by Amanda Read Sheik | Oct 2, 2014 | Book Reviews, Politics
My latest book review can be found at Turning Point USA: . . . Scottie asserts that conservative women have the self-respect and realistic outlook to understand that women are not inferior when they assume roles different from men. Rebuking the statist belief in...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Sep 22, 2014 | Literary Projects, Politics, The Crusading Chemist
Oh yes, another one of my back burner projects that has received a bit more attention as of late. See the amateurish poster I made for my screenplay The Crusading Chemist several years ago? Perhaps only one face in that collage is familiar to most, but you can learn...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Jul 3, 2014 | Journal, Literary Projects, Politics
I have been a writer of the reticent sort in the blogosphere for some time now. I will henceforth make an effort to share a bit more knowledge and creativity and inspiration as it comes to me, rather than holding back in scorn of this...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Feb 22, 2013 | Comedy, Dramatizing History, Filmmaking, Journal, Politics
Eight years ago, my sister Rachel and I made a cassette tape about George Washington for fun (yes, this is what teenage Read girls did for fun…in the era when I made a portrait of George Washington the desktop background on our computer). We organized a...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Feb 12, 2013 | Literary Projects, Luke Historians, Politics, World Views
Anyone who has followed my writings for awhile knows that I have a thing for men of science. I adored Sir Isaac Newton at an early age, I wrote a screenplay about Chief Chemist Harvey Wiley as a teenage girl (I think it needs a second revision), I’ve dissected...
by Amanda Read Sheik | Jan 15, 2013 | Dramatizing History, Filmmaking, Politics, World Views
Our languishing culture is made up of individuals, not a collective mass audience. Most of them are blasé, complacent individuals. To simply confront them with holier-than-thou accusations or rah-rah chants is fruitless. Moral outrage doesn’t make sense to them...