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Category Archive: The Past

Identity Politics

Way back in 1992 it was considered deviant to have a tattoo. People with tattoos fell into categories […]

Amanda Shaffer 27/09/2019 Current Events, Philosophical, The Past, Writing

What We Remember

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A friend I met when I was 12 is now in critical condition in the ICU. A friendship […]

Amanda Shaffer 16/08/2017 Philosophical, The Past

A Sweet New Year

Feeling a bit like a tumbleweed tossed around by life at the moment. Family and friends, a wedding […]

Amanda Shaffer 14/09/2015 Domestic, The Past

Women I’ve Known

The people who produce the William-Sonoma catalog are diabolical. Dinner plates in soft pastels, serving dishes with whimsical […]

Amanda Shaffer 10/03/2015 Girly Things, Mother Issues, The Past

Gee Haw Whammy Diddle

My sister and niece were over the house to celebrate my daughters 16th birthday yesterday and, as usual, […]

Amanda Shaffer 20/01/2015 Random Stuff, The Past

Check Your Head

picture of Cudell recreation center
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The neighborhood I grew up in appears desolate and broken. Ten miles from where I live, its at […]

Amanda Shaffer 06/01/2015 bias, coaching, Politics, The Past

It’s everyone’s responsibility to end domestic violence

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Every once in a while I wake up with a migraine so bad it gives me black eyes. […]

Amanda Shaffer 12/09/2014 Current Events, Domestic, Girly Things, The Past

Soft Serve

The street where I grew up boasted a soft serve ice cream stand on the corner called Gigi’s. […]

Amanda Shaffer 05/08/2014 Random Stuff, The Past

I Never Played an Ingenue

When I stepped away from actively doing any theater I also stopped attending the kinds of plays I […]

Amanda Shaffer 20/05/2014 Random Stuff, The Past

Beauty Scape

I came very late to the habit of going to the salon. For 30 years I wore my […]

Amanda Shaffer 11/05/2014 Domestic, Mother Issues, The Past

Guest Rant: I Did Not Love My Mother

I re-post this as a salute to my friend who is brave, kind and more than just a […]

Amanda Shaffer 06/05/2014 Mother Issues, The Past

Willpower

There is a years long construction project near where I work. It has been fascinating to watch the […]

Amanda Shaffer 23/04/2014 Random Stuff, The Past

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

Book of Life

Searching desperately through 99,000 emails for one that I know I saved, I discovered something a friend sent […]

Amanda Shaffer 10/03/2014 Random Stuff, The Past

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

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