Kristen Martin @kwistent.bsky.social · 17/01/2025I’m hugely indebted to the work of Dorothy Roberts in these two books, twenty years apart, that articulate why “family policing” is an accurate descriptor for our country’s child welfare system, and why it should be abolished (16/20) 121
Kristen Martin @kwistent.bsky.social · 17/01/2025One of the first books I read before I started work on my proposal, and the book that introduced me to RISE magazine, which highlights the voices of system-impacted parents (17/20) 121
Kristen Martin @kwistent.bsky.social · 18/01/2025Though Kathryn Joyce focuses on international adoption here, THE CHILD CATCHERS was a useful (and infuriating!) text for establishing the evangelical zeal for adoption (and foster care) (18/20) 111
