Those of you that know me, even if just through this blog, know that I am not big into celebrities (at all). I have tried for the most part to even ignore the “celebrity adoptions” on my blog, although I did give in and write about Angelina here and here, and Madonna (just once!) here.... more

I just can't force myself to seriously write about the whole "Madonna going to Malawi and building an orphanage and adopting a baby boy and having all the rules waived" thing, which may or may not have happened, depending on which articles you read.

I am sick of reading about it all over adoption land today...

Maybe once I know what really is or isn't happening and what has and hasn't happened, I will write about it.

For now I am just going to say that IF they waived the adoption rules for her, I think that stinks. It sends the message that the rules can be changed for a price, which is a dangerous thing when you want to preserve the integrity of international adoptions.

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Ok, so here is a topic that is in the news a lot right now, and it is definitely relevant, so I thought I would tackle it on here.

What do you all think about the new season of Survivor? You know the one. The one when the “castaways” are divided up into four tribes...and they are divided up by race?

This season of Survivor will start with four tribes…one Caucasian tribe, one Hispanic tribe, one African-American tribe and one Asian-American tribe. I had read quite a bit about it and last night I watched a “preview special” about the show, so it has been on my mind.

I do not like to be wishy-washy, but I am kind of torn on this one. On one hand, I can’t see a whole lot... more

Last night I watched the Anderson Cooper 360 special for World Refugee Day on CNN with Angelina Jolie titled “Angelina Jolie, Her Mission and her Motherhood”. The interview special with Jolie was just a part of the coverage of World Refugee Day by CNN. You can check out this link for full information.

On his blog, Anderson wrote about Jolie after the interview, “A lot of celebrities have causes and show up to talk about them when cameras are around, but the truth is that Angelina Jolie knows what she is talking... more

On Friday my “un-photographable” post was on an orphan boy that we met in the park in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Well, this morning the BBC has a photo article titled “Underground Children” that tells the plight of homeless children in Ethiopia.

These children are surviving by living underground in horrible conditions. They spend their days looking for scraps of food, working odd jobs to earn small bits of money, running from police officers, trying to avoid those in the world... more

I am going to preface this post by saying that I am not a big “celebrity” person and I don’t usually pay much attention to what most of them are doing. I heard about this quote on one of my adoption boards and thought it would make an interesting topic.

In a recent article on the New York Daily News webpage, Michael Douglas (actor) is quoted from a new “GQ” article as saying, “"I don't know about Brad Pitt," says Douglas, "leaving that beautiful woman [Jennifer Aniston] to go hold orphans for Angelina [Jolie]. I mean how long is that going to last?"

Here is a link to the article http://www.nydailynews.com/news/gossip/story/399197p-338236c.html

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While I was doing some research online tonight I found an article about a documentary title “Outside Looking In”. The film was made by an African American filmmaker, who was adopted by a white family in the 1970’s, when transracial adoption, especially that of black children to white families, was still fairly rare.

Phil Bertelsen follows his own adoption and life story in the film, as well as several other story lines involving transracial adoption, including a white mid-western couple and the black birthmother they are making an adoption plan with. Through the film, Bertelsen gives a 30-year history on transracial adoption in America.

This article, http://www.adoptivefamilies.com/articles.php?aid=290,... more