She stands in a field
framed in soft focus
Hallmark placidity.
Gauzed, Shadowed.
An ideal that everyone knows
does not exist except in
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Nubia’s murder happened in 2011, and I think it is the worst case of not only adoptee abuse but child abuse that I’ve seen. I am not reposting Moses’ post in its entirety, but here is a preview…The abuse was reported repeatedly to Florida DCS . The department never acted on on the complaints since according to a Miami-Dade Grand Jury Report ,it doesn’t much delve into reported abuse in foster and adoptive families. Continue Reading →
Mrs Kelsey says that one of her team came up with meme, not her. Fair enough! But I am sure that it warmed the cockles of her Benedict Bastard heart. In this era of toxic American nationalism, the meme message fits right in: Safe Haven Baby Boxes Inc–and Mrs Kelsey–are patriotic. Sticking your baby in a box-in-a-wall is patriotic. Adoption is patriotic. Continue Reading →
I want to give a shout-out to the Michigan Adoptee Rights Coalition. Valarie Lemieux and her crew are doing great work up there (sorry, I don’t know any other names) The organization is out there making itself be seen, working on legislation (getting closer to victory), tabling at community events, and overall giving Michigan adoptees a public face. Continue Reading →
He’s seen firsthand how overwhelming it can be for some parents — especially those facing poverty, substance use disorder or disabilities — to care for a newborn, let alone a medically fragile one. Sometimes, parents in this position leave their newborn in the hospital, he said.
Newborn discard is rooted in economic disparity, race, class, misogyny, social dysfunction, and shame. Modern decent societies attempt to address these problems. The US sweeps them into the dustbin of liberal” wokeness” and irrelevance and blames the victim. “Not our problem.” As does SHBB Inc Continue Reading →
The Trumpyesque meme below was posted on SHBB social media sometime back, and illustrates perfectly bell hooks’ astute observation about the person becoming the product. That is, Mrs Kelsey makes her “baby saving” movement about herself. Look at me! Continue Reading →
Here’s the answer: asking for money on Facebook, and perhaps other social media platforms. NCFA president Ryan Hanlon (he’s adopted,) ran this soft hit-up for $$$. He looks like he’d rather be writing some nerdy paper for an obscure professional journal than shilling…Hanlon didn’t get a great reception. Seven out of 16 responses are vociferously negative. Continue Reading →
Well, it’s that time again! National Adoption or–if you please –National Adoption Awareness Month (NAM/NAAM) when adoptees stock up on barf bags and bunker in while the multi-billion-dollar Adoption Industry and its incurious media toadies commodify us like we’re a can of tuna. Somewhere along the line, we’ll even get a NAN/NAAM Presidential Proclamation from Donald Trump written by a Heritage Foundation intern, which I’m sure we will all appreciate. I wonder how many of us are stashed away in the Great Leader’s closet? Continue Reading →
Well, the Wicked Witch has finished her annual rampage through November and has once more done died dead on us. Good riddance! Adios, National Adoption Awareness Month 2024. I do not feel acrimonious about NanoPoblano2024, however, which can be fun and fulfilling, even if the writing rules or intentions are pretty much the same as my own for NAAM. Imagine an adoption-writing-free world where you can write what you want not what politics demands. Continue Reading →
I have been hesitant to add Bluesky to my itinerary. Why? Because various folks tell me it is full of “nice people”…and well…I just don’t want to spend my time with” nice people.” As far as I’m concerned it’s a bunch of “nice people” as a class, (nothing personal) afraid to lock and load, that has turned the US into a clown car of fascists, white Christian nationalists, queerphobics, misogynists, sexual deviants and predators, crooks, embezzlers, fraudsters, grifters, plastic surgery freaks. anti-science nuts, and overall incompetents who probably spent their high school years in detention. All fronted by sleeve-snickering billionaires and foreign tyrants. You know who you are, bitch boys. Continue Reading →