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The Misogyny Lives in Us
The Misogyny Lives in Us

They see the 2024 election results so clearly: racism and misogyny lost Harris the vote. But they can’t face their own internalized preference for a white man’s opinions and feelings.

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Sara SchaffNovember 20, 2024misogyny, academia, misogyny in academia, sexism, election, ivory tower Comment
Losing a Country
Losing a Country

Today I grieve.

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Sara SchaffNovember 6, 2024 Comments
The Relief of Feeling
The Relief of Feeling

Every day is full of great beauty and tremendous sorrows. How rarely we are able to fully witness and feel them both at once.

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Sara SchaffOctober 20, 2024grief, grieving, love, joy, home Comments
His Memory is a Blessing
His Memory is a Blessing

Richard and Maggie were the first people I knew who truly showed up for life—and for the people in their lives—with total joy, compassion, and love.

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Sara SchaffSeptember 8, 2024richard macphail, maggie cole, music, grief, love, joy, Genesis, genesis, prog rock, progressive rock, uk energy efficiency, radio rich pickings, tour manager Comments
A Sudden Absence of Cynicism
A Sudden Absence of Cynicism

Cynicism is self-protective; it requires wary intelligence, as well as hyper vigilance—or, as a friend recently described, an exhausting state of “waiting for the other shoe to drop.”

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Sara SchaffAugust 7, 20242024 Election, Democracy, Hope, Cynicism, Joy, Kamala Harris, Tim Walz, VoteComment
Rereading Munro's Silence
Rereading Munro's Silence

I can admire her artistry and appreciate what I learned from it, but I’ll always understand her stories as a way of processing her silence, and often excusing it.

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Sara SchaffJuly 11, 2024Alice Munro, Andrea Skinner, AI, ai, separating the art from the artist, nobel prize, chatgpt, Munro, CanLit, art, writing, fictionComment
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