No. Caring adults should step forward to provide for them and love them. That should not include erasing their history and identities. Adoption should be abolished.
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Media pundits: the problem with climate change is it's too slow moving and remote for people to feel it's impacting their lives.
Climate change:
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Little Women author Louisa May Alcott on the creative rewards of being single themarginalian.org/2023/07/1…
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"I willingly, joyfully adopted my sons from Paraguay. I would never do it again"
#adoptee #adoptionistrauma
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A nation that allows an innocent man to be executed does not value justice.
A governor and a High Court that do nothing to stop such a travesty do not value life.
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On a visit to NYC, one of Israel's best-known writers talks about how he and Israeli society have been changed by Oct. 7 and the war. jta.org/2024/09/22/ideas/why… via @JTAnews
I’ve never seen such data. However I do have lived experience as an adopted person. And I can assure you it is way less than optimal.
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The Extreme Weather Report, September 19, 2024:
This is your weather on fossil fuels.
Even after search and reunion I don’t know. Everyone has a different answer as to my age at relinquishment and I have no idea where I was between that and adoption. That unknown period might be a month, might be six months. 🤷🏽♀️
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Wow. If there's one thing you do today, watch this video and spread it everywhere.
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B'Tselem's Executive Director, Yuli Novak, addressed the UN Security Council this evening by invitation of the Slovenian President of the Security Council to provide an expert review of the state of human rights in Israel/Palestine following the war.
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Drawing: Possible causes of your problems. I've been appalled at the scenes we've witnessed over the last few days. It's utterly unacceptable that people should have to live in fear because of the colour of their skin.
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I’m also one of them. An adoptee not an “adoptee”. My anti adoption views have nothing to do with Project 25 and everything to do with unrecognized trauma and loss.
Oh my. Should we all have a “lostya” day too, so we can mourn before we celebrate? Frightful is the right word.
Yes, totally normal. Also normal not to fit in your birth families if you find them. Too much shared history missing.
I agree. And thank you for speaking it. Another thing we’re not supposed to feel. But so many of us do.
