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by April Dinwoodie When Hiding Becomes Habit Throughout my life, I’ve become aware of how naturally I can mask — how easily I learned to protect parts of myself that felt confusing, painful, or “too much.” As an adopted person, curiosity has always lived right next to fear: curiosity about who I am and where I come from, and fear about what might happen if I asked too many questions or revealed my true emotions of grief and loss. Connections read more
The Girl I Am, Was, and Never Will Be: A Speculative Memoir of Transracial Adoption by Shannon Gibney Ages 14-17 Gibney features herself as the protagonist in this part memoir, part speculative fiction novel. Shannon Gibney and Erin Powers are one and the same person. However, there’s a primal difference in that one was adopted and the other wasn’t. Using documents like vital records, correspondence written from her birth mother to her adoptive mother, and photographs of herself and family read more
Whether you participate in Halloween or not, October 31st has many children and the young at heart dressing up in costumes and wearing masks. But what is behind the masks you don’t see? What do they reveal? Read this month’s feature article by April Dinwoodie, “Behind the Mask: The truth about belonging, identity, and the narratives we navigate” for more perspective. Additional previous posts published on this topic over the years include: “Masks, Masking, and Mental Health.” and Costumes and Code-Switching: read more