envelopes of old photos when I came across one of me ironing when […]

Amanda Shaffer 25/11/2013 Feminism, Philosophical, The Past

Name Game

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I got into an interesting discussion with my daughter about the custom of women taking their husband’s name […]

Amanda Shaffer 20/11/2013 Feminism, Philosophical

Context Matters

Context matters. Until it doesn’t. Watching and listening to the story unfold of how NFL player Richie Incognito […]

Amanda Shaffer 17/11/2013 Current Events, Philosophical

Sugar & Spice

I attended a lecture about negotiating today. Specifically about how women do or don’t negotiate and why. None […]

Amanda Shaffer 14/11/2013 Feminism, Philosophical

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