Response to Dr. Elisabeth Sheff (polyamory #metoo)
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View ArticleNurturance Culture In Action
Through this work, an advance reader copy of Turn This World Inside Out, The Emergence of Nurturance Culture by Nora Samaran found its way into my hands. And although at 140 pages it’s only little, its...
View ArticleIs it Reasonable to go Cold Turkey on Plastic?
Biopolymer looks & feels like high quality glass, but has the weight of plastic. Above all of course, it's not plastic. The post Is it Reasonable to go Cold Turkey on Plastic? appeared first on...
View ArticleMy Mother’s Book
Not many people get the privilege of reading about a childhood they scarcely remember. It is, I would imagine, a most remarkable event. And I also imagine that the day I discovered my adoptive mother...
View ArticleThe Christmas Gift…
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View ArticleHow I Became The Broken Woman
Illegitimacy was in my blood, and it had tainted me. By the circumstances of my birth my honour was smirched, I was already a broken woman. The post How I Became The Broken Woman appeared first on...
View ArticleDay 1: Fat Clothes
I went shopping today for fat clothes. Unsurprisingly all the size larges had sold out, because companies insist on using the bell curve around size 34 to make their demand forecasts. The only things...
View ArticleHow Adoption Access Records Reflect Patriarchal Oppression
I am highly skilled at the practice of aquiring books and not reading them, aka. "tsundoku". Yes of course the Japanese have a word for it (which I read somewhere in a book). I probably have over 1000...
View ArticleWhat Adoptees Need to Know About Pre-Verbal Stress
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View ArticleHow The Stories Around Adoption Cause Harm
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View ArticleBlack Market Baby
They felt like they kidnapped me, which honestly is what I felt like from an early age, before I even knew I was adopted. The post Black Market Baby appeared first on Louisa Leontiades.
View ArticleNot A Blank Slate, The Secret Life of The Unborn Child
The mother's experience of pregnancy, whether a happy or an unhappy one, wanted or unwanted, is also directly passed down to the foetus. The post Not A Blank Slate, The Secret Life of The Unborn Child...
View ArticleDoes Adoption Make Monogamy Difficult?
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View ArticleHow The Stories Around Adoption Cause Harm
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View ArticleThe Hostile Environment: Research Poll
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View ArticleNot A Blank Slate, The Secret Life of The Unborn Child
The mother's experience of pregnancy, whether a happy or an unhappy one, wanted or unwanted, is also directly passed down to the foetus. The post Not A Blank Slate, The Secret Life of The Unborn Child...
View ArticleEmerging from the Adoption Fog, Togethermore by Roderick Edwards
To explain genetic attraction someone who's never experienced growing up without their biological family is a huge challenge, because it's something most people take for granted. It's an even bigger...
View ArticleIs Borderline Personality Disorder Even A Real Thing?
The problem with a mental illness being derived by a set of certain symptoms, is that divergence from the norm is defined subjectively. The post Is Borderline Personality Disorder Even A Real Thing?...
View ArticleHow Doing Capitalism Like A Bosch Is Legal, But Not Ethical
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View ArticleWhen Good Intentions Cause Harm
It was the worst of times; I was in the middle of a breakdown of my relationship, having just given birth to his child. I was also in the middle of a masters course for journalism in Berlin, struggling...
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