I Met My Dad On Friendster

From: Jennifer Durban
Length: 14:37

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From: Jennifer Durban

Durbanfrontvert_small At age 30, I met my biological father on Friendster. It was through an email entitled, "Your Mother's Ex-Boyfriend (Me)." Through this exchange, I came to discover that my family had been keeping a very important secret from me and, if not for Friendster, the secret would have remained just that. This encounter led me on a journey from San Francisco to Tucson to meet and interview my father. Using personal narration and interviews, I Met My Dad On Friendster is an audio piece that touches upon the incredibility of having such an intimate moment generated through such public technology and questions the meaning of family.

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At age 30, I met my biological father on Friendster. It was through an email entitled, "Your Mother's Ex-Boyfriend (Me)." Through this exchange, I came to discover that my family had been keeping a very important secret from me and, if not for Friendster, the secret would have remained just that. This encounter led me on a journey from San Francisco to Tucson to meet and interview my father. Using personal narration and interviews, I Met My Dad On Friendster is an audio piece that touches upon the incredibility of having such an intimate moment generated through such public technology and questions the meaning of family.