tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9171749502502490378.post8064167994684886607..comments2023-09-10T08:35:17.240-04:00Comments on Statistically Impossible: OAR Interview Project 2012: Meet JennI amhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13182867182942654599noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9171749502502490378.post-29282049059179435632012-11-29T21:18:56.671-05:002012-11-29T21:18:56.671-05:00Thanks for a great interview. Inciteful questions ...Thanks for a great interview. Inciteful questions and articulate, generous responses. Plenty to think about. I really appreciate both your & Jenn's blogs too. <br />From an a-parent.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9171749502502490378.post-23879190947444062752012-11-23T16:35:31.617-05:002012-11-23T16:35:31.617-05:00I appreciate Jenn's advice to adoptive parents...I appreciate Jenn's advice to adoptive parents to speak truthfully and listen openly.<br /><br />Thanks, I Am, for sharing this interview and participating in the project.Lori Lavender Luzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15394441222262940632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9171749502502490378.post-52866416195730019792012-11-17T08:01:09.300-05:002012-11-17T08:01:09.300-05:00Great interview!Great interview!Rebecca Hawkeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10736626549316682171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9171749502502490378.post-60136092028338737242012-11-15T09:55:08.376-05:002012-11-15T09:55:08.376-05:00Really great interview! I like how Jenn said, &quo...Really great interview! I like how Jenn said, "We all are individuals and need to be respected as such." - this reminds me of another blog post I read (through this interview project) where Laura Dennis said that, basically, "my adoptive status isn't the only thing about me." And another post where the writer (Kumar at stuckout.wordpress.com) said, basically "adoption isn't the only cause of who I am." Thanks both of you for this helpful interview.<br /><br />I think it's neat that Jenn's been able to trace her family tree back so far. I'm not an adoptee, but I can only go back to the lateish 1800's, and wish I could go back further.<br /><br />Another thing she said that made me think, "I identify as a white straight female. I will never understand what it's like to be a Native American lesbian. I can listen to her story. I can sympathize, but not empathize" - I'm a social worker, and in that role my job is to try to empathize with people; but she's so right in that the folks I'm trying to empathize with have identities and experiences that I don't. I think, if we really listen to people, we might not be able to empathize with their specific situation or understand it in the way that they do, but I think we can empathize with their emotions. "I've never been a lesbian Native American (I've never even been a woman!), but I can empathize with the general feeling of being an outsider, the discomfort of self-questioning, the joy of self-acceptance."<br /><br />Really thought-provoking interview. Thanks!Addison Cooperhttp://www.adoptionlcsw.comnoreply@blogger.com