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The Queen’s Gambit and Adoption

Featuredby Grace Newton Leave a comment

Like many people around the country, I recently watched the popular series on Netflix, The Queen’s Gambit. The Queen’s Gambit is an intriguing show about chess, substance abuse, and the […]

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Little Fires Everywhere (Hulu Adaptation) + Review

October 20, 2020by Grace Newton Leave a comment

Introduction The book, Little Fires Everywhere, by Celeste Ng, published in 2017, was recently adapted for a T.V. miniseries on Hulu earlier this year (Shelton et al., 2020). The show […]

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Adult Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Commercial, Film Reviews, Recent Media + Response, Reflections

Instant Family (+ Review)

December 18, 2018by Grace Newton 1 Comment

I recently saw the new Hollywood holiday, feel-good movie, Instant Family, about Pete and Ellie, played by Mark Wahlberg and Rose Byrne, who take in three children through a foster […]

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Beijing Bicycle (+Review)

May 24, 2018by Grace Newton 2 Comments

Beijing Bicycle is a coming-of-age story of two teenage boys in the city whose lives become intertwined through the ownership of a bicycle. One is a country boy, seeking a […]

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Academic Writing, Film Reviews, Independent

Black Panther – Wakanda Forever

February 23, 2018by Grace Newton 2 Comments

Some time ago I was watching Rodger and Hammerstein’s Cinderella with a couple of friends along with one friend’s nine-year-old cousin. Within the first thirty minutes of the movie, the little blonde girl plainly […]

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Lion (+Review)

March 9, 2017by Grace Newton 4 Comments

While watching the Oscars last weekend, I was reminded of the Oscar nominated film, Lion, that came out at the end of 2016. The riveting film is inspired by the true […]

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Finding Dory As An Adoption Story

July 12, 2016by Grace Newton 9 Comments

In this mid-July heat, one of the most classic summer activities is going to the dark, highly air-conditioned movie theater to sit down and relax for a while. I went […]

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Adopted + We Can Do Better

November 14, 2014by Grace Newton 5 Comments

I first watched the film, Adopted,  with my parents while I was in high school. I remember being the only adoptee at the film screening and thinking it would have been a […]

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Film Reviews, For Adoptive Parents, Independent, Recent Media + Response

“Dear White People” or Nah?

November 11, 2014by Grace Newton Leave a comment

Originally posted on The Progress:
Way back in 2006, when I was a plump faced freshman at Johns Hopkins, I got my first taste of proper American racism. That year…

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Film Reviews, Independent, Recent Media + Response

Twin Sisters + Response

November 1, 2014by Grace Newton 82 Comments

Last month, the independent film Twin Sisters aired on PBS. This documentary tells the story of twin sisters from China who were separated, one adopted by a Norwegian couple and the other […]

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Film Reviews, Independent, Recent Media + Response, Reflections

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