Baby Girl L
@babygirll.bsky.social
#adoptee in reunion, photographer, skier, newly-transplanted Coloradan, mother of two 📷🧘🏼♀️🌳🌸🍺🏔️🎿🚲🕉️
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given any prevailing social and political climate, there are always hegemonic attitudes that forbid the discussion of certain basic ethical questions, and i believe that the identity crime at the heart of #adoption is one of them—and has been for at least 80 years in the USA.
February 14, 2025 at 8:24 PM
given any prevailing social and political climate, there are always hegemonic attitudes that forbid the discussion of certain basic ethical questions, and i believe that the identity crime at the heart of #adoption is one of them—and has been for at least 80 years in the USA.
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BREAKING: Here is the anti-trans sex/gender executive order. It's extensive, it's bad, and it's often lawless. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
And, do not miss in "d" and "e" below, it even tries to put in the beginnings of a personhood argument, for some reason.
And, do not miss in "d" and "e" below, it even tries to put in the beginnings of a personhood argument, for some reason.
January 21, 2025 at 2:06 AM
BREAKING: Here is the anti-trans sex/gender executive order. It's extensive, it's bad, and it's often lawless. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
And, do not miss in "d" and "e" below, it even tries to put in the beginnings of a personhood argument, for some reason.
And, do not miss in "d" and "e" below, it even tries to put in the beginnings of a personhood argument, for some reason.
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A helpful thing to remember, or at least it has been for me: in hard times, there will be discrete moments—maybe lots of them—where you experience love and joy and community. It is no sin to enjoy them, and arguably more of one to refuse them.
January 21, 2025 at 3:19 AM
A helpful thing to remember, or at least it has been for me: in hard times, there will be discrete moments—maybe lots of them—where you experience love and joy and community. It is no sin to enjoy them, and arguably more of one to refuse them.
Why tf has the ERA not been enshrined yet???
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is on a mission in President Biden’s final days in office. She wants to convince him that he can rescue his legacy by adding the Equal Rights Amendment, which would explicitly guarantee sex equality, to the Constitution as a way to protect abortion rights in post-Roe America.
Gillibrand Presses Biden to Amend the Constitution to Enshrine Sex Equality
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York is leading the charge for Democrats to persuade President Biden to adopt the Equal Rights Amendment, which would invite a Supreme Court battle.
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2024 at 6:24 AM
Why tf has the ERA not been enshrined yet???
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Donald Trump tapped Kimberly Guilfoyle as the United States Ambassador to Greece.
Sooooo...
Don Jr. reportedly cheated on her and dumped her for a socialite, and Donald thinks it's a great idea to give her a job as an ambassador?
Clown. Show.
Sooooo...
Don Jr. reportedly cheated on her and dumped her for a socialite, and Donald thinks it's a great idea to give her a job as an ambassador?
Clown. Show.
December 10, 2024 at 11:23 PM
Donald Trump tapped Kimberly Guilfoyle as the United States Ambassador to Greece.
Sooooo...
Don Jr. reportedly cheated on her and dumped her for a socialite, and Donald thinks it's a great idea to give her a job as an ambassador?
Clown. Show.
Sooooo...
Don Jr. reportedly cheated on her and dumped her for a socialite, and Donald thinks it's a great idea to give her a job as an ambassador?
Clown. Show.
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@llmunro.bsky.social gave me permission to recreate her outstanding Twitter thread of writings about the history of family separation + plenary adoption as it’s practiced in the US. It also includes additions from others on Adoptee Twitter.
Here we go!
@llmunro.bsky.social gave me permission to recreate her outstanding Twitter thread of writings about the history of family separation + plenary adoption as it’s practiced in the US. It also includes additions from others on Adoptee Twitter.
Here we go!
November 24, 2024 at 3:48 PM
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@llmunro.bsky.social gave me permission to recreate her outstanding Twitter thread of writings about the history of family separation + plenary adoption as it’s practiced in the US. It also includes additions from others on Adoptee Twitter.
Here we go!
@llmunro.bsky.social gave me permission to recreate her outstanding Twitter thread of writings about the history of family separation + plenary adoption as it’s practiced in the US. It also includes additions from others on Adoptee Twitter.
Here we go!
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Never get tired of repeating this: You cannot be an intersectional feminist and anti-racist and also support the adoption and surrogacy industries. #adoption #adoptee #adopteevoices 🥚
November 27, 2024 at 7:51 AM
Never get tired of repeating this: You cannot be an intersectional feminist and anti-racist and also support the adoption and surrogacy industries. #adoption #adoptee #adopteevoices 🥚
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just don’t invoke the slogan “love is what makes a family” in connection with #adoption. If that slogan has any meaning, it refers to the reciprocity in the concept of chosen family.
Most adoptees never had a choice. There is no reciprocity when you’re trafficked as a baby.
Most adoptees never had a choice. There is no reciprocity when you’re trafficked as a baby.
December 4, 2024 at 2:22 PM
just don’t invoke the slogan “love is what makes a family” in connection with #adoption. If that slogan has any meaning, it refers to the reciprocity in the concept of chosen family.
Most adoptees never had a choice. There is no reciprocity when you’re trafficked as a baby.
Most adoptees never had a choice. There is no reciprocity when you’re trafficked as a baby.
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From @kwistent.bsky.social ‘s forthcoming THE SUN WON’T COME OUT TOMORROW, a history of orphanhood in the USA.
Adopted people will want to read this book for the way Martin’s analysis connects with the abolitionist emphasis on #adoption as a privatized solution to systemic social harms.
Adopted people will want to read this book for the way Martin’s analysis connects with the abolitionist emphasis on #adoption as a privatized solution to systemic social harms.
December 8, 2024 at 1:49 PM
From @kwistent.bsky.social ‘s forthcoming THE SUN WON’T COME OUT TOMORROW, a history of orphanhood in the USA.
Adopted people will want to read this book for the way Martin’s analysis connects with the abolitionist emphasis on #adoption as a privatized solution to systemic social harms.
Adopted people will want to read this book for the way Martin’s analysis connects with the abolitionist emphasis on #adoption as a privatized solution to systemic social harms.
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Hi new pals! I am a cultural critic based in Philadelphia, and my first book, THE SUN WON'T COME OUT TOMORROW: THE DARK HISTORY OF AMERICAN ORPHANHOOD, comes out the day after the inauguration (gulp). bookshop.org/p/books/the-... (1/2)
The Sun Won't Come Out Tomorrow: The Dark History of American Orphanhood a book by Kristen Martin
The real history of being an orphan in America is nothing like the myth, and nothing like the American dream. The orphan story has been mythologized: Step one: While a child is still too young to fo...
bookshop.org
November 9, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Hi new pals! I am a cultural critic based in Philadelphia, and my first book, THE SUN WON'T COME OUT TOMORROW: THE DARK HISTORY OF AMERICAN ORPHANHOOD, comes out the day after the inauguration (gulp). bookshop.org/p/books/the-... (1/2)
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Big corporate is super happy to get back to the status quo - keeping you distracted whilst totally fucking you six ways from Sunday.
December 9, 2024 at 9:26 PM
Big corporate is super happy to get back to the status quo - keeping you distracted whilst totally fucking you six ways from Sunday.
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Elon Musk, with his 4-year-old son X-Æ-12, appeared together on Capitol Hill Thursday for a DOGE meeting—but you can call him ‘Human Shield,’ it’s easier to pronounce.
December 7, 2024 at 5:43 PM
Elon Musk, with his 4-year-old son X-Æ-12, appeared together on Capitol Hill Thursday for a DOGE meeting—but you can call him ‘Human Shield,’ it’s easier to pronounce.
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I am both heartened and a little scared by how many recipe ideas people had ready to go for this, and at least 3 vegetarians offered to do the cooking. There are even some side dish suggestions.
You people are awesome 😂
You people are awesome 😂
Nearly every billionaire is a soft, doughy little mound of ghost white skin that's never seen a minute of struggle or exercise. Point is they would probably be tender and delicious.
December 7, 2024 at 5:24 PM
I am both heartened and a little scared by how many recipe ideas people had ready to go for this, and at least 3 vegetarians offered to do the cooking. There are even some side dish suggestions.
You people are awesome 😂
You people are awesome 😂
Jesus fucking Christ 😳
her face has the look of a woman regretting every choice in her life that led to this
www.pride.com/politics/mag...
www.pride.com/politics/mag...
MAGA husband says giving his wife orgasms not babies is 'gay sex' and we're cackling
"I’m not going to have gay sex," Luke Moody said with all of the confidence of a mediocre straight man.
www.pride.com
December 7, 2024 at 5:08 PM
Jesus fucking Christ 😳
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Maybe don't run your business such that every customer is a potential suspect in your shooting.
Follow me for more life tips.
Follow me for more life tips.
December 7, 2024 at 3:02 PM
Maybe don't run your business such that every customer is a potential suspect in your shooting.
Follow me for more life tips.
Follow me for more life tips.
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It sucks that I can't be my bio parents kid. That the law says I belong to someone else because, well, they bought me. 🥚
December 6, 2024 at 12:14 AM
It sucks that I can't be my bio parents kid. That the law says I belong to someone else because, well, they bought me. 🥚
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🥚"Adoption is not merely a loss of familial bonds – it is a rewriting of identity at the most fundamental level.... For adoptees, embracing a “true self” is not a straightforward journey; it is a battle against a system that has deliberately severed the roots of identity."
medium.com/thoughtless-...
medium.com/thoughtless-...
The Forgotten Suffering:
Adoption, Trauma, and the Silence of Experts
medium.com
December 5, 2024 at 10:42 PM
🥚"Adoption is not merely a loss of familial bonds – it is a rewriting of identity at the most fundamental level.... For adoptees, embracing a “true self” is not a straightforward journey; it is a battle against a system that has deliberately severed the roots of identity."
medium.com/thoughtless-...
medium.com/thoughtless-...
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“Our ancestors did more, with less, against worse”* is a great mantra for the days ahead.
So how about telling #adoptees who our ancestors are so we too can feel historically moved to action? Or you know just give us our birth certificates. We’ll take it from there. 🥚
* @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
So how about telling #adoptees who our ancestors are so we too can feel historically moved to action? Or you know just give us our birth certificates. We’ll take it from there. 🥚
* @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
December 4, 2024 at 3:29 PM
“Our ancestors did more, with less, against worse”* is a great mantra for the days ahead.
So how about telling #adoptees who our ancestors are so we too can feel historically moved to action? Or you know just give us our birth certificates. We’ll take it from there. 🥚
* @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
So how about telling #adoptees who our ancestors are so we too can feel historically moved to action? Or you know just give us our birth certificates. We’ll take it from there. 🥚
* @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
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reminder to all #adoptees: No one* is coming to help us tell our stories. If people start to pay attention, it will only be because WE force them to.
Speak, write, do research, make art, music, find community. Be visible. People in this adoption-besotted country prefer to look away. Don’t let them.
Speak, write, do research, make art, music, find community. Be visible. People in this adoption-besotted country prefer to look away. Don’t let them.
December 5, 2024 at 5:28 PM
reminder to all #adoptees: No one* is coming to help us tell our stories. If people start to pay attention, it will only be because WE force them to.
Speak, write, do research, make art, music, find community. Be visible. People in this adoption-besotted country prefer to look away. Don’t let them.
Speak, write, do research, make art, music, find community. Be visible. People in this adoption-besotted country prefer to look away. Don’t let them.
Yes, yes I do.
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You know how sometimes you get so angry you just feel sick
December 6, 2024 at 4:59 PM
Yes, yes I do.
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I seriously LOVE this picture. :)
December 5, 2024 at 1:10 PM
I seriously LOVE this picture. :)
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people who cry “parents’ rights” assume that children are property, objects of dominion; they are asserting their dominion over that of the state.
i prefer as a parent to talk about my responsibilities to my children rather than my rights over them, since no human being is another’s property.
i prefer as a parent to talk about my responsibilities to my children rather than my rights over them, since no human being is another’s property.
December 6, 2024 at 10:51 AM
people who cry “parents’ rights” assume that children are property, objects of dominion; they are asserting their dominion over that of the state.
i prefer as a parent to talk about my responsibilities to my children rather than my rights over them, since no human being is another’s property.
i prefer as a parent to talk about my responsibilities to my children rather than my rights over them, since no human being is another’s property.