In a post from a while back, I questioned the existence of one Jessica DelBalzo, owner of a ridiculous website that sells anti-adoption mouse pads and things like an, "Adoption aborts the mother woman's tank top".

Hey! I'm a grown woman who knows that the world has more than a fair share of nuts and loonies, but I honestly did doubt that something as odd as a webpage called "Legalized Lies Online Store" selling "Save the Family Trees" mouse pads could possibly be anything other than a rather sick hoax.

Unfortunately, I was wrong. This young woman ... who by the way is not an adoptee, a birth parent or, to use the term she and many anti-adoption goons prefer over parents, an adopter ... has hefted the anti-adoption banner like a thirty-foot-long chunk of timber and has been lugging it around since some bizarre revelation in high school convinced her that she'd seen the one and only true light (What is it with unbalanced high school kids these days, anyway?), shouting, "Look at me!" and, "Buy my products!" ever since.

An oh-so-predictable turn of events now has her flogging a book ... surprise, surprise ... and, of course, it's apparently all about what she perceives as the evils of adoption.

Like others before her ... perhaps having taking a page from some anti-adoption-trash-sellers handbook ... she's putting out press releases in which she refers to herself in the third person and quotes "glowing reviews from authors, activists, and researchers."

Yeah. Right.

Any doubts that the person selling a book called "Death by Adoption" would call DelBalzo's "Unlearning Adoption: A Guide to Family Preservation and Protection" a "must read"?

Before anyone decides to run out to purchase this volume of bound silliness, may I first give a bit more info on DelBalzo?

First, a look at a bit of where her 'information' comes from, in her own words. We'll call the following "research", shall we?

Hello!

As of July 1st, 1998, I will be running an Anti-Adoption Mailing List. It is very important that anyone who joins understands that this list is NOT set up for the debate of whether or not adoption is wrong, it is set up for those who already realize that adoption is wrong and wish to have discussions without defending their viewpoint. Anyone who is against adoption or interested in finding out more about the negatives of adoption is more than welcome to join. However, any letters dealing with statements that "Adoption isn't wrong because. . ." will not go any further than my own mailbox. Anyone with any viewpoint is welcome to subscribe and read, but this mailing list will not be beneficial for any of the truly anti-adoption members if it becomes an argument -- we can argue on alt.adoption, in the AOL Adoption Forum, and most other places on the web, and that does nothing to facilitate taking action against adoption or exchanging thoughts and ideas (as well as anger, if those are your feelings) about adoption. I want this mailing list to be useful for those of us who are against adoption, to refine thinking, help anyone considering adoption to recognize the problems this system can cause, and to share our thoughts and support with each other.

Since this is a new mailing list, it will definitely take some time to gain members and support, however, I believe it can be a very positive experience for all of us.

Please let me know if you're interested in joining. I would like to have some basic information about anyone who joins, but if you'd rather not share, you're still more than welcome to join in! All I absolutely need is your e-mail address.

To join, blah, blah

Thank you!
List Owner
Jessica Anne DelBalzo

Imagine the perspective she's gained in the last nine years from that!

But of course, there's no reason to take my word for the idea that this woman might be more than a bit demented and might possibly have some agenda that has more to do with money or attention or something else pretty darned kinky than a wacked out view of adoption.

Take a look for yourself at her Live Journal profile where she goes by Riot Mama Jessy, "that antiadoption grrl".

From there you can follow links she's given to her other work ... writing for a store that sells blinds, and a web site where she graphically touts adult sex toys with topics like, "How to Choose and Use Personal Lubricant" "Latex is for Lovers: Taking Fetish Fashion to the Extreme", and "Enter from the Rear: Anal Sex Tips for Beginners". (Believe me, there are LOTS more ... )

If this still sounds like someone whose opinions on adoption ... or anything else ... you'd respect, or even have any interest in hearing, go ahead and check out her latest ploy to add some cash to her bottom line.

I think I'll just chalk her up to another anti-adoption nut case, zealous and beyond redemption thanks to heavy investment in her nuttiness ... and related products ... and irrelevant to real dialog due to tight hugging of the ever-unraveling fringes.