Did I hear this right?
"[Unlike Juno], she's going to do the right thing and keep her baby."
View ArticleLast Suppers
It's always interesting to hear the philosophical underpinnings to people's actions. The artist says this isn't about food. He says it's about how a glazed doughnut can make you think about your own...
View ArticleBetty Friedan Made Me Give Up My Baby
I saw Kate Winslet on TV the other day talking about the film she made with Leonardo DiCaprio, Revolutionary Road. She said that in preparing for her role she read a lot of early feminist writing...
View ArticleWho’s Your Daddy II
Children who are given up for adoption are rarely the products of long and loving relationships.
View ArticleA is for (Adoption) Advocacy
[Advocacy] is of the same importance to we mothers of the adopted as obtaining access to original birth certificates is to adoptees.
View ArticleU is for U, U, U! Why Is It Always About U?
Here are nine of my favourite Unsigned Masterpiece posts on various aspects of adoption.
View ArticleI is for If you are pregnant…
adoption, reunIon, reform, reality** I’ve been there and I know how frightening it can be. You feel trapped,terrified and totally alone. So please read on. Here are a couple of things you should know....
View ArticleOh dear…the emotional drama of girls in TROUBLE!!!
From WritingMyWrongs … It would be funny if the message in the trailer wasn’t such an accurate portrayal of the attitudes. I haven’t seen the movie but I hope she took her baby and ran like hell....
View ArticleReformers and Deserted Mothers … UM on the road.
The world's smallest hotel room was on a very pleasant court near St. Pancras and King's Cross railway stations. It overlooked a charming park with tennis courts and the hotel had very friendly staff...
View ArticleConventional Wisdom ’60′s Style – Unwed Mothers and Adoption “Choice”
Read 'em and weep! Quotes about unmarried and pregnant young women and adoption from the "60's.
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