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PunditMom Rants (again) About Media Coverage of Adoption — It’s Not Just About Madonna

March 31, 2009

I really try to stick to more political things here at PunditMom, but sometimes I have to speak up when the media gets out of control with its coverage of adoption. This week, the Washington Post wrote this headline, “…

Suleman Octuplets Good Reason to Look at Fertility Regulation

February 17, 2009

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I am weary of the Nadya Suleman coverage. The tiny octuplets. 14 kids altogether. Unemployed mom. Not to mention that whole sort of looking like Angelina Jolie thing. But one aspect of this baby circus is worth talking …

PunditMom’s Pre-Turkey Day Quick Hits!

November 26, 2008

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Did you buy the turkey? Are you on your way to Grandma’s house for the big meal? Or are you just hanging out, enjoying a bit of a breather? There are a lot of things that have been making people …

Homeless Children, Don’t Count on John McCain

August 18, 2008

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Surprisingly, I found myself watching pretty much the whole two hours of Rick Warren’s interviews with John McCain and Barack Obama on CNN over the weekend. I’ll admit, I was reluctant. I figured it would be two hours of fire …

John McCain and His So-Called Family Values

July 18, 2008

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Most people who know me realize that, notwithstanding my recent crisis of political faith, I will not be voting for John McCain in November. But as an adoptive mother I have a soft spot in my heart for the McCain …

Dear Vanity Fair, Stop Asking Stupid Questions about Adoption

June 26, 2008

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Vanity Fair gets PunditMom’s new “Stupidest Question of the Month” award! I only occasionally buy Vanity Fair, but I’m stocking up on some vacation reading and thought the the July issue would be good on the airplane. Angelina Jolie of …

Non-Mom? Really? Are You Sure You Want to Go There?

May 12, 2008

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Since I became a mother over seven years ago, I’ve been called a lot of things related to my parental status — Forever mom. Adoptive mom. Mean mom (yeah, you know that one was from PunditGirl). I’ve always hated …

Happy Mother’s Day, China Mom

May 11, 2008

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Here’s an essay I wanted to share that I wrote a couple of years ago. Plenty of my bloggy friends are getting ready to give birth. But some of us became mothers in a different way, though adoption. There’s another …

The First Line

November 2, 2007

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I have been dragging my feet on a big project for some time now. I cleared most of the extraneous things from my calendar. I’m ‘just saying no’ to things I otherwise would have said yes to — writing projects, …

Before and After

September 16, 2007

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My recent San Francisco trip with PunditGirl was the first step on a journey that I never knew I would need to take — the one to try to discover who she was before we entered her life. I was …

A Journey of a Thousand Miles

August 21, 2007

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Well, maybe a thousand miles is a bit of an exaggeration, but today, I’m taking the first step on a journey I’ve been wanting to make for some time — the path to piece together, as much as possible, the …

Not a Saint, Just a Mom

July 8, 2007

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I can’t help cringing when people say, “Oh, you’re such a good mother.” I’m not tooting my own horn. I mention it because those comments feel so unwarranted. We’re all good moms in our own ways, but the “good mom” …