Amanda MageeJust Another Day in AmericaSaturday I needed to run to the grocery store, news had just broken about the shooting at Walmart in El Paso. Sean wasn’t home, and I told…Aug 5, 2019Aug 5, 2019
Amanda MageeBehind the Opinions are PeopleWhether you believe the news or not, it dehumanizes, so does social media. I’d like to invite you into one aspect of being on the accuser…Sep 24, 2018Sep 24, 2018
Amanda MageeTriggers and Innocent QuestionsThe latest news cycle, which honestly doesn’t feel that different from those that have come before it, hs hit me like a mack truck. Old…Sep 21, 2018Sep 21, 2018
Amanda MageeTime Breaks and Starts Over“Promise we’ll have another fort at the next house?” the girls asked. It was 2010 and we were moving to fit our growing family. Two years…Apr 19, 2018Apr 19, 2018
Amanda MageeImperfection isn’t Useless: Building a Movement #TimesUp #MeTooI hadn’t planned to watch the Golden Globes. I had heard about the initiative to wear black to show solidarity and I thought it was great…Jan 12, 2018Jan 12, 2018
Amanda MageeSelf Improvement is About SelfThe gaily decorated cards, received or sent, the increasing intensity of sales alerts, and the obligatory, or beloved, gatherings of family…Dec 28, 2017Dec 28, 2017
Amanda MageeA life with both anger and joy.Anger doesn’t sell. Joy can be dampened by the 24 hour news cycle. How are we supposed to achieve any sort of balance? I don’t mean the…Nov 12, 2017Nov 12, 2017
Amanda MageeBlame Straddles us Like Harvey“Be careful with that neck, it’s dangerous. Men can’t resist a neck like that.”Oct 15, 2017Oct 15, 2017
Amanda MageeMy daughters & your sons in a world of misogyny, sexism, and Trump.I want to write about the girls, gush about how they’ve grown inches in months and how their heads sit differently on their necks. I crave…Oct 11, 2017Oct 11, 2017