Adoptees UniteChildren should not be expected to complete or make a family whole. That being said, adoption is not a way to “start a family,” nor is it the most ethical. Adoptees are not a way to satisfy your Good Samaritan desires of waiving around the fact that you “saved this child.” We are individuals, not products or commodities that you use to make yourself feel emotionally better as a parent/spouse. Adoption is trauma. Adoptees are human. #adoptee #adoptees #adopted #naam
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gen x • secret baby • pretend gardener • happily married • #adoptee
Tony Corsentino 
#adoption #AdopteeVoices #NAAM
There is no honest discussion of adoption that does not include a discussion of the horror that is its precondition: severance.
There is no honest discussion of adoption that does not include a discussion of the horror that is its precondition: severance.
EllieIt’s #infertilityawarenessweek and as a person who is both struggling with infertility and an adopted person, I have many thoughts about this topic.
Most importantly, adoption is not a solution to infertility.
Courtney Heard 🇨🇦Things I've learned about Mastodon this week:
1. Photo captions are read by screenreaders for people who have impaired vision. The more descriptive you make them, the more people can appreciate your post.
2. Hashtags should be "camel style" which means you capitalize each word in the tag - this enables screen readers to identify different words in the tag,
3. Reblogging boosts posts and favourites do not.
4. Hashtags are way more important here than on the birdsite.
KEEP IN MIND! #Mastodon doesn't work like #Twitter!
Have you just made the #Twexit or the #TwitterMigration?
Favorites ⭐ - they're not "likes". They don't "elevate" posts, they just the poster know you liked their post.
Boosts 🔁 - these push someone's post into your friends feeds (and help discovery).
So if you ⭐ my posts, that's great (and I love you too)!
But if you 🔁 posts, then more people see them!
OH! - #Hashtags are how you search!
#mastodon #MastodonTips #adopteevoices #adoptees
Alan DettlaffNovember 19th is the 25th anniversary of the Adoption and Safe Families Act. 25 years of families being unnecessarily destroyed by the state.
If you’re interested in learning more, please read this great piece from Sarah Katz. It’s time to #AbolishASFA.
#ChildWelfare #FosterCare #RepealASFA
https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/adoption-safe-families-act-repeal-20221117.html
BrowneCarrico"To help make connections: name 5-7 things that interest you but aren't in your profile, as tags so they are searchable. Then boost this post or repeat its instructions so others know to do the same."
Btw, you can follow hashtags here, too!
#writing
#adoptee
#adopteevoices
#podcast
#climatechange
#stories
#dogs
AGreatSoundNov. is National Adoption Awareness Month. #naam I am an adoptee and this is my NAAM 2022 intro.
I am a private domestic adoptee. Adopted in 1983. I began my adoptee advocacy around 2020 when I found other adoptees online during the pandemic started unpacking my adoption and the unexamined trauma that was surfacing for me starting around 2015.
My advocacy has deeply helped me process and put into context the trauma I did not know I had.
Ash 🐺 🌎 🌊