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Amy Alexander Community Forum: January 2013
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Sunday, January 6, 2013. UPDATED: Three Ways to Consider Tarantino's "Django Unchained". Two weeks after it opened, "Django Unchained". Continues kicking up a windstorm of commentary, critiques and rants. It has also earned more than. 100 million at the domestic box office, not exactly small change for a spectacularly complicated film that opened at the height of the Christmas season. Tarantino foolishly makes light of the horrors of slavery. ( Susan Fales Hill. Django Unchained" is a love story wrapped ...
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Amy Alexander Community Forum: June 2013
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Wednesday, June 5, 2013. So Much for Sisterhood: On Liberal White Lesbians, Entitlement and Benign Racism. It was only a matter of time. Michelle Obama is tall, intelligent, and is a graduate from two of America's best private universities. She is a black woman from a working-class home. She is also the First Lady of the United States of America. She owes a lot to a lot of different factors and constituencies, right? I mean, she has admitted as much. What I am doing here is attempting to put myself into ...
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Amy Alexander Community Forum: October 2012
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Tuesday, October 2, 2012. The Only Presidential Debate Schott I Want to Hear. That Frank Bruni got the drop on me with a New York Times Sunday column. Outlining his Wish List for the presidential debate: President Barack Obama and former Governor Mitt Romney, the GOP nominee for the presidency, should emphasize during tonight's televised debate the idea that more Americans must be willing to sacrifice. And other partisan news outlets, similar requests/demands have since been posted, too. If the conversat...
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Amy Alexander Community Forum: April 2013
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Sunday, April 14, 2013. Grieve, Seethe, Repeat: Will America Heed Mrs. Obama's Advice? This is a moral obligation.because ultimately, this city and this community will be judged not just by the beauty of our parks and lakefront or by the vitality of our businesses but by our commitment to our next generation.". Michelle Obama, April 10, 2013, at a business leader's lunch in Chicago. A terrible mass shooting takes place in an American community (Aurora, Colorado, Virginia Tech University, Tuscon Arizona).
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Amy Alexander Community Forum: March 2013
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Thank You, Sheryl Sandberg. Can We Move On Now? For someone who is currently "between assignments," the Black Snob. Here is her recent take on a person - Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg - and a topic - American women in the workplace, or more accurately, in the corporate ranks - that has dominated the news cycle for much of the past week. So, here's a look first at a snippet of Sandberg's recent "60 Minutes". Facebook CEO Sheryl Sandberg: Are Women in Their Own Way? I spoke out ab...
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Amy Alexander Community Forum: An Open Letter to Huma: Sooner, Not Later
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Thursday, August 1, 2013. An Open Letter to Huma: Sooner, Not Later. Rockville, Maryland: I was here on July 24, 2013. I’m writing to you as a Mom, and as the former wife of a troubled person. I am aware of the conventional propriety and feminist wisdom that is being invoked in regard to your current…domestic Situation. I suspect that this is a tough time but I hope you consider a few points of admittedly unsolicited advice:. But there is no ‘do-over’ for your child’s formative years...Yours Truly, Amy.
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Amy Alexander Community Forum: So Much for Sisterhood: On Liberal White Lesbians, Entitlement and Benign Racism
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Wednesday, June 5, 2013. So Much for Sisterhood: On Liberal White Lesbians, Entitlement and Benign Racism. It was only a matter of time. Michelle Obama is tall, intelligent, and is a graduate from two of America's best private universities. She is a black woman from a working-class home. She is also the First Lady of the United States of America. She owes a lot to a lot of different factors and constituencies, right? I mean, she has admitted as much. What I am doing here is attempting to put myself into ...
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Amy Alexander Community Forum: August 2013
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Thursday, August 1, 2013. An Open Letter to Huma: Sooner, Not Later. Rockville, Maryland: I was here on July 24, 2013. I’m writing to you as a Mom, and as the former wife of a troubled person. I am aware of the conventional propriety and feminist wisdom that is being invoked in regard to your current…domestic Situation. I suspect that this is a tough time but I hope you consider a few points of admittedly unsolicited advice:. But there is no ‘do-over’ for your child’s formative years...Yours Truly, Amy.
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Amy Alexander Community Forum: Thank You, Sheryl Sandberg. Can We Move On Now? A Guest Post
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Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Thank You, Sheryl Sandberg. Can We Move On Now? For someone who is currently "between assignments," the Black Snob. Here is her recent take on a person - Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg - and a topic - American women in the workplace, or more accurately, in the corporate ranks - that has dominated the news cycle for much of the past week. So, here's a look first at a snippet of Sandberg's recent "60 Minutes". Facebook CEO Sheryl Sandberg: Are Women in Their Own Way? I spoke out ab...
