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    apocalypse-nowish: Call it what it is - she bought that little girl. Didn't Angie have to wait like a year before she adopted Pax? It wasn't at all like Madonna's 'adopt... more »
    rumpelshowsskin: My question is this: Why is it okay for people to have this mentality that the only good thing one can do for an African child is to adopt them out o... more »
    clarafier: couldn't some of our perception of madonna's family be skewed by the fact that the press consistently portrays her as a zombie who feeds on african ki... more »
    msAnthrope: beecroft seems to think that disgusting actions on behalf of "art" justify themselves. if your actions cause others pain and discomfort, they're not j... more »
    Mama Penguino: A family is a lot like a marriage: the only people who really know what goes on are the people in it. As the mother of an adopted Chinese daughter, I ... more »
    jemandtheholograms: While I don't know what goes on inside Madonna's home, I do know she travels a lot, that she just got divorced, and that she already has two kids. Ye... more »
    clevernamehere: Is that the natural skin tone of those two babies or has she covered them in some kind of make-up? They look like they are coated in something, which ... more »
    Lexican: I don't understand why adopt one child (when if your goal is to provide a better life for someone), when you can help a village, town, city with donat... more »
    SomeAuthorGirl: We don't know if Madonna/Angelina's attitudes are "cavalier" in reality, but that certainly is the troubling perception. What is reality is that paren... more »
    formergr: Whoooo, I feel like this piece could have been divided into two posts that would have been equally excellent and insightful as the one above, but easi... more »
    fireflyinjuly: I'd really like to know if Madonna and Angelina have thought about the socio-geo-political context of their adoptions and racism. Also, it speaks volu... more »
    tallgirl-in-heels: Mary Louise Parker adopted a little girl from Africa (Ethiopia?), and it was done relatively quietly. The fact that she didn't appear to be trying to ... more »
    Benevolent_Dictatrix (patently absurd): What I don't understand about the Madonna adoption saga is that surely there must be plenty of truly orphaned children in Africa in general or Malawi ... more »
    missnicolec: I have absolutely no problem with Madonna adopting - she can give a child a wonderful life at least in the financial aspect of things (I don't know he... more »
    JinxyMcDeath: What's going on in that second picture? Who is that woman? Is she really breastfeeding? Is it supposed to be artistic...? more »
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    Can Madonna & Mercy Ever Just Be Mother & Child?

    And when it's a rich white mom and an adopted African child, can it ever be that simple? Well, says one mom, yes and no. More »