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Adoptees Crossing Lines
In this podcast I deconstruct the romanticism holding up the family policing industry and expose the lies, abuse, and pain that gets silenced. I'm here to unwrap the shiny bow around adoption and speak my truths as an adoptee. In doing so, I explain what it means and what it feels like to “come out of the fog”. This isn't your feel good podcast, I am an angry, healing and honest adoptee.
Adoptees Crossing Lines
Adoptees & Community
Adoptees & Community
Before I found other adoptees online I was lost. I wanted to know where I came from, and I wanted to know others like me. Most adoption communities center adoptive parents and foster parents. We are left out of the picture. This doesn’t make sense. This episode is a collection of my thoughts on this matter.
“One of the most vital ways we sustain ourselves is by building communities of resistance; places where we know we are not alone.” - Bell Hooks
What we discussed
(00:23) Healing power of community
(04:41) Feeling disillusioned by my adoption
(05:59) My adopters in public vs. at home (what people don’t know about adoptive parents)
(07:55) Grassroots communities vs. government agencies
(08:57) If only my mom had community support
(11:39) Looking for spaces with adoptees OR I didn’t know other adoptees
(15:06) Struggling with suicidal ideation
(18:35) Belonging nowhere
(20:38) What binds the adoptee community together
Links
Race, Gender, and Cultural Politics by Bell Hooks
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Credits
Special thanks to Samuel Oyedele for editing our podcast, support his work on Instagram or e-mail him at Drumaboyiglobal@gmail.com