ArtRage: Vanessa Beecroft, “Art Star”, and the Sudanese Twins

It’s no surprise that the adoption world is easily offended when babies are used as props, since a good part of the debate that fumes mightily has everything to do with children posed as possessions to be wrangled over. But it could be argued that kids are not only “property” in the yours, mine and [...]

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Blah, blah, blahg

There are topics arrayed before me like so many tubs of ice cream at a Ben & Jerry’s, some even looking as potentially tasty as Chunky Monkey, but I haven’t the energy to dip.
You see, I’ve already written almost 2000 bloggity blog words … 1,811 to be precise… on three blogs, and although I [...]

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Oprah, Angelina and Gay Flamingos, oh my!

Adoption is such a hot topic these days.
In the little time I had to peruse the Huff Post this morning I found three and half adoption related stories on the home page.
The half is one about Oprah. Since she wasn’t raised by her parents, she sort of qualifies for the orphan designation, and with [...]

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