This post was written by Jenni "Fang" Lee, an adoptee from China, who generously allowed me to republish here. You can watch Jenni's TEDx talk about her story here. She is also one of the subjects in the incredible documentary Somewhere Between. This letter was written in response to a professor's insensitivity about girls in China. Dear Professor: First of all, please do not talk to us like we are children. Second of all, please do not tell an entire class while laughing and cracking jokes . . .
Questions of eternal significance: Is the new gold iphone lame or awesome?
I have never had a new-model smart phone. Confession: I used a Palm Pilot phone for so long after they went out of production that I had to buy them used on ebay. For years. I finally converted from the Treo to the iphone a few years ago but I’ve always been a model behind, preferring to take advantage of everyone else’s impulse for new, shiny things by buying someone else’s still-working iphone when they upgraded. I’ve been totally satisfied with getting a cheap, new-to-me phone at a lower . . .
What I want you to know: All moms struggle with parenting
What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here. Today’s guest posts is by Laura. At first glance you might think my title is a little odd. You may say to yourself, “Of course all moms struggle with parenting their children. What kind of topic is this?” But here’s . . .
That’s what SHE said: Miley Cyrus’s licking habit, therapy vs. drowning, the choice of being stupid, and more . . .
Are Blacks Names ‘Weird,’ Or Are You Just Racist? | The Daily Beast It should be said that this has material consequences in the real world. Research has consistently found that job applicants with “black-sounding” names are more likely to be rejected, regardless of qualifications. If races are our castes, then this makes sense, since—in a caste system—your status is mostly a function of your position. “Latoya” could be well-qualified for the law firm she applies to, but there’s a fair . . .
Should adoptive parents change their children’s ethnic given names to avoid prejudice later in life?
Several recent news stories have shed light on an unfortunate xenophobia in regards to names and employment. Earlier this year, the Freakonomics podcast report that there is evidence that a name can influence how a child performs in school and even her career opportunities. More recently, a NY Times blogger shared her discovery that typing in traditionally Black-sounding names yielded a google image search of mugshots, which did not repeat when she searched for images related to more . . .
What I want you to know about having OCD
What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here. Today’s guest posts is by Julia. My name is Julia, I'm twenty-three, and I have a pretty great life that I'm very thankful for. But for ten years, when I was between the ages of 11 and 21, I had OCD, and it quickly . . .
Decorating with maps
I made heavy use of Pinterest as I dreamed about how to decorate our new house. One thing that kept standing out to me was the creative use of maps as a focus wall. Since we’re a family that loves to travel, I loved the idea of having a prominent map that could help us visualize where we’ve been and dream about where we want to go. Here are some of my favorites Pinterest finds that feature wall maps: Sources: behind leather chair, in nursery, behind purple table, behind white dining set, . . .
How the Christian orphan care movement may be enabling child abandonment
Last week I got to speak at Idea Camp about orphan care. I shared my concerns about the trend of churches opening orphanages in third world countries instead of working at keeping children together with their parents. I suggested that the solution to poverty orphans (children who are placed as a result of poverty instead of the death of a parent) should be to provide resources to the family, instead of requiring the child to move into an orphanage for assistance. I shared my belief that the . . .
How to watch season 4 of Downton Abbey in the U.S.
I might have mentioned that I’m a bit of a dork-fan about Downton Abbey. Perhaps in one of the weekly, emotionally-wrought recaps I’ve done of every single episode with my friend Sarah James. Downton Abbey is a UK show, and usually airs in the UK several months before it hits PBS here in the US. I used to wait for months before it would air here. Then I stumbled upon a way for Americans to get our Downton Abbey fix. It’s a VPN hack called TunnelBear, and according to their website it’s . . .
Travel weary, wanderlust, and loneliness in community
I’ve been traveling a lot this month. Every year it seems like this happens – the few events that require travel seem to align within the same month (or week) so that I have months upon months of little to no travel and then a string of trips closely scheduled. The week before last, I went to San Francisco with two colleague to do some meetings. It seems almost unfair to call this a business trip, because while we definitely had some important meetings, we also had some down-time, . . .
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