Coming out of the adoption fog—leaving behind fear, obligation, guilt—was a long, complicated, beautiful journey.
My story @medium
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https://mindystern.medium.com/coming-out-of-the-fog-bd6891506ba1
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Religious trauma/silencing as an adoptee is a real issue and one of the main causes of white saviorism.
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Highly recommended now on ITV: https://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep1weekweek-27-2023-sat-01-jul-fri-07-jul/ellie-simmonds-my-secret-family
#EllieSimmonds #adoption #adoptees #reunion #disability #relinquishment #adopteerights #firstfamily #familyoforigin
#familyoforigin #firstfamily #adopteerights #relinquishment #disability #reunion #adoptees #adoption #EllieSimmonds
Happy #TartanDay ! I have known I'm part of the Scots-Irish Burns sept of the Campbell clan for just over a year, after 40 years of secrecy. #Adoptees have a right to know their families and their histories. Make it legal for us to know who we are! #AdoptionIsTrauma #AdopteeRights
#tartanday #adoptees #adoptionistrauma #adopteerights
Just for fun, here's my father (l) & me (r), side by side. He was about 30 in his pic, I was about 15 in mine. Pretty wild, no?
(A surfboard had broken my nose a cpl of wks b4 this pic was taken, but normally, we had/have the same nose.) #adoption #adopteevoices #adopteerights #adoptoverse #DNAmatters
#dnamatters #adoptoverse #adopteerights #adopteevoices #adoption
"Adoption also isn't driven by children w/o families; it's driven by the desires & demands of unrelated strangers to add those children to their own families. The orphan discourse (& the resulting confusion about the actual numbers of orphans worldwide) reflects market demand for children, not children's actual need for care." Another Must Read about #adoption by an #adopted person. #adopteevoices #adopteesonadoption #adopteerights #adoptoverse https://adoptionpolitics.substack.com/p/orphans-or-orphans-whats-the-problem
#adoptoverse #adopteerights #adopteesonadoption #adopteevoices #adopted #adoption
"No intoning of words or signing of papers or, indeed, a lifetime of attentive & loving care, has the power to make or unmake kinship relations." This is a fundamental truth. & the linked piece is an absolute Must Read. #adoption #adopteevoices #adopteerights #adoptoverse https://open.substack.com/pub/corsent/p/unattached?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
#adoptoverse #adopteerights #adopteevoices #adoption
Thank you @STAT for supporting my piece exposing the use of adoptees as pawns in the fight for #reproductiverigths https://bit.ly/3Zifvpn
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Got some fresh ink recently.
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On Wednesdays, we post hashtags--except yesterday was pure chaos (I'm in the middle of buying a car--IT'S SUCH A TIME & ENERGY SUCK), so this week, we post hashtags on Thursday! #rocknroll #adopteevoices #adoption #adopteerights #adoptoverse #abortionisessential #abortionishealthcare #reproductiverightsarehumanrights #dogs #dogsofmastodon #birds #birdsofmastodon #ravens #roadrunners #EVs #psoriaticspondylitis #chronicillness #autoimmunedisease #lactoseintolerant
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On Wednesdays, we post hashtags--except we got too busy yesterday & forgot, so this week, we post hashtags on Thursday! #adopteevoices #adoption #adopteerights #adoptoverse #abortionisessential #abortionishealthcare #prochoiceisprolife #dogs #dogsofmastodon #birds #birdsofmastodon #ravens #roadrunners #EVs #outsiderart #psoriaticarthritis #akylosingspondylitis #psoriaticspondylitis #Rinvoq #chronicillness #autoimmunedisease
#autoimmunedisease #chronicillness #rinvoq #psoriaticspondylitis #akylosingspondylitis #psoriaticarthritis #outsiderart #evs #roadrunners #ravens #birdsofmastodon #Birds #dogsofmastodon #Dogs #prochoiceisprolife #abortionishealthcare #abortionisessential #adoptoverse #adopteerights #adoption #adopteevoices
On Wednesdays, we post hashtags! #ankylosingspondylitis #eczema #crohns #Cimzia #baldpride #dogsofmastodon #catsofmastodon #birdsofmastodon #adoptee #adopted #adopteevoices #adopteerights #AdoptionIsAHumanRightsIssue #adopteetwitter #adopteemastodon #adoptees4choice #adopteesforchoice #abortionishealthcare #abortionisessential #fineart #outsiderart #weirdos
#weirdos #outsiderart #fineart #abortionisessential #abortionishealthcare #adopteesforchoice #adoptees4choice #adopteemastodon #adopteetwitter #adoptionisahumanrightsissue #adopteerights #adopteevoices #adopted #adoptee #birdsofmastodon #CatsOfMastodon #dogsofmastodon #baldpride #cimzia #crohns #eczema #ankylosingspondylitis
On Wednesdays, we post hashtags! #dogs #puppies #cats #kittens #birds #roadrunners #dogsofmastodon #catsofmastodon #birdsofmastodon #adoptee #adopted #adopteevoices #adopteerights #AdoptionIsAHumanRightsIssue #adopteetwitter #adopteemastodon #adoptees4choice #adopteesforchoice #abortionishealthcare #abortionisessential #baldpride #wigs #weirdo
#weirdo #wigs #baldpride #abortionisessential #abortionishealthcare #adopteesforchoice #adoptees4choice #adopteemastodon #adopteetwitter #adoptionisahumanrightsissue #adopteerights #adopteevoices #adopted #adoptee #birdsofmastodon #CatsOfMastodon #dogsofmastodon #roadrunners #Birds #kittens #Cats #puppies #Dogs
On Wednesdays, we post hashtags! #Weirdo #DogsOfMastodon #AnkylosingSpondylitis #Adoption #Adoptees4Choice #AdopteesForChoice #AdopteeVoices #Adopteeverse #AdopteeRights #Prochoice #ProchoiceIsProlife #AbortionIsHealthcare #AbortionIsEssential #BaldPride #VoteBlue
#VoteBlue #baldpride #abortionisessential #abortionishealthcare #prochoiceisprolife #prochoice #adopteerights #adopteeverse #adopteevoices #adopteesforchoice #adoptees4choice #adoption #ankylosingspondylitis #dogsofmastodon #weirdo
I never introduced myself! In addition to what's in my bio, I am the sort of person who believes:
Black lives matter #BLM. Abortion is healthcare #freesafelegal. Abolish adoption #adopteerights. #FreePalestine. #BurnPatriarchy. Trans women are women #TERFsout
#blm #freesafelegal #adopteerights #freepalestine #burnpatriarchy #TerfsOut
On Wednesdays, we post hashtags! #AnkylosingSpondylitis #Adoption #Adoptees4Choice #AdopteesForChoice #AdopteeVoices #Adopteeverse #AdopteeRights #Prochoice #ProchoiceIsProlife #AbortionIsHealthcare #AbortionIsEssential #BaldPride #VoteBlue
#VoteBlue #baldpride #abortionisessential #abortionishealthcare #prochoiceisprolife #prochoice #adopteerights #adopteeverse #adopteevoices #adopteesforchoice #adoptees4choice #adoption #ankylosingspondylitis
On Wednesdays, we post hashtags! #Adoption #Adoptees4Choice #AdopteesForChoice #AdopteeVoices #Adopteeverse #AdopteeRights #Prochoice #ProchoiceIsProlife #AbortionIsHealthcare #AbortionIsEssential #AnkylosingSpondylitis #Weirdo
#weirdo #ankylosingspondylitis #abortionisessential #abortionishealthcare #prochoiceisprolife #prochoice #adopteerights #adopteeverse #adopteevoices #adopteesforchoice #adoptees4choice #adoption