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Remembering the Holocaust

Rachels Gedankenkasten | Rachel's Musings Posted on January 27, 2017 by RachelJanuary 27, 2017

Seventy-two years today, Auschwitz was liberated. Two years ago, I visited the memorial sites in Auschwitz and Auschwitz-Birkenau. The images from that visit are haunting me during this time of a resurgence of the fascist populism that ended up with …
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What We Can Learn from Abuse Survivors

Rachels Gedankenkasten | Rachel's Musings Posted on November 16, 2016 by RachelNovember 20, 2016

The last week has been very hard for me. Not only does the President-elect of the United States espouse values that are not only contrary to the values I treasure but that I believe are dangerous for US democracy. There …
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Why I Support a Basic Income Guarantee

Rachels Gedankenkasten | Rachel's Musings Posted on April 25, 2016 by RachelApril 25, 2016

I could list lots of theoretical reasons for my support of a Basic Income Guarantee (BIG) but a lot of others have done this already, possibly much better than I could (for example here, lots more here, or listen to …
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Posted in Activism, Economics, Personal | Tagged basic income guarantee, trauma | Leave a reply

I Did It!

Rachels Gedankenkasten | Rachel's Musings Posted on March 20, 2016 by RachelMay 8, 2016

I am changing things around, so this post is now here. Hopefully, it will have brought you there already but if not, please click that link!


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Birthday Blues

Rachels Gedankenkasten | Rachel's Musings Posted on January 31, 2016 by RachelJanuary 31, 2016

Today is my birthday. I am now two years away from 50. Maybe that’s partly why the birthday blues hit me so hard. Combine that with the recent health issues and I have been deeply reminded of my mortality. And …
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Posted in Personal | Tagged acceptance, depression, passion myth | 2 Replies

The Darker Side of Couplemania

Rachels Gedankenkasten | Rachel's Musings Posted on December 24, 2015 by RachelMarch 27, 2016

“That is why self-justification is more powerful and more dangerous than the explicit lie. It allows people to convince themselves that what they did was the best thing they could have done. In fact, come to think of it, it …
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Posted in Personal, Singles By Choice | Tagged couplemania, singlism, violence against women | 1 Reply

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