tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-574300303008890516.post4152333974519807687..comments2024-03-27T20:48:39.389-04:00Comments on [Birth Mother] First Mother Forum: N. Korean adoption bill wins Demon in Adoption Lorraine Duskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18285341379272250245noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-574300303008890516.post-75874693749004033162012-11-06T21:15:26.438-05:002012-11-06T21:15:26.438-05:00Since you are talking about these shows - here'...Since you are talking about these shows - here's a new one coming - I guess this fall - no idea it doesn't say! LOL!<br />It's called "Giant Baby" - starring Rhea Perlman and Kirstie Alley. On the new comendy, Alley plays Madison "Maddie" Banks, a Broadway star whose life gets turned upside down when the son she put up for adoption 26 years earlier trackers her down to form a relationship. Perlman will portray Maddie's assistant & best friend, Thelma, who encourages Alley's character to let her nerdy son Arlo back into her life."Leenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-574300303008890516.post-35032655468750251782012-11-05T12:26:26.741-05:002012-11-05T12:26:26.741-05:00Yep, anon (why anon, who not pick a name you would...Yep, anon (why anon, who not pick a name you would like to have, or your real first name?) I did see this piece and am mulling over writing about it. As I read your comment...Lorraine Duskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18285341379272250245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-574300303008890516.post-12773537063088517222012-11-05T09:44:06.644-05:002012-11-05T09:44:06.644-05:00Maryanne,
I am on West coast. Trust me we know wh...Maryanne,<br /><br />I am on West coast. Trust me we know what's happening. It's all about donating money for those who need it and are hurting.<br />Too bad our wealthy citizens Hollywood where are you?<br />Sports teams where are they? Politicians where are you?<br />Not just there for photo opps. <br />ITS always middle America or lower America supporting any disaster. Even in other countries. We are here and we ARE donating. Just recently I received a bill for fire service it NOT a tax it's a fee. I didn't vote fir this and already pay fire service in my taxes. Double taxed for fire I need earthquake insurance but will donate to eastern part of United States because they need help.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-574300303008890516.post-39987069134008130732012-11-05T03:35:09.561-05:002012-11-05T03:35:09.561-05:00Lorraine, did you see the Opinion piece in the Tim...Lorraine, did you see the Opinion piece in the Times on Sunday, "Making Babies, Just to Make Ends Meet," about serial surrogacy? <br /><br />Very sad to me. The woman had had three babies via surrogacy, for a total of $115,000. The last pregnancy, which started as a triplet pregnancy, ended up with only a singleton birth and preterm labor/delivery. <br /><br />The surrogate is now 39, thinking about having her own child with her husband, but still needing to pay the bills and probably going to have another baby via surrogacy. It's a business, and her health and the infant's future and identity are on the line.<br /><br />I Googled the essay and found that other folk, not just people in adoptoland, are unsettled by the variables at work in this morass. That at least was heartening. I am glad that the entitlement aspect is transparent to more people than just our little corner of the world.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-574300303008890516.post-15989252112422572452012-11-04T16:38:17.958-05:002012-11-04T16:38:17.958-05:00Okay, test worked. I have no thoughts in my head f...Okay, test worked. I have no thoughts in my head for a new blog and so it may be a while...<br /><br />Lorraine Duskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18285341379272250245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-574300303008890516.post-12410505794405923872012-11-04T16:07:52.854-05:002012-11-04T16:07:52.854-05:00Say Anything testSay Anything testRobinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-574300303008890516.post-15596222751744033002012-11-04T15:47:04.742-05:002012-11-04T15:47:04.742-05:00OK, I always have something to say:-)Those of us r...OK, I always have something to say:-)Those of us reading this have power now, please do something for those devastated by the storm. My town is collecting supplies to be distributed to the hard-hit areas as are many towns. Money is needed by the Red Cross and other groups, and some have skills they can volunteer if able to get gas and get out. Doing even a small thing for others makes you feel less helpless in the face of so much suffering.maryannenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-574300303008890516.post-64506812728801433572012-11-04T13:25:51.169-05:002012-11-04T13:25:51.169-05:00Will somebody leave a comment? I have been told th...Will somebody leave a comment? I have been told the comment box is not coming up. Just "Say Anything"...(that's one of my favorite movies) as a test. <br />thanks/. Lorraine Duskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18285341379272250245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-574300303008890516.post-9865167683242571412012-11-03T16:39:02.694-04:002012-11-03T16:39:02.694-04:00Right, Anon, I was watching In Plain Sight myself ...Right, Anon, I was watching In Plain Sight myself as the main character was considering adoption even though there was no real reason for her to go that route because she certainly was the modern woman who would have had an abortion, if she was not planning to keep. In Plain Sight is off the air though, right? They did do a fantastic job once with a homeless guy (with a high IQ who lived in the basement of a library) and the story line centered around finding his real family...and they did. As I recall, they only found his father. I remember weeping with joy when it had that ending. <br /><br />And Anon, I too cannot avert my eyes form The New Normal because it is funny... and I keep wondering what the are going to do next. I forgot that the egg was from someone else, but I do remember the truly smarmy and funny guy who ran the agency where they got the egg, now that you remind me. Of course they have to keep the likable surrogate mother in the show, so they will find a way. In the meantime I'll correct the post. <br /><br />Many thanks...Did you catch the episode is which the gay couple was having a fit over the fact that their surrogate was a Republican> and going to vote for Romney? But since it's not her egg...Lorraine Duskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18285341379272250245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-574300303008890516.post-58740013780655318962012-11-03T12:08:46.459-04:002012-11-03T12:08:46.459-04:00@Michele,
Happy New Decade!@Michele,<br /><br />Happy New Decade!Robinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-574300303008890516.post-82737855076750883302012-11-02T21:30:28.896-04:002012-11-02T21:30:28.896-04:00In Plain Sight had the main character single with ...In Plain Sight had the main character single with an unplanned pregnancy and made sn adoption plan. But she changed her mind and brought her baby home. In another episode an an adoptee and his natural father were reunited and the primal wound a baby suffers were mentioned.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-574300303008890516.post-49252986857296219032012-11-02T19:07:40.509-04:002012-11-02T19:07:40.509-04:00"The New Normal" is perhaps even more fr..."The New Normal" is perhaps even more fraught than you mention. The egg is a "donor" egg from a "Gwyneth Paltrow look-alike" that both partners fell in love with via video. In that first episode, as well, did you catch the line about the one partner wishing he were able to special order a skinny, blond child? All for laughs, of course. We children are here to please and amuse.<br /><br />One recent episode centered on the surrogate and her daughter realizing that they had no real role in the future of this family they were helping to create. The sorrow was neatly elided by having the gay couple ask the young daughter to be one of the baby-to-be's godparents. Even the person running the agency went so far as to call surrogate a "storage unit on legs" or something similar. I cannot remember the exact wording. The daughter was heartbroken to realize that the baby-to-be has no genetic relationship to her. The disposability and emotional vulnerability of both mother and daughter were underlined broadly and then half-heartedly fixed by the end of the episode.<br /><br />In real life, I bet the provincial mother and daughter would be chucked aside, but this is sitcom land. The show's creators and writers need conflict to drive the show, and make the racist, homophobic grandmother the "bad" red herring. The audience is supposed to be angry with/pity her, while not thinking too hard about the use of humans (egg donor, surrogate) before our eyes. It's all about *family building*, which is to be praised.<br /><br />I must say that when the show first went on the air, I read reviews that said some of the characters were unbelievable, especially the grandmother. I have more family members like the grandmother (as in who say similarly outrageously terrible things about certain groups of people), than I can count. So she's less of a caricature than the critics might think. Then again, those critics probably don't have as many relatives in the heartland as I do.<br /><br />"The New Normal" is a trainwreck of a show, for sure, as in I cannot avert my eyes from the destruction. I had respected the creator/writer, Ryan Murphy, who also did "Nip/Tuck." He has sharp wit and some great social insights, but too often, women end up subject to what seem to be his frustrations. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com