In this installment of “Love, Recorded,” Matt takes his daughter to a Halloween party and wonders: Is Halloween a White People Holiday?
10 Things Every New Father Should Know
The “Love, Recorded” guide to being a new daddy.
The End of Gender: What Can We Do as New Parents?
The Love, Recorded column takes on gender. Cute baby pictures are included. Dolls are another story.
How the Rules of Racism Are Different For Asian Americans
Matthew Salesses reflects upon the moment he realized he was not white, and explores the ways in which racism against Asians Americans is nearly invisible in our culture.
How Can Asian America Ever Be Represented in (White) American Media?
Matthew Salesses offers an adoptee’s take on ‘Fresh Off the Boat’ and explains the hope that comes with seeing someone like yourself in a leading role.
You’re Projecting It Onto Us White People!
Matthew Salesses on the dilemma of how to talk about adoption without hurting loved ones.
#Ferguson Cops Want to Believe They Are Right, Not Racist
“What the cops want, on some level, is to believe their version of the world, that black people are dangerous.” By Matthew Salesses
The Fortune Cookie as Parent
In this installment of “Love, Recorded,” how do we give our children advice that is both enough and not so much that it stifles them. Look to the cookie?
Accident
In the latest installment of “Love, Recorded,” a car named Kiki gets in an accident. But what really hurts is the crash between the present and the past.
The Ways We Talk, the Ways We Listen
“My brother visits from Korea with his girlfriend, S. If they marry, I will not be the only adoptee in the family to return to Korea and marry a Korean woman.” By Matthew Salesses
The Powers That Beast: What is the Adoptee Voice Worth?
“Adoptee voices must be included in conversations about adoption. Adoptee voices must be valued.” By Matthew Salesses
A Civilized Christmas
In this installment of “Love, Recorded,” the baby falls in love, unrequited, and Matt ponders the socialization element of the holidays.
Zombie Holiday
In this installment of Matt Salesses’s “Love, Recorded:” loneliness, recorded.
20 Rules for Good (and Healthy) Internet Citizenship
Matthew Salesses illustrates the concept of good netizenship with kittens and celebrities.
A Month of Thankfulness: Adoptive Parents
Adoption is a complicated thing, but Matthew Salesses wants to be sure to thank his adoptive parents for being there when he needed them.
Give Me My Smartphone or Give Me Death
In the latest installment of “Love, Recorded,” phones stop working. Does life go on?