The Adoption Files

Please join me for a brief episode of the podcast. This is from a blog post I wrote in September of 2021.

The opinion of the host is just that, their opinion. The host is not a lawyer, or a therapist or an adoption professional.

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As part of NAAM, here is another short blog post from the early days of The Adoption Files.

Please join me as I speak with TJ Johnson. TJ is a musician, English teacher and Baby Scoop Era adopted person. She writes on Medium as The Onyx Phoenix. She contributed to the anthology Strangers by Adoption.

The Onyx Phoenix. – Medium

This conversation is part of our effort to amplify the voices of adopted people and others impacted by adoption during the month of November.

Please be aware that this episode includes graphic descriptions of child abuse.

Mentioned in the episode:

Amazon.com: Strangers By Adoption: 10 Adoptees Share Their Stories of Rejection and Abuse: 9780578495743: Sippel, Doris Michol, Musser, Sandy, Sippel, Doris Michol, Musser, Sandy, Sippel, Doris Michol, Yarrow, Patricia Vivien: BooksHome - Saving Our SistersPound Pup LegacyMoses Farrow

The opinions of the host and their guest are just that, their opinions. The host is not a lawyer, therapist or adoption professional.

Every state and region had its own child abuse reporting laws and helplines. We are including the link to the national helpline. If you know or suspect that a child is being abused, please report.

National Child Abuse Hotline - Childhelp

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As a part of NAAM, I am sharing a reading of my very first blog post. Thank you for listening!

Please join me as I speak with Baby Scoop Era, domestic adoptee Sophi Richman Fletcher. Sophi shares with us a piece she wrote on the search for her father, what she discovered, and how her discovery has been pivotal in her own self-empowerment.

Sophi can be found on Facebook as Sophi Richman Fletcher. Sophi welcomes questions about the search process and on managing expectations in search and reunion. She can be messaged through FB Messenger.

Mentioned in the show:

No Apologies for Being Me, a blog by The Adopted Genealogist, Lynn Grubb

The opinion of the host and their guest are just that, their opinions. The host is not a lawyer, therapist or adoption professional.

Thank you for listening!

Hi! As we begin yet another National Adoption Awareness Month, the podcast will be sharing on the history and function of the event, along with the stories and perspectives of some of us who are impacted by adoption.

Mentioned in the podcast today:

this podcast!

Adoptees of Tiktok

Adoptees on IG

Adoptees on Twitter(X)

The many podcasts hosted by adopted people

There are many state based adoptee rights groups also: California Alliance for Adoptee Rights, Georgia Alliance for Adoptee Rights, Adoptee Advocates of Michigan, Virginia Alliance for Adoptee Rights, Texas Adoptee Rights Coalition, and more.

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Please join the host and their guest Dani Joy as we continue talking about the challenges of deconstructing from our beliefs around adoption and religion. This episode, we explore the ways in which entitlement intersects with and is reinforced by the religious and adoption narratives that we were raised with.

Entitlement: There are a lot of different dictionaries with slightly different definitions of the concept of entitlement. We used the Oxford Dictionary definition. I am also providing a link to another definition. https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/entitlement

Please join Dani Joy and me as we have a conversation about how deconstructing from religion and the adoption narrative has affected how we perceive sexuality.

Please be aware that the episode includes discussion of sexual assault.

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Please join me as I speak with adoptee rights advocates and community builders Anna Thompson and Valerie LeMieux about what they are creating in the state of Michigan.

Mentioned in the show:

Adoptee Advocates of Michigan

Adoptee Rights Law (Greg Luce)

Reconnecting the Dots:

Michigan Adoptee Rights Coalition

The opinions of the host and their guest(s) are just that, their opinions. The host is not a lawyer, therapist or adoption professional

Thank you for listening!

Please join Dani Joy and I as we discuss some of the pitfalls of deconstructing from the narratives around race, religion and adoption.

Dani Joy is a mother of loss to adoption. She can be found on Facebook, as well as on

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