NEWS: Liz Phair: If You're Adopted You Are A Little Fucked Up

My parents have been together for 30 years, they were great, I wasn't adopted, and I'm still screwed up.

I honestly don't care what a rock star's opinions on anything are. But I have to say I'm a huge Liz fan and her last 2 albums were definately different but in no way bad. She still has some amazing lyrical prowess. Listen to "My Bionic Eyes", a little less production and it could be off of Whitechocolatespaceegg.

It seems like the headlines on this site are always overstating celebrities opinions to make them more incendiary (remember that Mark Wahlberg article last week?).

She never said people shouldn't adopt kids, or that they'd be better off with irresponsible parents or in an orphanage. All she's saying is that it's an added complication to these kids lives. That's so obviously true, it could have gone without saying.

I don't think that's such a terrible thing to say. I'm sure for a lot of people, that's true. For others, not so much.

As for her last two records, they're certainly different, and not as good, but do have their bright spots. And I can't fault her for what she did. I do wish she still played guitar on them, though.

[Edited on May 21, 2006 by mamet]

There is a whole lot more to being a Dad than being a sperm donor.

And it takes more than just giving birth to be a mother.

Your "screwed up" is my normal so...shut up Liz and make some better music.

edited to say:it is strange when your "sister" is also attractive and there is no blood relation so...

[Edited on May 21, 2006 by tallboy66]

HAH!

[Edited on May 21, 2006 by PointBlank]

Oh Liz, Liz, Liz . . . how the mighty have fallen.
I'd still do you though.

*sigh*

about as close to this as i can come is....my brother is amrried to a woman who had previously had a child....so my step-neice, i see how even though we are not related by blood, i truely see her as my niece 100%. i remember when she had her last name changed to ours, i cried. i donm't even think about it any more really, the fact that she is a step neice, i don t really know if this relates to the subject, but anyway.....

My sister and her girlfriend have adopted two kids so far, and in my limited experience with other adopted kids I'm not really inclined to argue with Liz on this one. It really depends on what you defined as "screwed up", but there's undoubtedly psychological differences that adopted kids carry around with them that "normal" kids don't. But in the end, having a good family life - regardless of whether you're adopted or not - trumps having a shitty one, and ultimately that's what's going to make the biggest difference in your life.

Exactly. Name one thing more damaging than a close relationship with your parents.

[Edited on May 22, 2006 by Jeff_Fries]

Maybe we need to start a new thread in 'Siliness' called "Care to rephrase that?" or "Is it hard to talk with your foot in your mouth?" for all these dumbass celebrities and public figures who seem to have verbal diarrhea.

On a constructive note:
Having a close friend that is adopted, as well as a couple of in-laws that are, the one thing that I really think is fucked up about adoption is that the kids don't have any access to their biological parent's medical history. I have a cousin who has juvenile diabetes (type 1), but because his mother was adopted, he (and she for that matter) didn't know that he was at risk for this until he collapsed into a diabetic coma one day.

You mean being beholden to the almighty dollar?