Stepping back

“To Icarus, love Mom” by sume When I was in the fourth grade, a boy whom I’ll call Travis lost his parents to a car accident. The entire class had been told to prepare us for his return to school in a few days. We were not to speak of it so as not to [...]

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Protected: Traveling as the odd one out

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Ranting VAD on “Angry KADs”

Ugh, I really need to fix that acronym…how about AVOID, Adopted Vietnamese of Inexplicit Disposition? Kevin put up an interesting post about the presumption of white men that upon visiting a country and learning a few tidbits, they automatically become experts. They claim they are the inside authority on an entire country and its people [...]

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Washed

Need I say more? Then again, interpretations may vary.

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Protected: The ghost of Christmas past

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Support adoption and child sacrifice

The caption says, “I believe in child sacrifice… It’s how my mommy and daddy got me. Support Adoption.” Do I really need to explain why this is so disgusting and insensitive? Did the creators of this little gem think of how a birth mother might feel upon seeing this? What about an adoptee who’s had [...]

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