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Category Archive: Politics

They Know Not What They Do Because They Know Not Who They Are

I’m working with one of my coaching clients  – I’ll call her Sally because I don’t know anyone […]

Amanda Shaffer 04/09/2014 Current Events, Politics

Bias and Believing

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Thank god for cell phones. The images of the protests and police reaction in Ferguson, Missouri over the […]

Amanda Shaffer 15/08/2014 Current Events, Politics

Monkey Bread

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My writing about politics and current events has been in a long summer drought. I didn’t check out […]

Amanda Shaffer 13/08/2014 Current Events, Politics, Writing

Ranting in disgust – a proud mother moment

The other day my daughter posted a mini-rant on her Facebook page. She must have been deeply bored […]

Amanda Shaffer 08/08/2014 Feminism, Girly Things, Pages, Politics

Attention Cranky Hippie Ladies: you are promoting the wrong kind of feminism.

The power to define yourself rather than allowing society to define you by your gender or sexuality is […]

Amanda Shaffer 21/05/2014 Feminism, Pages, Politics

Sunshine Week

Many years ago when I was studying Ancient Greek we used a primer about a farmer and his […]

Amanda Shaffer 21/03/2014 Current Events, Politics

Why I Call Myself a Feminist

Labels are important. They tell you whats inside the can, they list the ingredients and they warn about […]

Amanda Shaffer 17/03/2014 Feminism, Politics

No Duty To Retreat

An uncomfortable truth is hidden under the national discussion about music being played too loud, and the hoodies […]

Amanda Shaffer 05/03/2014 Current Events, Politics, Writing

Queer

The word Queer is one I have not used in a very long time. When I was in […]

Amanda Shaffer 27/02/2014 Current Events, Politics, The Past

Disincentivize

For the last week I’ve been listening to the chatter about the Congressional Budget Office report about the […]

Amanda Shaffer 11/02/2014 Current Events, Politics

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

Sucker

It’s taken five years but I feel I am now fully trained. I got really excited yesterday when […]

Amanda Shaffer 08/01/2014 Current Events, Politics

Budget

The budget shenanigans of the 112th and 113th Congress have irritated me more than any other idiocy they […]

Amanda Shaffer 17/12/2013 Current Events, Politics

Sandy Hook

It is disheartening how little impact the mass murder of 20 elementary school children has had on gun […]

Amanda Shaffer 13/12/2013 Current Events, Pages, Politics

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