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The Declassified Adoptee
www.declassifiedadoptee.com
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This blog promotes Family Preservation Advocacy, Adoptee Rights, and Adoption Activism's call to reform adoption, from a political, spiritual, practical, logical and research-based perspective. All through the eyes of someone who has lived adoption for 25 years, is reunited, and holds both her Original Birth Certificate and uncensored adoption file in her hands.
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The Landslide That Brought me Down

I was sitting in class; it was almost a year ago.  That days lesson was about Jungian psychology and I was deep in thought pondering the question "what archetype  are you?" &nbs...

1 day ago

Thought I was Uptight, Did you? When Adoption Joking is Appropriate and When its Not

My man: Adoptee Rights Activist andadoption-joke-maker extraordinaire!Heres what happens when you talk about a joke or statement in the media that bothered you because it is at the expense of a popul...

4 days ago

Get Your Activism on in May

Each month, I try to highlight themes of the month that offer the opportunity to seek out ways to contribute, even in a small way, to causes that intersect with adoption issues.  May offers plen...

6 days ago

A Letter to my Prospective Adoptive Mother

Dear Prospective Adoptive Mother,Its 1985.  My name is Christen but here they call me "Sarah."  I was three days old when I last saw my first mother and was placed here in foster ca...

26 may 12

Another "The Avengers" Interpretation: Your not a "Real" Member of your Family

Ive addressed the "get over it, it may be offensive but who cares" line of thinking in a previous post.  I want to take a moment to address the second line of thinking in defen...

20 may 12

TLCs "Birthmoms 4; and the "Oh Well, She Chose it" Mentality of Adoption Ethics

TLC producers and camera persons stand by and film while expectant parent, Kandice,calls the police to demand her ID so she can order Tequila from a restaurant.TLC just aired its new "reality"...

18 may 12

What will the Adoption Community do With our Memories?

(Sensitivity warning for individuals who have experienced loss or who are caregivers to older-adult loved ones)."The horses are beautiful, arent they?"  I tried to see the majestic creat...

17 may 12

Things That Make me Silly Happy (Besides Being Done Painting the Ceiling)

I finally, finally, finally repainted my kitchen and mudroom from my-kids-flung-spaghetti-here-b lue to a scrubbable apple green.  I even got on a ladder and painted the ceilings a lighter shade ...

15 may 12

Why I Found "The Avengers" Line Offensive

I wasnt going to blog on The Avengers comment "hes adopted" because I felt like Triona did an awesome job and would rather just link to her.  However, after seeing this issue covered on ...

14 may 12

Nature vs. Nurture & What my Connection to my Mothers Looks Like

Yes I drew it.  Yes, this is what it looks like in my brain. No, I didnt forget to draw it in a triangle.The topic of nature, nurture, and "which family do you like best" came up twice f...

13 may 12

Celebrating Holidays as an Adoptee: What to Buy and Why?

Someone suggested to me in an email they would like to hear about how I go about choosing gifts for my mothers on holidays such as Mothers Day.  Is it hard?  Do I get each mother the same t...

12 may 12

Open Adoption Roundtable #38: A Letter to my Foster Mother

Giving birth to my firstborn opened up a floodgate of emotions for me that I never knew I had or never consciously allowed to surface, rather.  Had she held me?  Did she feel a bond with me...

12 may 12

Just When I Thought I was Brilliant, it was my Dad who Saved the Day

Father-daughter dance.It feels like my birthday I thought to myself a few weeks ago.  I had pictures of azaleas and daffodils pass through my memory.  I realized then that I felt that way b...

10 may 12

Adoptee Rights, Family Medical History, and Disease Prevention: Listen in to PAR on WITF Radio This...

I am post-poning what I planned on posting today to share with you the information about my Smart Talk Radio appearance later this morning.  I will be on WITF Smart Talk Radio tomorrow morning a...

09 may 12

"Im Angry Because...."

I was on the phone yesterday with Kevin Ost-Vollmers from Land of Gazillion Adoptees giving him an earfull about how I cant stand to hear the label "angry adoptee."  Its so incredibly di...

08 may 12

[Some] Things that Make me Smile

Rainbow PancakesCompletely epic protest signs.My little dudes.Making cupcakes for my kids.My birthday cupcakes my son helped decorate.Finding ways to decorate with fresh foliage when nothing is reall...

08 may 12

What the Narrative of the NY Times Adoptee Who Regrets Reunion Teaches us About Adoptee Rights

Someone forwarded the recent NY Times Magazine article "I Found my Biological Parents and I Wish I Hadnt" to me and I cringed when I read the title.  Dont get me wrong, I do a little dan...

07 may 12

When Adoption = All Hope is Lost

See my new post up at Lost Daughters.

06 may 12

Adoptee Rights Demonstration in THREE Months! #5 is Going to be Awesome!

Can you believe that the Adoptee Rights Demonstration is only three months away?  Can you believe that this will be the 5th demonstration in a row?This years protest is on August 6th in Chicago....

06 may 12

Why Social Workers Need to Support the Adoptee Rights Movement

Dear Social Workers,The Adoptee Rights Movement was founded by an adult adoptee and Social Worker, Jean Patton, in the early 1950’s after interviewing adult adoptees and discovering through narrative...

05 may 12

My "Im a Hypocrite" Post Syndicated at Blogher Today

If you feel so inclined (and didnt catch it here at Declassified Adoptee when it was originally published), read my post that was inspired by the lovely Third Mom. Blogher has syndicated it to their ...

04 may 12

How am I 27 Already?

Today is my 27th birthday!Where does the time go?Cool stuff.....I am going to be on the front page of Blogher today.My first post at Adoption Voices will be up sometime soon!My school year is over (h...

04 may 12

Family Heirlooms

My paternal aunt was bent and determined on me inheriting things from her family.She waited 25 years to give me this locket with my great-grandparentsand grandparents photographs in it.  I never...

02 may 12

Adopted or Abducted? Things to Keep in Mind Before Getting Upset at Dan Rathers Report

I saw the front page of Yahoo!News today and said, "hey! thats my friend, Claudia!"  Right there on the front page of Yahoo!News is my dear friend, Claud, holding her son, Max, as a newb...

01 may 12

Epic Links This Week (Share Your Blogs too!)

Read the awesome links posted this past week!

29 apr 12

Wrapping up Yet Another Chapter as a Social Work Student

I am about to conclude another semester as a Social Work major.  This blog has thus far been a journey of self-discovery and to explore the multiple systems in my life, both within me and outsid...

28 apr 12

Open Adoption Roundtable #37: After a Visit

The question for Open Adoption Roundtable was:"How do you feel after a visit?"For those of you new to my blog, I joined Open Adoption Bloggers (who deliver the occasional writing prompts such...

27 apr 12

Why Ive Put off Being Adopted for a Week

Whether or not "isms" (racism, prejudism, sexism, heterosexism, ablism etc.) actually exist is often hotly debated whenever one is brought up.  I read an article the other day about subc...

26 apr 12

Talking About my Tumor = Classic Example of Adoption Ambiguity

A few weeks after surgery.I was embarking on the arduous journey from my classroom to the parking lot--all three blocks of it.  It was rainy and cold out in April so Im giving myself a break for...

24 apr 12

Why a Closed Adoption Adoptee Joined "Open Adoption Bloggers"

I recently signed up to be a part of "Open Adoption Bloggers" founded by Heather at Production Not Reproduction but I didnt spend a minute of my upbringing in an open adoption.  So why j...

23 apr 12

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