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  • by Harlow's Monkey
  • Posted on July 4, 2019July 5, 2019

Welcome to Harlow’s Monkey, a website and blog about the experience of transracial and intercountry adoption from the adopted person’s perspective. This site contains the blog that I began in 2006 as well as many resources on transracial and intercountry adoption.

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Rethinking “Forever Family”

  • by Harlow's Monkey
  • Posted on November 24, 2019November 24, 2019

Maybe it’s because we are in a time of such turmoil politically, environmentally, in our…

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  • Adoptees

Family Trees, Families of Trees

  • by Harlow's Monkey
  • Posted on November 1, 2019November 1, 2019

Trees are a common theme used with or in relation to adoption because of its…

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  • Adoptees

Adopted Feels podcast looking for adoptee perspectives

  • by Harlow's Monkey
  • Posted on October 14, 2019October 14, 2019

*Content Warning: suicide Recently, I posted a link to an episode of the Adopted Feels…

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Adoptees as main stakeholders

  • by Harlow's Monkey
  • Posted on October 6, 2019

As I mentioned, after attending the Strengthing Adoption Practice symposium sponsored by the Department of…

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Transracial adoptees – please provide feedback!

  • by Harlow's Monkey
  • Posted on October 3, 2019

Hi adoptee community – I’ve been approached now by several people working on a federal…

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  • Adoption

A few bad apples

  • by Harlow's Monkey
  • Posted on October 2, 2019October 2, 2019

A couple of weeks ago I attended the U.S. Department of State’s Strengthening Practice for…

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Adopted Feels podcast

  • by Harlow's Monkey
  • Posted on September 30, 2019

Thanks to Hana and Ryan, co-hosts of the Adopted Feels podcast, for taking the time…

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Same story, different day

  • by Harlow's Monkey
  • Posted on July 10, 2019

Screenshot of Red Table Talk episode on transracial adoption with Jada Pinkett Smith (left), Kristin Davis (center) and Adrienne Banfield-Norris (right).

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Adoption Podcasts

  • by Harlow's Monkey
  • Posted on November 30, 2018November 20, 2018

One of the projects I’ve been thinking about adding to this blog is a podcast,…

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New blog post critiques the use of "forever family"
Heading to DC to educate congressional staff about adoption research! Looking forward to being part of the Research to Policy Collaboration.
Newest article out in adoption quarterly. Continued work on the experience of adoptees.
My first post for #NAAM. Thinking about family trees and families of trees. Where do adoptees find their roots after being transplanted/grafted? #NAAM . . . Image description: From BBC Video. An illustration of many black barked trees with green leaves. Underground their light green root systems connect to each other. In the center distance is a figure of a person in a white top and black pants kneeling down by a tree.
Slides from my presentation at MN Adopt on Wednesday. Slide 1) Why thinking about transracial adoption justice is important: it supports healthy identity development and self-esteem for TRA's; it supports TRA's mental health; support long-term healthy relationship and attachment between TRA's and their parents. Slide 2) Transracial adoption justice involves: - intersectional thinking - to understand that as transracial adoptees our lives are impacted by both race and adoption; being believed when we experience discrimination and oppression based on our racial, ethnic and /or adoption identities; having the white people in our lives do their own work to understand the history of race, power, privilege, and oppression in our country; having people in our lives who care about our communities, not just us as individuals; and considering the long haul. Slide 3) about me: photos of Chun King chicken chow mein can from the 1970s; a photo of a site called Blanc de Blanc (white on white) in my hometown; my Harlow's Monkey logo, the UW Tacoma logo, the cover of the book A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota; and a link to my interview with Hana and Ryan from @adoptedfeelspodcast
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