PinnedPublished inFourth WaveAdoptive Mother Regrets Participating in Oppressive SystemShe adores her kid, but regrets that she was the “demand” in the adoption industry’s supply-and-demand modelNov 222Nov 222
PinnedPublished inFourth WaveOpen Adoption Sounds Better than It IsAmy Seek’s open adoption was a textbook case of how it should work — and it still isn’t workingNov 134Nov 134
PinnedPublished inFourth WaveAdoption Often Doesn’t “Save” a Child but Adds Trauma to TraumaMila Konomos says that if you help the family, you help the childNov 518Nov 518
PinnedPublished inFourth Wave“There are Ways to Support Children that Don’t Involve Buying Them”An interview with adoption abolitionist Lina Vanegas, MSWOct 154Oct 154
PinnedPublished inFourth WaveRenee Gelin Says Family Preservation Is Adoption ReformBut there’s no money to be made in family preservationOct 284Oct 284
Men Need Women to Need ThemTranslation: “Without a woman I can control, am I even a man?”Nov 335Nov 335
Published inBitchyEmbrace Your Beautiful Aging!Don’t piss on my head and tell me it’s liquid sunshineOct 181Oct 181
Published inFourth WaveThe “Loving Option” is a LieHow agencies obscure the true nature of adoptionOct 111Oct 111
Published inLife Without ChildrenThe “Childless Cat Ladies” Comment Is a Slight on ALL WomenWe are all presumed pointlessAug 236Aug 236
