Are you there god? It’s me, the de-centered adoptee

The politics of adoption and — Hey! Shut up, you bastards!

Mar 24, 2024

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A multi-panel comic strip in green and yellow showing a young adoptee looking up toward "god" with a text message in the style of Judy Bllom that reads "Are you there god, it's me the de-centered adoptee." God is writing a response but we don't see it yet.

Welcome to the weekend edition of Adoption Is Trauma! Since it is our first weekend together, I’m opening this essay up to everyone, so please enjoy it (as much as essays about trauma are enjoyable). And tell your friends!

This week, I came across the work of Dr. Gretchen Sisson. She writes about the cross-section of abortion and adoption. It had me thin…

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