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 22, 20242Nov 22, 20242
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 5, 202418Nov 5, 202418
PinnedPublished inFourth Wave“There are Ways to Support Children that Don’t Involve Buying Them”An interview with adoption abolitionist Lina Vanegas, MSWOct 15, 20244Oct 15, 20244
PinnedPublished inFourth WaveRenee Gelin Says Family Preservation Is Adoption ReformBut there’s no money to be made in family preservationOct 28, 20245Oct 28, 20245
Published 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 13, 20244Nov 13, 20244
Men Need Women to Need ThemTranslation: “Without a woman I can control, am I even a man?”Nov 3, 202440Nov 3, 202440
Published inBitchyEmbrace Your Beautiful Aging!Don’t piss on my head and tell me it’s liquid sunshineOct 18, 20241Oct 18, 20241
Published inFourth WaveThe “Loving Option” is a LieHow agencies obscure the true nature of adoptionOct 1, 202411Oct 1, 202411