adoption connections to winter 2013/14 movies
From the comical adoption of Kristoff by a family of stone trolls in Disney’s Frozen, to the brief mentioning of the two dysfunctional sisters in Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine being […]
From the comical adoption of Kristoff by a family of stone trolls in Disney’s Frozen, to the brief mentioning of the two dysfunctional sisters in Woody Allen’s Blue Jasmine being […]
Originally posted on My Mind on Paper:
The messages that are intended aren’t always the messages that are received. Below I have complied 5 myths followed by the truths and…
On many websites I see advertisements for jewelry or knit hats whose proceeds in part will support an adoption (mostly international). Other websites or blogs simply have a giving link […]
by Jessie Lutz – Chinese adoptee, high school senior, international communications manager for CCI They call me twinkie. An American classic. White creme nestled in a fluffy yellow cake. Yellow on […]
This weekend, I chaperoned a middle school retreat in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Though my own middle school years aren’t that far behind me, I seemed to […]
I reblogged an article by Angela Tucker earlier this week that discusses NPR’s decision to use a white adoptive parent’s voice instead of a transracial adoptee’s for their Sunday Conversation […]
When I was in Kindergarten, I had high aspirations for myself. I knew how to read, my mother praised every single piece of art I brought home, and I had […]
Originally posted on Angela Tucker:
https://twitter.com/salesses/status/422440072164544513 NPR contacted me and asked me to be a part of the Sunday Conversation that aired yesterday morning. I spoke in depth about my…
One of my adoptee friends told me that she has keen “adoptee radar.” I thought this was a funny thing to say, but then I realized that I, too, often […]
In light of the changes to the One Child Policy that will be in effect soon, I thought I would post this paper I wrote about the roots of the […]