Its end begins with naming it.
Its end begins with naming it.
This is what adoption is.
This is what adoption is.
Australia tried to build a stable nation while systematically breaking the very bonds that create stability. Forced adoption is one of the clearest examples of that contradiction.
Australia tried to build a stable nation while systematically breaking the very bonds that create stability. Forced adoption is one of the clearest examples of that contradiction.
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You were taken at birth.
Your identity was overwritten.
Your history was confiscated.
Your mother was silenced.
Your existence was reorganised to suit the desires, insecurities, and moral convenience of others.
You were taken at birth.
Your identity was overwritten.
Your history was confiscated.
Your mother was silenced.
Your existence was reorganised to suit the desires, insecurities, and moral convenience of others.
If I have to explain this to you, you don’t know #adoption !
#naam #nationaladoptionawarnessmonth #adopteevoices
If I have to explain this to you, you don’t know #adoption !
#naam #nationaladoptionawarnessmonth #adopteevoices
#AdopteeVoices #ChildRights
#humantights
#un
#politcs
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#AdopteeVoices #ChildRights
#humantights
#un
#politcs
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It’s not normal to be that invested in protecting a system you were never harmed by.
That’s not empathy — that’s denial dressed up as virtue.
It’s not normal to be that invested in protecting a system you were never harmed by.
That’s not empathy — that’s denial dressed up as virtue.
When adoptees speak truth, it unsettles the fantasy people have built around faith.
“Love” is used to cover lies so you get to feel righteous while we live the cost of it
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Facing discomfort is the work.
When adoptees speak truth, it unsettles the fantasy people have built around faith.
“Love” is used to cover lies so you get to feel righteous while we live the cost of it
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Facing discomfort is the work.
The void is not my enemy — it’s my womb of renewal.
I rest inside the pulse of becoming,
and let the light find form through me. #blackmoon
The void is not my enemy — it’s my womb of renewal.
I rest inside the pulse of becoming,
and let the light find form through me. #blackmoon
letting go feels like dying because, in your earliest #experience, letting go was #death.
letting go feels like dying because, in your earliest #experience, letting go was #death.