Advocating after Tragedy | We Need Space to Process and Regroup
One of the most challenging and emotionally tiring things to happen since the Atlanta shootings is the increase in the amount of conversations…
Tag: Advocacy
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…
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…
February 2020 Update
It’s the second month of the year, and I already almost forgot to write up a monthly update. I didn’t miss it though!…
My Social Media Boundaries
If you’ve been following my advocacy and not just my book reviews, then you know I share a lot of myself when talking…
What’s Invalidation?
Trigger Warning: Racist language used against Asians (used in a quote said to me) Invalidation comes in all forms. I experience it most…
Becoming AdopteeLilly
When an adoptee has the floor, do not derail the conversation to prove how woke you are. My name is Lillian飞岗 Schmaltz, and…