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About Adoption Watch
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WELCOME, WATCHERS
Read why this forum was started, and notes on how it's progressing.
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1 | 11/8/02 12:06 pm |
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Q&A
Post here with your questions, complaints or suggestions, and the administrator will try to find you an answer.
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1 | 7/20/02 8:14 am |
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Movies
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COMING ATTRACTIONS
Know of any movies coming out that deal with adoption, good or bad? Here's the place to round up viewers, sound the alarm or look for more information on projects you may be hearing about.
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3 | 8/29/03 10:42 pm |
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NOW SHOWING
If you've seen a movie with an adoption theme or elements, post your review here. Include specifics on what you felt the film got wrong -- or right. Please note that this is NOT the place for discussion; for that, see "Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down," below.
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7 | 8/29/04 11:52 am |
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THUMBS UP, THUMBS DOWN
A forum for discussing the treatment of adoption in specific movies and in movies in general. While passionate opinions are encouraged, please direct your attacks at the works and attitudes in question and not at fellow posters.
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1 | 8/5/03 12:06 am |
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FOCUS GROUP FEEDBACK
Whether you want to complain or compliment, here's how to let the folks who make adoption-themed movies know what you think of them. Post here with contact information, what you've done with it and what kind of a response you've received.
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0 | 7/13/02 9:42 pm |
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Television
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PROGRAM GUIDE
Know of any TV shows coming out that deal with adoption, good or bad? Here's the place to round up viewers, sound the alarm or look for more information on projects you may be hearing about.
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6 | 10/10/04 3:51 pm |
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OVERNIGHT RATINGS
A forum for discussing the treatment of adoption in specific television shows AFTER they have aired, as well as in commercials. For shows that are still upcoming, check out "Program Guide," above.
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7 | 3/4/04 5:20 pm |
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CHANGING CHANNELS
A forum for discussing the treatment of adoption on television entertainment and news programs in general. While passionate opinions are encouraged, please direct your attacks at the works and attitudes in question and not at fellow posters.
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0 | 7/13/02 10:11 pm |
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A WORD FOR OUR SPONSORS
Whether you want to complain or compliment, here's how to let the folks who make or sponsor adoption-themed TV fare know what you think of them. Post here with contact information, what you've done with it and what kind of a response you've received.
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1 | 11/27/04 11:10 am |
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Books
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SELF HELP
Discussion of NONFICTION books on adoption or with adoption-related elements.
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2 | 1/30/03 9:59 pm |
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TELLING TALES
Discussion of FICTION books with adoption themes or elements.
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6 | 6/6/04 12:21 pm |
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Newspapers and Magazines
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HOT OFF THE PRESS
Whether it's local news or front page national, if it's about adoption and you read it in a newspaper, you can post about it here.
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6 | 8/29/03 10:04 pm |
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READER'S DIGEST
Whether helpful or alarmist, confrontational or condescending, magazines and the articles they do or do not feature on adoption are discussion fodder here.
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1 | 7/20/02 5:53 pm |
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The Media in General
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SHAPING ATTITUDES
Is the media promoting a negative image of adoption? A too-positive one? Is it their job to care one way or another? Is it right to take offense at insensitive depictions, or ridiculous? Argue it out in this free-for-all forum.
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1 | 7/20/02 10:28 am |
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LIVING IN THE REAL WORLD
As much as we might like to, we can't protect our children and ourselves from all negative or insensitive depictions of adoption. Here's the place to share your strategies and solutions for battling media stereotypes or using them to inform and educate -- your children, your neighbors, or members of the media themselves.
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0 | 7/14/02 10:18 am |