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Adoptees Crossing Lines Podcast

@adopteecrossing.bsky.social
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🗣️ Talking honestly about adoption and the family policing system. 🫂 For adoptees, foster care survivors, and parents harmed by it. ✊🏾 Abolition means families get support, not separation. pod.link/1651229727

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Adoptees Crossing Lines Podcast @adopteecrossing.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I’M SO TIRED OF SEEING ADOPTION RANDOMLY INJECTED INTO TV & MOVIES. I CAN’T EVEN ENJOY TV IN PEACE.
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Denzel Washington Angry Reaction at Desk
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Adoptees Crossing Lines Podcast @adopteecrossing.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Imagine learning everyone around you knew the truth about your identity except you. Adoption secrecy raises a bigger question: who gets to control what you know about yourself? Our episode about the film The Wild Robot is out now. Co-hosted with J, survivor of the system + editor.
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Press On @pressonsouth.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Movement storyteller Zaira Campos (she/her) @adopteecrossing.bsky.social, one of our new grantee partners, is reporting on the intersection between abortion surveillance and child welfare investigation systems, and their negative impacts on Black, queer, disabled, and low-income families.
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Adoptees Crossing Lines Podcast @adopteecrossing.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Short Term 12 is a film about children in care. But how much do we actually learn about the children? This week, I’m writing about who gets an interior life, who gets our empathy, and what happens when the people most impacted become supporting characters in someone else’s story. buff.ly/MhgQ5Uf
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Short Term 12: Who Gets Centered When We Tell Stories About Care?
What changes when stories about children in care are more interested in the people helping them than the children themselves
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Adoptees Crossing Lines Podcast @adopteecrossing.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Experiencing harm within a system doesn’t mean you’re disrupting it. If you become a caregiver within that same system, what are you actually doing differently? That’s one question we ask in Short Term 12. Co-hosted with J (@itsjway.bsky,social), survivor of the system + editor. #adopteesky
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Adoptees Crossing Lines Podcast @adopteecrossing.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I remembered Matilda as a story about a little girl who finally got the family she deserved. Rewatching it, I saw something else: The happy ending isn't interesting because Matilda was adopted. It's interesting because, for once, the child got a say in what happened to her. buff.ly/tGRqkNw
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Beyond the Happy Ending: Matilda and Child Autonomy
What Matilda gets right about child autonomy, safety, and being heard.
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Adoptees Crossing Lines Podcast @adopteecrossing.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Adoptee voices are barely given space to begin with. And when our experiences disrupt the “adoption is beautiful” narrative, people try to force our stories to fit it anyway. Our Matilda episode is out now: buff.ly/8aSAT6n Co-hosted with J (itsjway.bsky.social), survivor of the system + editor.
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Adoptees Crossing Lines Podcast @adopteecrossing.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Miss Honey doesn’t just care about Matilda. She understands her. In Matilda, they both know what it means to grow up feeling unloved & unseen. That lived experience allows Miss Honey to recognize what other adults dismiss. Our Matilda episode drops Friday. Co-hosted with J (@itsjway.bsky.social).
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Adoptees Crossing Lines Podcast @adopteecrossing.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Wishing a very happy birthday to my editor and friend @itsjway.bsky.social. So blessed to know you! 🫶🏾
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Adoptees Crossing Lines Podcast @adopteecrossing.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Matilda knew what she needed, & the film let her act on it. Children have voices. Believing in their autonomy means more than listening. This Friday: Matilda, children’s autonomy + family policing. Co-hosted with J (@itsjway.bsky.social), a survivor of the system + editor. #adopteesky
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Adoptees Crossing Lines Podcast @adopteecrossing.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Nearly 50% fewer newborns were reported to child welfare after one hospital stopped automatically reporting positive opioid tests. The difference wasn’t less care. It was less surveillance. A drug test is not a safety assessment. Source: buff.ly/VWlxJ3R #adopteesky
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Without strict reporting requirements, fewer babies are reported to DCF after positive drug screen
Boston Medical Center no longer automatically reports newborn babies who test positive for opioids to child welfare authorities. The hospital found that when they evaluated each family's situation…
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Adoptees Crossing Lines Podcast @adopteecrossing.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
New on Substack: I don't want the future to simply produce better equipped adoptee storytellers. I want fewer people to have our stories. You're Only a Kid Once is about what I hope the people coming after us inherit, and what I hope they don't have to. Paid subscribers ↓ buff.ly/gzv7GGc
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You’re Only a Kid Once
What I hope the people coming after us inherit, and what I hope they never have to carry.
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Adoptees Crossing Lines Podcast @adopteecrossing.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Culture isn't an adoption accessory. Kazakh adoptees who grew up attending a heritage camp are now leading it themselves. One described it as a place where she doesn't have to explain who she is or where she comes from. Adoptees deserve more than cultural exposure. Source: buff.ly/Xk71cus
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Gen Z Kazakh-American adoptees find community, and home cooking, at NH summer camp
Families from around the US travel to New Hampshire to celebrate their ties to Kazakhstan and eat traditional Kazakh food.
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Adoptees Crossing Lines Podcast @adopteecrossing.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
South Korea says its protected-birth system has reduced infant abandonment. Adoptees are asking what it costs children who may lose access to their origin. Why are safety & identity treated like competing needs? Children shouldn't have to lose one to have the other. buff.ly/CntJA4L #adopteesky
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South Korea's Protected Birth System Sparks Rights Debate
South Koreas Protected Birth System Sparks Rights Debate System reduces abandonment but critics argue it erases parental identity without child consent
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Adoptees Crossing Lines Podcast @adopteecrossing.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
An independent review found "no substantial systemic failures" in Kern County's child welfare system & said it was on par with state and national averages. But being average doesn't tell us whether the standard itself is acceptable. What if the baseline is part of the problem? 🧾 : buff.ly/XFUcZgp
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Community Provides Input On Child Welfare System Findings - South Kern Sol
Following last week’s Board of Supervisors meeting, community members gathered at the Boys and Girls Club on July 30 to discuss the local child welfare system. The Social Policy Institute at San…
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Adoptees Crossing Lines Podcast @adopteecrossing.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The state can decide a family is unsafe. But what happens when the state isn't safe either? A monitor found Mississippi met only ~20 of 113 child welfare commitments, while 48 children experienced maltreatment in state custody. Now the state wants federal oversight to end. 🧾 : buff.ly/RiebEgD
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Mississippi monitor warns foster children remain at risk as state seeks to end federal oversight
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Adoptees Crossing Lines Podcast @adopteecrossing.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
You took children from their families. Now you don't have anywhere for them to go. Wake County, NC, is housing foster youth in an office building. Officials say they "desperately need" more foster families. But what if we invested that urgency in keeping families safely together?
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Wake County houses foster teens in office building: 'Desperately need' families
There are not enough foster homes and residential placements available for teens in need, Wake County officials say
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Tony Corsentino @notalegalrecord.net · 29/07/2026
imo adopted kids should be allowed to opt out of “family tree” projects in school, with no shame.
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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
🥚 A story as old as the adoption industry itself: Brazilian adoptee discovers she wasn’t abandoned in basket after all. She was stolen from her mother, assigned a new birthday, and spirited out of the country with forged documents. Adoption = corruption swedenherald.com/article/adop...
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Adopted as a baby, Gabriela finds her biological family after DNA test reveals illegal adoption | Sweden Herald
Gabriela was adopted from Brazil and grew up believing she had been found abandoned in a basket
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Adoptee Rights Law Center @adopteerights.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I'm currently not recommending U.S. domestic air travel for intercountry adoptees unless it is 1) necessary and 2) they have a U.S. passport. More details. Please read carefully. 🥚 adopteerightslaw.com/advisory-do-...
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ADVISORY: Do Not Fly | ARLC
Intercountry adoptees should use caution and possess a US passport book or card when flying within the United States.
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Adoptees Crossing Lines Podcast @adopteecrossing.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Before we ask who should be allowed to adopt, we have to ask why children become available for adoption in the first place. My newest essay: buff.ly/M1T1Z3i #adopteesky
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The Wrong Question
Why queer liberation requires us to rethink where the story begins.
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Adoptees Crossing Lines Podcast @adopteecrossing.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
This is what investing in families can look like. Pensacola, Florida, is expanding Early Head Start. Affordable child care, health care, and other practical supports are investments in families. What other support helps families thrive? Source: buff.ly/jgklsef #adopteesky
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Adoptees Crossing Lines Podcast @adopteecrossing.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
The first person to call me Zaira wasn't a judge. It was a friend. I wrote about changing my name after adoption, reclaiming the name my mother gave me, and what the experience taught me about identity, recognition, and who gets to define us. Read the essay here: buff.ly/V1qzIyG #adopteesky
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The First Name I Ever Chose
What changing my name taught me about adoption, identity, and who gets to define us.
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Adoptees Crossing Lines Podcast @adopteecrossing.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
We still have more to talk about. Four months ago, I paused Adoptees Crossing Lines in the middle of our Family Policing in the Media series. Next month, we continue with Matilda. What film has stayed with you? #adopteesky
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Adoptees Crossing Lines Podcast @adopteecrossing.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Foster care trauma doesn't take a break when awareness month ends. We live with this every day, the fragments, the contradictions, the work of knowing yourself in a world that tried to make sure you couldn't. New essay on what lingers after May. adopteescrossinglines.substack.com/publish/post...
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We Don’t Get to Move On
An adoptee reflects on Foster Care Month, childhood displacement, and what it meant to hear someone remember her gently.
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Adoptees Crossing Lines Podcast @adopteecrossing.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
My mother should still be here. For Stolen Children's Month, I wrote about family separation, Ashley Albert, and the people systems try to erase. We are still here. We are still telling the truth. open.substack.com/pub/adoptees...
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Why We Need Stolen Children's Month
Stolen Children's Month honors children separated by foster care, adoption, ICE, and incarceration. A survivor on the history, the grief, and why this month had to exist.
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Adoptees Crossing Lines Podcast @adopteecrossing.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
3 years ago, I went no contact with the people who adopted me. I wrote about grief, religion, queerness, survival, & and what it meant to finally become myself after spending years trying to survive other people’s expectations of who I should be. Read here: open.substack.com/pub/adoptees...
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Three Years of No Contact With My Adoptive Parents: What It Actually Gave Me
I went no contact with the people who adopted me three years ago. The guilt came the next morning. Here's what stayed after it lifted.
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Adoptees Crossing Lines Podcast @adopteecrossing.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
I’m joining this virtual panel on Friday, May 22 | 12–1:30 PM ET (Zoom): How Adoption Celebrations Ignore the Destruction of Black and Brown Families. As an adoptee and host of Adoptees Crossing Lines, this conversation is important to me. Register: buff.ly/gNlotCG
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Adoptees Crossing Lines Podcast @adopteecrossing.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Still thinking about Sunday’s Black Mothers March. As an adoptee, I kept thinking about my mother, Felicia, and how she should still be here. Black mothers deserve support, not surveillance. Black mothers deserve to keep their children.
Two Black women with bright smiles and red locs. A young Black child is photographed from behind while walking in the Black Mothers March on a sunny day. The child holds a large black sign above their head that reads: “A BLACK CHILD WAS KIDNAPPED TODAY. STOP CPS! NOW.” Other march attendees walk ahead carrying signs and banners down a wide street lined with trees. The child’s shadow stretches across the pavement.Outside the Lincoln Memorial, a woman stands beside banners and protest signs during the Black Mothers March. A large banner reads: “Black Mothers Should Not Have to Fight to Mother.” Other signs around it read: “Hands Off Our Kids,” “Stop the Lies Investigate CPS Reform CPS,” “Stop Stealing Our Kids for Money,” and “Stop Separating Families.” Drums sit on the ground nearby under a bright blue sky.A white woman wearing sunglasses, jeans, and a black “The Black Home Is Sacred” shirt stands holding a large portrait sign of a Black woman screaming in rage or pain. Behind her, people gather at the Black Mothers March near the Washington Monument on a bright sunny day. Families, children, and organizers are visible throughout the crowd.
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Adoptees Crossing Lines Podcast @adopteecrossing.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
While I’m not producing episodes currently, I’m still writing and I’ve got a new post out for the last day of sexual assault awaremsss month. Sending love & care to all the survivors. 🫶🏾 open.substack.com/pub/adoptees...
Collage of childhood and personal photos layered over a blue patterned background, showing a young Black girl at different ages and a smiling young woman wearing a shirt that says “foster kid.” Overlaid white text reads: “The System Didn’t Fail Me. It Worked as Designed.” Smaller text explains that the family policing system was supposed to protect her but instead left her abuser in the home, framing this as what child protective services failure really looks like. The image includes “Adoptees Crossing Lines” and the link adopteescrossinglines.substack.com.
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Adoptees Crossing Lines Podcast @adopteecrossing.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Taking a pause from the podcast to focus on my mental health. Life has been heavy lately and I need to give myself some grace. I fund the show entirely on my own, so stepping back feels necessary right now. Still writing on Substack though. 🩵 substack.com/@adopteescrossinglines
Light gray background with a blue gradient along the left edge. Handle @adopteescrossinglines at the top. Text explains the creator is sharing personal news and has decided to pause the podcast due to unexpected challenges, including unemployment and increased stress, and is prioritizing mental health.Light gray background with a blue gradient along the left edge. Handle @adopteescrossinglines at the top. Text explains the podcast has been self-funded and a labor of love. The creator is stepping back to regroup but is not leaving. They will continue writing on Substack and invite people to stay connected there.Light gray background with a blue gradient along the left edge. Handle @adopteescrossinglines at the top. Text reads: “Every read, share, and subscription means the world and helps me keep creating:” followed by the link substack.com/@adopteescrossinglines.Light gray background with a blue gradient along the left edge. Handle @adopteescrossinglines at the top. Text thanks the community for their support and says it has carried the creator forward. It ends with: “I’ll be back when the time is right. Until then, take good care of yourselves.”
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Adoptees Crossing Lines Podcast @adopteecrossing.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Taking an extra week on the next episode. Back next week. #adopteesky
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Adoptees Crossing Lines Podcast @adopteecrossing.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
A proposed federal rule would remove requirements that foster homes affirm LGBTQ+ youth. LGBTQ+ youth are already overrepresented in foster care. Placement conditions shape safety, stability, and access to support. Foster care is not a neutral outcome. #adopteesky
Light gray background with a blue curved shape in the lower left corner. Handle @adopteescrossinglines at the top. Large bold text reads: “A proposed policy could change foster placements for LGBTQ+ youth.” Smaller text explains that the federal government is considering removing a rule that required foster homes to affirm a child’s LGBTQ+ identity.Light gray background with a blue curved shape in the lower right corner. Handle @adopteescrossinglines at the top. Text explains that the previous policy required foster placements to support a child’s sexual orientation or gender identity, complete training to meet LGBTQ+ youth needs, and help youth access affirming resources and services. The slide states that the proposed change would remove these requirements.Light gray background with a blue curved shape in the lower left corner. Handle @adopteescrossinglines at the top. Large text reads: “LGBTQ+ youth are overrepresented in foster care.” Additional text explains that many enter the system due to family conflict, rejection, or instability. It lists that placement decisions affect safety, mental health, stability, and access to support. The slide concludes that placement is not neutral and directly affects outcomes.Light gray background with a blue curved shape in the lower right corner. Handle @adopteescrossinglines at the top. Large text asks: “What happens when placement standards are reduced in a system where youth are already vulnerable?” Additional text explains that when care settings are not required to meet a child’s needs, placement itself can become another source of harm, and that foster care is not a neutral outcome.
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Adoptees Crossing Lines Podcast @adopteecrossing.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Texas opened 136,000+ CPS investigations in 2025. Fewer than 1 in 4 resulted in findings of abuse or neglect. A new statewide legal network aims to connect low-income families with attorneys earlier in CPS investigations. Because many of the most consequential decisions happen before court.
Light gray background with a blue gradient in the lower right corner. At the top is the handle @adopteescrossinglines. Large bold headline reads: “Most CPS investigations don’t find abuse.” Below, text explains that in Texas, fewer than 1 in 4 CPS investigations in 2025 resulted in findings of abuse or neglect. Despite that, investigations still occur, with more than 136,000 investigations opened statewide last year. Source listed as San Antonio Report.Light gray background with a blue gradient in the lower right corner and the handle @adopteescrossinglines at the top. Headline reads: “A CPS investigation typically lasts about 45 days.” Text explains that during that time parents may be asked to allow investigators into their homes, share medical or school records, follow “safety plans,” or temporarily send children to live elsewhere. The slide notes that many families make these decisions without ever speaking to a lawyer. Source listed as San Antonio Report.Light gray background with a blue gradient in the lower right corner and the handle @adopteescrossinglines at the top. Headline reads: “A new Texas program, the Family Early Defense Network, aims to change that.” Text explains that the initiative connects low-income families with attorneys early in CPS investigations, often before a case reaches court. The program is funded by a $14 million grant and will operate statewide through legal aid organizations. The goal is to help families understand their rights before early decisions reshape a case. Source listed as San Antonio Report.Light gray background with a blue gradient in the lower right corner and the handle @adopteescrossinglines at the top. Large text asks: “This raises a bigger question: What happens when families face state investigations without legal representation?” The slide explains that most CPS investigations never find abuse, but decisions made during the first weeks can still lead to separation. It notes that when families navigate investigations alone, the balance of power shifts heavily toward the system, and early legal defense can change that equation. Source listed as San Antonio Report.
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Adoptees Crossing Lines Podcast @adopteecrossing.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
One takeaway from The Joker: organizing across class is powerful. The Black Panthers showed this through programs like free breakfast for children, and the government moved quickly to shut it down. That’s what happens when people build power together. New episode out now. buff.ly/dpC8kfJ
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Adoptees Crossing Lines Podcast @adopteecrossing.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
West Virginia lawmakers are proposing a statewide child abuse reporting hotline staffed by medical professionals. Policies like this expand reporting systems. But they don’t address the conditions that often lead families into crisis like poverty. Prevention requires resources. #adopteesky
Blue and gray background. Text: “CPS cases may soon be managed by private companies in parts of West Virginia.” A bill proposes a pilot program where private entities manage day-to-day CPS casework. CPS would still control investigations and removal decisions. Source: West Virginia Public Broadcasting, Mar 9, 2026.Blue and gray background. Text: Pilot program could begin January 2028 in six counties: Berkeley, Jefferson, Raleigh, Fayette, Monroe, and Summers. If expanded, it could become statewide by 2029 unless lawmakers stop it. Source listed.Blue and gray background. Text: Concerns raised: private companies may have profit incentives, contractors may have limited legal liability, and administrative costs could increase. Similar privatization efforts in other states have produced equal or worse outcomes for children.Blue and gray background. Text asks: “What happens when systems that already separate families are outsourced to private companies?” It notes that when family separation becomes a contracted service, the line between public policy and private profit becomes thinner.
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Adoptees Crossing Lines Podcast @adopteecrossing.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
In The Joker, Arthur’s identity is shaped by unstable narratives. Money, influence, and secrecy can reshape reality, and bury the people harmed by it. Episode co-hosted with J (@itsjway.bsky.social), a survivor of the system and editor of the show. #adopteesky
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Adoptees Crossing Lines Podcast @adopteecrossing.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
The podcast. The research. The conversations about adoption and the family policing system. But also the human behind all of it. Jumping on a trend to show a little more of the person behind Adoptees Crossing Lines. 🎧 Listen: pod.link/1651229727?v... #adopteesky
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Adoptees Crossing Lines Podcast @adopteecrossing.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
A college in Wisconsin opened a new early learning campus for students who have children. Support changes outcomes. #adopteesky
Blue graphic stating that Madison College opened a $10M early learning campus so parents don’t have to choose between school and childcare. Handle @adopteescrossinglines shown.Blue graphic stating that when childcare is affordable and accessible, families stay together. Text notes parents can attend class while children stay with caregivers. Handle shown.Blue graphic stating that the family policing system often intervenes after families are already stretched thin due to childcare, housing, and economic stress.Blue graphic stating that keeping children with their families requires material support, not investigations. Text mentions childcare, housing, and income stability reduce system involvement.
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Adoptees Crossing Lines Podcast @adopteecrossing.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
When uncertainty is treated as danger, families pay the price. This post looks at a new law, and what it does and doesn’t address. #adopteesky
Blue background graphic with white text stating: “Florida is advancing a bill after children were taken from their parents, not because of abuse, but because a rare medical condition was misread as abuse.” Below, highlighted text reads: “This isn’t an isolated mistake.” The final line states: “It’s how the family policing system operates.” The handle @adopteescrossinglines appears at the top. Source listed at the bottom: South Santa Rosa News, Jan 30, 2026.Blue background graphic with white text explaining that a Florida couple’s twins were removed after doctors misinterpreted symptoms of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome as abuse. Despite medical evidence, the state intervened and the children were placed with a relative. Highlighted text states that the parents are now limited to supervised visits with their own children. The slide notes that “Patterson’s Law” would allow parents to request a second medical opinion before abuse conclusions are finalized. The handle @adopteescrossinglines appears at the top. Source listed at the bottom.Blue background graphic with white text stating that family policing investigations often treat uncertainty as danger, especially when families do not fit narrow medical or social profiles. The slide explains that rare conditions, disabilities, and chronic illness are frequently misread as neglect or harm. A list follows: families separated, surveillance justified, and trauma reframed as protection. The final lines state: “This is not about one doctor. It’s about power and discretion.” The handle @adopteescrossinglines appears at the top. Source listed at the bottom.Blue background graphic stating that a law allowing second medical opinions may reduce harm in some cases but does not address the deeper issue. Highlighted text explains that families must prove innocence after removal instead of being supported before harm occurs. The slide concludes: “Changes that react after separation is not prevention. It is damage control.” The handle @adopteescrossinglines appears at the top. Source listed at the bottom.
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Adoptees Crossing Lines Podcast @adopteecrossing.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot is called inspiring. But what happens when we examine it through the lens of family separation, faith-based adoption, & the Christian foster care movement? This is a critical review grounded in lived experience.
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Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot — A Critical Review
Is Sound of Hope inspiring, or adoption propaganda? A deep dive into the Possum Trot Texas church, foster care narratives, and family policing.
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Adoptees Crossing Lines Podcast @adopteecrossing.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot celebrates 77 adoptions. But most children enter the system for “neglect” — often poverty. If churches can mobilize adoption, they can mobilize resources to keep families together. New episode out now: pod.link/1651229727 Episode co-hosted with J.
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Adoptees Crossing Lines Podcast @adopteecrossing.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
The Black Panthers built free breakfast programs. The Young Lords took over hospitals. We’ve seen what community-based safety looks like. This piece explores real alternatives to foster care, and why safety begins with resources, not reports. Link below. buff.ly/YtyCAXd #adopteesky
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Alternatives to Foster Care: What Real Safety Actually Looks Like
What are real alternatives to foster care? Learn how mutual aid, housing, and guaranteed income prevent child removal and support families.
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Adoptees Crossing Lines Podcast @adopteecrossing.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Real safety is housing, income, childcare, and support before crisis. It’s not investigation. It’s not removal. Safety is not separation. Thank you for joining me this Black History Month as I broke down the family policing system! 🫶🏾 #adopteesky
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Adoptees Crossing Lines Podcast @adopteecrossing.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
One Church One Child operates in 30+ states. In Florida, it played a role in my adoption. Churches aren’t taxed. Adoption is a legal transfer of parental rights, backed by the state. Follow the money. Episode co-hosted with J (@itsjway.bsky.social), a survivor of the system. #adopteesky
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Dr. Allison Wiltz @allyfromnola.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
“To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time." — James Baldwin
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Adoptees Crossing Lines Podcast @adopteecrossing.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Abolition scares people. Forced family separation should. Abolition doesn’t mean ignoring harm. It means ending systems built on surveillance and removal. I wrote about what it actually means. buff.ly/6q2ddR8
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What Child Welfare Abolition Actually Means
What is child welfare abolition? Learn how abolition differs from reform and why ending family separation doesn’t mean ignoring harm.
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Adoptees Crossing Lines Podcast @adopteecrossing.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Abolition sounds radical because family separation has been normalized. Forced removal is legal. Building safety without coercion is what scares people? #adopteesky
Blue background with white and dark purple text. Header reads @adopteescrossinglines. Text: “Abolition scares people. Forced family separation should. If separation has been normalized, of course abolition will sound radical.” Arrow icon in corner.Blue background with white and dark purple text. Header reads @adopteescrossinglines. Text: “Abolition does not mean ignoring harm, leaving children unsafe, or ending support. It means ending systems built on surveillance, punishment, and forced removal.” Arrow icon in corner.Blue background with white and dark purple text. Header reads @adopteescrossinglines. Text: “Abolition shifts the response from investigation to material support, reporting to community care, removal to stability, case plans to resources. It asks: What would safety look like if families had housing, income, healthcare, and childcare first?” Arrow icon in corner.Blue background with dark purple text. Header reads @adopteescrossinglines. Text: “Abolition is not chaos. It is a refusal to accept poverty, disability, and racial bias as grounds for separation. It is building safety without coercion. It is care without surveillance.” Arrow icon in corner.
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MJ @moonjoo.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
There is not one single example of transnational #adoption that isn't tied to either colonialism, war, occupation, genocide, stolen land or good old fashioned money. No country has ever entered the transnational adoption industry because they wanted to help children. 🥚
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