This Girl Switched Up The Beat of National Adoption Month

    LAS VEGAS, NV, November 18, 2014 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Over this past weekend Juliana Whitney, a sassy adoption advocate who goes by That Adopted Girl, along with only 2 of her female comrades, somehow managed to hide 5,000 bookmarks in books and magazines at retailers and libraries across the city of Las Vegas. Locations include Barnes and Noble, Target, and the University of Nevada Las Vegas library. "Why? It is National Adoption Month! People are not usually drawn to causes that they do not relate to. I am bringing this cause directly to the people, literally placing it in their hands." - Juliana Whitney (That Adopted Girl)

Adoption is becoming more popular, highly influenced by celebrities such as Brangelina, Madonna and Sandra Bullock. Many think it is handing a kid from one set of parents to another and voila a new hodgepodge family is formed. "It is so much deeper, so much more complicated than the general population is aware.

The adoption-narrative is currently controlled by adoptive parents. Adoptees have things to say and feelings to express about adoption that adoptive parents know nothing about. It is some pretty interesting stuff." - Project Assistant, Devin Alescia.

That Adopted Girl says she knows she is not the only one working to change the adoption narrative, but notes that each style differs, saying, "I like the sentiment of the whole 'Flip The Script' effort from other adult adoptees this month, but the message seems to be motivated by anger. It is okay to be angry, I have been there, I get it, I empathize, I completely understand. You know who doesn't understand? Everyone else. I want to change the way people think about and understand adoption and I know that in order to reach the people, I have to speak in a language we can all understand. 'Angry Adoptee' is mostly understood by other adoptees."

As her moniker suggests, Juliana is indeed an adopted girl. She was adopted in the 1980's by two professors. She started working on understanding adoption about 13 years ago. Thanks to a supportive and open family, she has been able to explore the adoption process from the perspective of adoptees, biological parents a, adoptive parents and society. She says, "I like understanding the ups and downs, the flaws and perfections, the humor and the sadness of other life experiences. That is what I want to do for adoption, I want to bring a new voice to the topic, create a broader understanding of adoption. I will answer questions and I will say the things that adoptees never say, either because they are afraid to say these things, or because these things are a little offbeat and never cross their minds."

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