Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Beauty and Women of Color

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A video in two parts and a few links. . . . Video, Asian American Beauty -- covers stereotypes, plastic surgery, eating disorders, identity ...
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Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Using DNA to Fight Trafficking in Haiti & Philippines

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I've posted before about the organization DNA-ProKids , which offers DNA services to identify trafficked children and match them with ...

"I am not an orphan"

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Apropos of this post on the meaning of 'orphan,' this poignant quote from one of the child victims in the Case of the Bungling Bap...
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Monday, February 1, 2010

"Mama, what's an 'orphan?'"

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That's the question that came from the car's backseat in Maya's piping-high voice. "Mama, what's an 'orphan?'...
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Sunday, January 31, 2010

China, and children as a commodity

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An editorial from the L.A. Times, as a follow-up to this story and this story : Over decades now, infertility or the simple desire to offe...
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Saturday, January 30, 2010

"An abduction, not an adoption"

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Ten Americans apparently involved in trafficking Haitian children for the purposes of adoption: Haitian police were holding 10 US citizens ...
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"A Family Is a Family Is a Family"

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On Sunday evening, Rosie O'Donnell hosts an HBO special on famlies . I'm not a huge Rosie fan, not since she said she tells her ado...
Friday, January 29, 2010

Even when we laugh, it's there

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The other night the girls were watching a Veggie Tales video (in case you’ve been under a rock for the last decade or so, the Veggie Tales ...
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Thursday, January 28, 2010

Adoption Reform: Top Ten

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Reform. Re-form. To form anew. Reform. To improve by alteration, correction of error, or removal of defects; put into a better form or con...
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The Legacy of 'Paper Sons'

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Interesting article from the L.A. Times about the continuing legacy of 'paper sons' from China: When Congress passed the Chinese Ex...
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010

Guest Blogger: If Adoption Isn't the Answer, How DO We Care For Orphans?

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Here's my standard disclaimer for all guest blogs: The opinions expressed herein are solely the opinions of the author. By publishing it...
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Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Guest Bloggers

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Is there an adoption topic or particular viewpoint that you'd like to see discussed here? Have you had an adoption conversation with you...
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Monday, January 25, 2010

"I am afraid you will abandon me"

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Number 12 on the list of Sherrie Eldridge's Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew : "I am afraid you will ab...
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Sunday, January 24, 2010

When the Family Business is Child Trafficking

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The L.A. Times is still plugging away at the issue of corruption in Chinese adoption (see here and here and here for previous stories). T...
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Saturday, January 23, 2010

Operation Pierre Pan: What Does Haiti Want?

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There's been very little discussion of what the government of Haiti wants when there's talk of mass evacuations of unparented childr...

New Book: Message From an Unknown Chinese Mother

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Click here to read a fascinating excerpt from a new book coming out next month, Message From An Unknown Chinese Mother: Stories Of Loss And...
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Friday, January 22, 2010

Some Links About Haiti & Adoption

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I've put together a few random links -- no way can I keep up with everything out there on Haiti and adoption right now. But here are a f...
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Thursday, January 21, 2010

One of THOSE Books

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Each Thursday a parent reads in Maya's kindergarden class. I'm doing it today as a last-minute fill-in, and Maya was very excited t...
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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Adoptive Parents as "Victims" of the Earthquake

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Trenchant observation from Korean adoptee at Outlandish Remarks about media focus on American adoptive parents as victims of the Haitian ea...
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What Haiti Needs

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