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NCFA CEO Ryan Hanlon to Leave Office. Bastardette’s Job Upgrade to Follow

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That little AdoptionLand songbird chirped in my ear that NCFA CEO Ryan Hanlon is movin’ on up. He will soon leave the comfort of National Council for Adoption lounge lizardry for a more lucrative and high-profile spot in the beltway where he can hobnob with notables. I am pretty sure I know where he’s headed, but I’ll wait for the official statement to be made. Bastardette is never wrong, but just in case my cryptesthesia is on holiday in St Barts, I won’t line jump. Besides…his departure makes way for the fruition of my own job upgrade to bloom, and I must prepare Continue Reading →

NAM/NAAM Day 29. Exploitation. Why We Fight Safe Haven Baby Boxes

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he objectification and commodification of Boxed Babies is one of our numerous objections (and here) to baby boxes. Critically, objectification and commodification are key elements SHBB Inc survival–finances. The corporation over the last 8+ years, has posted dozens of happy (and not so happy) looking babies and toddlers and their adoptive parents to encourage “desperate mothers” to use its services, and more importantly, to normalize baby boxing to the public. In turn, the photo-ops, press conferences, banquets, and special interest stories fill their coffers and feed the adoption industry’s bloody maw. Continue Reading →

NAM/NAAM Day 14. NCFA Mythbook Arrives. Bastard Nation is “Crude,” “Offensive” and “Embarrassing” c 1999

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But none of the anti-adoption groups  are as purposefully virulent and proudly radical as the tiny, aggressive , and unfortunately named, “Bastard Nation,” spawned by angry adult adopted adults who found each other on the internet on alt.adoption Continue Reading →

NAM/NAAM Day 10: WooWoo! NCFA Factbook 3 on the Way

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Factbook 3 is a historical document that I’m betting the current NCFA would like to bury. It is a stunning record of crackpottery married to adopteephobia and adoption secrets and lies (though it does have a handful of good essays.).  It unintentionally lays out why we are still in the adoption quagmire and names name. Continue Reading →

NAM/NAAM Day 9: National Council for Adoption Gets Hammered

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The National Council for Adoption is getting a hammer taken to it on Facebook….Back in that day (again!) NCFA founding president Bill Pierce called BN and our allies socialists, anarchists, and hippies in Birkenstocks He accused us of buying the M58 election in Oregon.  I’m down with all those labels and accusations, but it looks like NCFA has taken the most unPiercian strategy of remaining silent while the Proles throw cowpies in its face. That’s no fun! Continue Reading →

NAM/NAAM Day 2: National Council for Adoption Shills for Money on Facebook; Gets Trounced

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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 →

Veterans Day: Birth family thoughts

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As an adoptee, I desperately wanted to know about my family of origin but was not keen on re-joining them.  I became quite adequate in snooping through desks, dressers. and closets all to no avail. Many years later it appears that all I had to do was ask and I would have been given what little information my adoptive parents possessed, but what is the fun in that? Continue Reading →

Blast from the Past: Adoptee equality is anti-adoption

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This is too funny! Adoptee equality is anti-adoption! Adoptee equality is the internet’s fault! At least he left out his seriously weird comment on alt.adoption that it should be illegal to look up names in the phone book. Continue Reading →

Sojourner Truth Speaks to Adoptees: If my cup won’t hold but a pint, and yours holds a quart, wouldn’t you be mean not to let me have my little half-measure full?

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What is really ironic is that Bastard Nation is considered “radical,” for demanding restoration of adoptee civil rights, and making Class Bastard the co-equal of the majority Not Adopted Class. But who is the real radical?

What is more radical than the goverwnment confiscating and sealing the public birth records of 6 million Americans because they are adopted?.

What is more radical than …. Continue Reading →