MY ADOPTION STORY PT. 83 | AGE IS NOT A REASON TO INVALIDATE
Typically with age comes life experience, but there are certain experiences that not everyone will have. Being adopted is one of those. Despite…
Category: Advocacy
Extra Invalidation This Week | 09.27.2020 | Sunday Check-In
I am barely hanging on between work and current events. As a result, I’ve tried to take a step back from advocacy (at…
MY ADOPTION STORY Pt. 82 | REPRESENTATION MATTERS
MY ADOPTION STORY Pt. 82 | REPRESENTATION MATTERS Seeing yourself reflected in music, books, and television is a surreal experience for many marginalized…
MY ADOPTION STORY Pt. 81 | SHUT DOWN INTRUSIVE QUESTIONS
Adoption is a very personal experience and often, people can be very curious about it. This may prompt people to ask a lot…
Adoptee Citizenship Act of 2019 | A4J COLLAB
SEE BELOW FOR ALL LINKS: Here are some more detailed instructions on how to get in contact with your representatives and how to…
Teaching Online
After switching to virtual class in the middle of last semester, I wasn’t sure how starting out as virtual would go. It was…
MY ADOPTION STORY Pt. 80 | BEING ALLOWED TO SPEAK UP
People often ask why/how my parents let me speak up about adoption. This is a problematic question for multiple reasons. I am an…
My Go-To Study App
The one thing all of my teachers, mentors, and TAs always told me to do and I never did it was using active…
MY ADOPTION STORY Pt. 79 | TALKING TO IN THE FOG ADOPTEES
Discussing adoption with people in the fog can be a bit uncomfortable if you are at a different point in your journey. I…
Asking for Help
I have always struggled with asking for help. Perhaps it is a symptom of being the eldest child. My research isn’t in pyschology.…