KayelaWrites
@kwrights.bsky.social
I write #kidlit stories about finding hope and strength during times of darkness. Nonfiction Enthusiast. Story Collector. Library Lover. Adult ELL teacher. Gardening is my therapy #Adoptee for family preservation
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KayelaWrites
@kwrights.bsky.social
· Jan 23
So let's fight against family separation in any form.
It's all devastating and causes life-long trauma.
Get angry about all of it!
#adoption
#familypolicing
#immigrants
It's all devastating and causes life-long trauma.
Get angry about all of it!
#adoption
#familypolicing
#immigrants
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so many of us who were #adopted grew up among those who professed to love us but desperately hoped that we would never take an interest in our original histories, our original parents, our original communities, our people.
ask me how I know this.
ask me how I know this.
her adopter made her sign a contact veto form without explaining why. It turned out it was because her biological sister, who lived in the same city, had lodged a contact request. She had to fight to have the veto retracted. 🥚
www.mamamia.com.au/adoption-fam...
www.mamamia.com.au/adoption-fam...
'I was proud to be adopted. Then I found a secret box of letters that blew up my life.'
www.mamamia.com.au
February 6, 2026 at 5:37 PM
so many of us who were #adopted grew up among those who professed to love us but desperately hoped that we would never take an interest in our original histories, our original parents, our original communities, our people.
ask me how I know this.
ask me how I know this.
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I just don’t know of any other way to explain how it could be that I would feel compelled to keep the news of my reunion secret because of the fear—amply confirmed—that it would emotionally wound the people who professed to love me
February 6, 2026 at 5:52 PM
I just don’t know of any other way to explain how it could be that I would feel compelled to keep the news of my reunion secret because of the fear—amply confirmed—that it would emotionally wound the people who professed to love me
The secrets in #adoption are immoral. After my adoptive mother died, I found a hidden letter from my first mother. I was devastated to learn the truth: my first mother desperately wanted to know me. She shared personal information, even the names of my half siblings.
I was 8 when she wrote it. 🥚
I was 8 when she wrote it. 🥚
her adopter made her sign a contact veto form without explaining why. It turned out it was because her biological sister, who lived in the same city, had lodged a contact request. She had to fight to have the veto retracted. 🥚
www.mamamia.com.au/adoption-fam...
www.mamamia.com.au/adoption-fam...
'I was proud to be adopted. Then I found a secret box of letters that blew up my life.'
www.mamamia.com.au
February 6, 2026 at 7:54 PM
The secrets in #adoption are immoral. After my adoptive mother died, I found a hidden letter from my first mother. I was devastated to learn the truth: my first mother desperately wanted to know me. She shared personal information, even the names of my half siblings.
I was 8 when she wrote it. 🥚
I was 8 when she wrote it. 🥚
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"Reproductive justice means the right to:
Have a child
Not have a child
Raise children in safe, supported communities
Abolition demands that we stop treating temporary hardship as justification for permanent separation."
🥚 #adoption
"Reproductive justice means the right to:
Have a child
Not have a child
Raise children in safe, supported communities
Abolition demands that we stop treating temporary hardship as justification for permanent separation."
🥚 #adoption
There’s a new adoption Super Bowl ad.
It’s not about helping pregnant people, it’s about shaping public opinion.
I wrote about why adoption is framed as a “choice” only when abortion is punished.
Read here ⬇️
buff.ly/yrFGUqm
#adopteesky
It’s not about helping pregnant people, it’s about shaping public opinion.
I wrote about why adoption is framed as a “choice” only when abortion is punished.
Read here ⬇️
buff.ly/yrFGUqm
#adopteesky
The Adoption Super Bowl Ad and the Lie of Choice
An adoption Super Bowl ad airs amid abortion bans. This piece examines how “choice” becomes coercion in a post Roe world.
open.substack.com
February 6, 2026 at 7:46 PM
💯
"Reproductive justice means the right to:
Have a child
Not have a child
Raise children in safe, supported communities
Abolition demands that we stop treating temporary hardship as justification for permanent separation."
🥚 #adoption
"Reproductive justice means the right to:
Have a child
Not have a child
Raise children in safe, supported communities
Abolition demands that we stop treating temporary hardship as justification for permanent separation."
🥚 #adoption
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Trump, speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast just now: "I don't know how a person of faith can vote for a Democrat."
(Note: the only active pastor in the U.S Senate is a Democrat, Sen. Rev. Raphael Warnock. Trump accused Warnock in December of "using Religion to try and divide the Country")
(Note: the only active pastor in the U.S Senate is a Democrat, Sen. Rev. Raphael Warnock. Trump accused Warnock in December of "using Religion to try and divide the Country")
February 5, 2026 at 2:03 PM
Trump, speaking at the National Prayer Breakfast just now: "I don't know how a person of faith can vote for a Democrat."
(Note: the only active pastor in the U.S Senate is a Democrat, Sen. Rev. Raphael Warnock. Trump accused Warnock in December of "using Religion to try and divide the Country")
(Note: the only active pastor in the U.S Senate is a Democrat, Sen. Rev. Raphael Warnock. Trump accused Warnock in December of "using Religion to try and divide the Country")
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Eric Huntley, who has died aged 96, was the co-founder with his wife, Jessica, of the radical publishing house Bogle L’Ouverture, set up in London in 1968 to showcase black writing talent.
Eric Huntley obituary
Activist and co-founder of Bogle-L’Ouverture, one of the most important black publishing houses in Britain
www.theguardian.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Eric Huntley, who has died aged 96, was the co-founder with his wife, Jessica, of the radical publishing house Bogle L’Ouverture, set up in London in 1968 to showcase black writing talent.
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Family separation didn’t start with foster care, and it didn’t end there.
This is Family Policing 101.
#adopteesky
This is Family Policing 101.
#adopteesky
February 4, 2026 at 3:01 PM
Family separation didn’t start with foster care, and it didn’t end there.
This is Family Policing 101.
#adopteesky
This is Family Policing 101.
#adopteesky
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I've told this story on ContrabandCamp but it's worth sharing for BHM because it's one of the greatest stories ever.
A thread.
A thread.
February 4, 2026 at 5:07 AM
I've told this story on ContrabandCamp but it's worth sharing for BHM because it's one of the greatest stories ever.
A thread.
A thread.
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being an adoptee is so wild because the entire system is supposed to be designed for your benefit and to support you but in reality almost everyone on all sides just hates you and is mad at you constantly for things you had no control over.
February 3, 2026 at 7:38 PM
being an adoptee is so wild because the entire system is supposed to be designed for your benefit and to support you but in reality almost everyone on all sides just hates you and is mad at you constantly for things you had no control over.
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our culture cannot decide whether we adoptees were relinquished because we were loved by our parents or because we were hated by our parents, so it weaponizes both attitudes against us to silence us as the situation requires. The silencing is the *essential* part. 🥚
February 3, 2026 at 8:12 PM
our culture cannot decide whether we adoptees were relinquished because we were loved by our parents or because we were hated by our parents, so it weaponizes both attitudes against us to silence us as the situation requires. The silencing is the *essential* part. 🥚
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Because no one wants to see how the sausage is made, mainstream culture has established a system of avoidance -- the avoidance of reality by using myths -- relative to the relinquishment of infants/children under plenary adoption.
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our culture cannot decide whether we adoptees were relinquished because we were loved by our parents or because we were hated by our parents, so it weaponizes both attitudes against us to silence us as the situation requires. The silencing is the *essential* part. 🥚
February 4, 2026 at 1:15 PM
Because no one wants to see how the sausage is made, mainstream culture has established a system of avoidance -- the avoidance of reality by using myths -- relative to the relinquishment of infants/children under plenary adoption.
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“We are the reminders of a system that commodified children and exported citizens for profit… Our presence unsettles the national conscience because it forces Korea to confront what it tried to conceal.”
Adoption as banishment: Why Korea's adoptees deserve more than symbolic redress - The Korea Times
The renewal of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) for a third mandate on Jan. 29 offers a new opportunity to address the unresolved adop...
www.koreatimes.co.kr
February 3, 2026 at 9:07 PM
“We are the reminders of a system that commodified children and exported citizens for profit… Our presence unsettles the national conscience because it forces Korea to confront what it tried to conceal.”
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I'm constantly learning new things and taking in new information. I'm always changing my mind.
February 3, 2026 at 7:15 PM
I'm constantly learning new things and taking in new information. I'm always changing my mind.
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Happy #BookBirthday to HOME AWAY FROM HOME a “comforting picture book about embracing one’s family culture” from @barefootbooks.bsky.social www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/home...
February 3, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Happy #BookBirthday to HOME AWAY FROM HOME a “comforting picture book about embracing one’s family culture” from @barefootbooks.bsky.social www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/home...
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Black History Month is also about how Black families have always protected one another, even when systems were built to do the opposite.
This month, we’re naming harm and honoring the care, resistance, and love that has always existed.
Support over surveillance. Always.
#adopteesky
This month, we’re naming harm and honoring the care, resistance, and love that has always existed.
Support over surveillance. Always.
#adopteesky
February 2, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Black History Month is also about how Black families have always protected one another, even when systems were built to do the opposite.
This month, we’re naming harm and honoring the care, resistance, and love that has always existed.
Support over surveillance. Always.
#adopteesky
This month, we’re naming harm and honoring the care, resistance, and love that has always existed.
Support over surveillance. Always.
#adopteesky
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“Share this post opposing ICE taking people for being poorer and browner” = liberals share it right and left
“Share this post opposing CPS taking kids and giving parents criminal records for being poorer and browner” = crickets
“Share this post opposing CPS taking kids and giving parents criminal records for being poorer and browner” = crickets
February 2, 2026 at 5:22 PM
“Share this post opposing ICE taking people for being poorer and browner” = liberals share it right and left
“Share this post opposing CPS taking kids and giving parents criminal records for being poorer and browner” = crickets
“Share this post opposing CPS taking kids and giving parents criminal records for being poorer and browner” = crickets
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Good news for Korean #adoptees who's TRC cases are still unresolved as well as the opportunity to submit new cases. 🥚
www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/s...
www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/s...
Korean adoptees welcome fresh inquiry into rights violations in adoption process - The Korea Times
Overseas adoptees welcomed Monday’s announcement of a new Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in Korea, expressing hope that it would allow t...
www.koreatimes.co.kr
February 2, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Good news for Korean #adoptees who's TRC cases are still unresolved as well as the opportunity to submit new cases. 🥚
www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/s...
www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/s...
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One of the plaintiffs in this case is a client---and an intercountry adoptee 🥚 whose only lifeline to remain and work in the US is the Haiti TPS program. Her courage to become a named plaintiff is 🔥 www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Federal judge blocks termination of Haitian TPS, keeps protections from ending Tuesday
With Temporary Protected Status, TPS, set to end at 11:59 p.m. Tuesday, a federal judge in Washington renders a decision.
www.miamiherald.com
February 3, 2026 at 1:29 AM
One of the plaintiffs in this case is a client---and an intercountry adoptee 🥚 whose only lifeline to remain and work in the US is the Haiti TPS program. Her courage to become a named plaintiff is 🔥 www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
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Once in a lifetime opportunity for an aspiring picture book author! Want your pb to be considered at Sourcebooks executive editor Manlove's editorial meeting? Melissa & I are offering a critique & Skip-the-Slush-Pile pass in the Publishing for Minnesota fundraiser! www.32auctions.com/organization...
Picture Book Manuscript Critique and Skip Pass
Auction item 'Picture Book Manuscript Critique and Skip Pass' hosted online at 32auctions.
www.32auctions.com
January 29, 2026 at 12:29 PM
Once in a lifetime opportunity for an aspiring picture book author! Want your pb to be considered at Sourcebooks executive editor Manlove's editorial meeting? Melissa & I are offering a critique & Skip-the-Slush-Pile pass in the Publishing for Minnesota fundraiser! www.32auctions.com/organization...
Hey #adopteesky! 🥚
I donated a signed copy of my book for the Publishing for Minnesota auction fundraiser! You can bid on it, or literally hundreds of other really cool books/art/services, today and tomorrow: www.32auctions.com/organization...
Signed Copy: The Sun Won't Come Out Tomorrow
Auction item 'Signed Copy: The Sun Won't Come Out Tomorrow' hosted online at 32auctions.
www.32auctions.com
January 29, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Hey #adopteesky! 🥚
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I donated a signed copy of my book for the Publishing for Minnesota auction fundraiser! You can bid on it, or literally hundreds of other really cool books/art/services, today and tomorrow: www.32auctions.com/organization...
Signed Copy: The Sun Won't Come Out Tomorrow
Auction item 'Signed Copy: The Sun Won't Come Out Tomorrow' hosted online at 32auctions.
www.32auctions.com
January 29, 2026 at 3:05 PM
I donated a signed copy of my book for the Publishing for Minnesota auction fundraiser! You can bid on it, or literally hundreds of other really cool books/art/services, today and tomorrow: www.32auctions.com/organization...
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Tapping the fucking sign again 🥚
January 29, 2026 at 5:35 PM
Tapping the fucking sign again 🥚
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As I noted here, ICE's masks have given them impunity to inflict harm without consequences, just like the Klan.
And just like the Klan, when they're unmasked by new laws, they'll be weakened across the board.
campaign-trails.ghost.io/masks-off/
And just like the Klan, when they're unmasked by new laws, they'll be weakened across the board.
campaign-trails.ghost.io/masks-off/
Masks Off
Over the past year and, in particular, over the past month, the United States has suffered an alarming rise in the number of verbal threats, physical assaults, and even murders committed by agents of ...
campaign-trails.ghost.io
January 28, 2026 at 11:24 PM
As I noted here, ICE's masks have given them impunity to inflict harm without consequences, just like the Klan.
And just like the Klan, when they're unmasked by new laws, they'll be weakened across the board.
campaign-trails.ghost.io/masks-off/
And just like the Klan, when they're unmasked by new laws, they'll be weakened across the board.
campaign-trails.ghost.io/masks-off/
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Law enforcement officers have always been unmasked in this country until ICE started wearing them last year.
*That* is the departure from norms. *That* is the step too far.
*That* is the departure from norms. *That* is the step too far.
Tillis says he opposes ICE being barred from wearing masks: "I've seen people dox me. I've seen people take pictures and identify law enforcement officers and then put their families at risk. So, I think that's a step too far."
January 28, 2026 at 11:23 PM
Law enforcement officers have always been unmasked in this country until ICE started wearing them last year.
*That* is the departure from norms. *That* is the step too far.
*That* is the departure from norms. *That* is the step too far.