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Ande Stanley

@theadoptionfiles.bsky.social
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Adoptee rights advocate. lDA ICA baby scoop era. Host of The Adoption Files podcast. Seeking to amplify the voices of those impacted by family severance. They/them, her if I have to 🏳️‍🌈 🥚 Exvangelical, Independent

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Ande Stanley @theadoptionfiles.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Anyone know anything about fog as à microbiome? Looking for some articles or books to read.
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Ande Stanley @theadoptionfiles.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Adoption Abolition: A Conversation
Podcast Episode · The Adoption Files · October 1 · 1h 9m
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Ande Stanley @theadoptionfiles.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#nomoreexcuses
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Ande Stanley @theadoptionfiles.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
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Quality Counts: Early Connections and Big Questions; continuing the conversation on adoption and spiritual trauma
Podcast Episode · The Adoption Files · September 28 · 1h 6m
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Ande Stanley @theadoptionfiles.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I just finished This is not àbout Running, by Mary Cain. I started reading this morning while on the treadmill and couldn’t put it down. The book resonated with me for a number of reasons. Maybe it will for you, too.
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Ande Stanley @theadoptionfiles.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Holding Space: Healing in Relationship
Podcast Episode · The Adoption Files · September 21 · 56m
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Ande Stanley @theadoptionfiles.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
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Turning Towards the Pain: a Continuing Conversation on Spiritual Trauma and Adoption
Podcast Episode · The Adoption Files · September 14 · 1h 3m
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Ande Stanley @theadoptionfiles.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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Healing, Recovery, Remaking: Which makes sense for you?
Podcast Episode · The Adoption Files · September 7 · 56m
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Ande Stanley @theadoptionfiles.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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Gods will or?
Podcast Episode · The Adoption Files · August 31 · 48m
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Ande Stanley @theadoptionfiles.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
What alternative to Google do you recommend?
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Ande Stanley @theadoptionfiles.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Being a full time caregiver while also being disabled makes dealing with the healthcare system feel like death by a million pre-authorization requests
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Ande Stanley @theadoptionfiles.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
What are people reading? I am currently reading Wild Faith, Sewing for Dummies, and Las Hijas del Volcán. I need recommendations for my library hold list! 😄🩷
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Ande Stanley @theadoptionfiles.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I am reading Wild Faith: How Thé Christian Right is Taking Over America by Talia Lavin. While it is nice to read someone else expressing a lot of what I have tried to tell ppl since leaving the church, it’s also very depressing.
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Ande Stanley @theadoptionfiles.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
I posted on FB that, as àn adopted person, I do not want to be called your miracle, your blessing or your gift. What are your thoughts on this language and what it conveys? I have been kind of (naively?) startled by the vehemence of some of the responses on Fb🥚 #adoption #adopted
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Ande Stanley @theadoptionfiles.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
My librarian ànd philosophy people ; what is a great book on critical thinking for teens? Thank you! #criticalthinking #logic #argument #factbased #reasoning #librarians #philosophy
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Ande Stanley @theadoptionfiles.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
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I am terrible at titles. Continuing the conversation about spiritual trauma as people impacted by adoption
Podcast Episode · The Adoption Files · August 24 · 49m
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Ande Stanley @theadoptionfiles.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
I just finished Laverne Cox’s very moving book Transcendent. She is such an amazing survivor, artist, advocate. A bright light. Read her book.
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Ande Stanley @theadoptionfiles.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Be a part of making history! Call and encourage Chair Wicks to move SB 381 from the Suspense file to the floor for a vote. Thank you! ❤️
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Ande Stanley @theadoptionfiles.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
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Our National Parks. A Shared Story Worth Preserving.
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Ande Stanley @theadoptionfiles.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
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How to use Spirituality as a Defense against Discomfort: Spiritual Bypassing
Podcast Episode · The Adoption Files · July 26 · 56m
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Ande Stanley @theadoptionfiles.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
The Adoptee Rights Coalition is heading to Chicago to the National Conference of State Legislatures #NCSL2026 to continue their mission of educating people àbt thé need for unrestricted access to original birth certificates. Stop by to see them if you are there! www.adopteerightscoalition.com
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Ande Stanley @theadoptionfiles.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Why are US news outlets saying so little àbt the uranium enrichment deal with Saudi Arabia?
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Ande Stanley @theadoptionfiles.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
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Your Feelings Matter: the Core Emotions and Spiritual Trauma
Podcast Episode · The Adoption Files · July 22 · 59m
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Ande Stanley @theadoptionfiles.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
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Trump paid for a three-story banner of his face with taxpayer money
The cost of the president's banners is more than $200,000.
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Ande Stanley @theadoptionfiles.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
No data centers.
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Ande Stanley @theadoptionfiles.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
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Victim, Villain, Valiant Hero: The Drama Triangle and Spiritual Trauma
Podcast Episode · The Adoption Files · July 12 · 50m
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Ande Stanley @theadoptionfiles.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
How do you manage anniversary dates, weeks, months? 😂
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KayelaWrites @kwrights.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
What secret have you learned later in life about yourself as an #adoptee? I had no idea I was in foster care for the first month of my life. Didn't know I was in the ICU for a week either. Of course I never knew my birth story until I met with my first mother when I was 48. What about you? 🥚
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Ande Stanley @theadoptionfiles.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
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Let's: See What Develops: The Essentials. Continuing the conversation on spiritual trauma
Podcast Episode · The Adoption Files · July 8 · 1h 6m
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Adoptee Advocates of Michigan @aaom-adoptees.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Since February, 437 new cases alleging human rights violations in South Korea's overseas adoption system have been filed, including mothers who were told their babies had died, only to learn decades later that they had been sent abroad for adoption. buff.ly/dXS2QiN 🥚
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How Korea's birth mothers are exposing the hidden cost of overseas adoption - The Korea Times
Korea’s 3rd Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) crossed its 100-day milestone earlier this month, revealing that 437 new cases detailing huma...
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Zach Everson @zacheverson.com · 03/07/2026
I…worked on this story for a decade…and…he just…he blurted it out on teevee.
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Ande Stanley @theadoptionfiles.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
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Returning to the Familiar: When we keep going back to things that hurt
Podcast Episode · The Adoption Files · June 30 · 38m
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Ande Stanley @theadoptionfiles.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
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What we need from the beginning: Continuing the conversation on spiritual trauma
Podcast Episode · The Adoption Files · June 26 · 53m
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Ande Stanley @theadoptionfiles.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
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DHS to states: Follow our voting rules or lose out on election security money
The Trump administration has tied new requirements to election security grants. Some states told NPR they're passing on the grants as a result.
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Ande Stanley @theadoptionfiles.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
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Alert: California SB 381. California adopted people need your support
Podcast Episode · The Adoption Files · June 22 · 8m
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Ande Stanley @theadoptionfiles.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
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Blue material peeling off bottom of Reflecting Pool, days after costly renovation | CNN Politics
Some blue material at the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is peeling off, days after the pool was painted blue and refilled as part of a multi-million dollar renovation ordered by Presi...
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Ande Stanley @theadoptionfiles.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Is he engaging in juvenile behavior or is hé just illiterate? Both, you say? Sounds about right.
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Bony 🦴 Skeletino 💀 @notalegalrecord.net · 17/06/2026
in the Turnaway Study, 91% of people who sought to terminate their pregancies but were denied abortion access decided to keep the children they bore. Relinquishment for #adoption is the “option” for those left with no options. It is the “choice” of the choiceless.
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Ande Stanley @theadoptionfiles.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
No data centers.
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Ande Stanley @theadoptionfiles.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Hey, USA! Look what we could be doing, if only the GOP wasn’t interfering.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Child Rapists allowed freedom to continue crimes against Children.
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Ande Stanley @theadoptionfiles.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
When i was in 6th grade, we had a teacher who spent most of each day flirting with one of my eleven year old classmates. I told the principal ànd my APs how uncomfortable it made me, & they told the teacher. I was thén given a talk àbt my being inappropriate. This is how pedophiles get away w/abuse
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Ande Stanley @theadoptionfiles.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Just watched Live by the 10th Date. Brianna McCarthy’s artwork is gorgeous!
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Ande Stanley @theadoptionfiles.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
To protect at risk children. By further imperiling their lives ànd safety. Pitch à fit, people! Call your legislators. The corrupt DOJ, in charge of enforcing civil rights in education. Thé nitwit who doesn’t believe in science in charge of special education.
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Dr. Sandra Steingraber 🏳️‍🌈 @ssteingraber1.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride Month! Mindful that biology has been weaponized against the LGBTQ community by people who don’t know much about biology, I’m making daily, queer, biologically themed posts for #PrideMonth2026 6/16: Some girl hummingbirds grow male feathers and act like boys
Hummingbird with a bright blue head and white body perched on a branch looking dapper. Boy or girl?
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Ande Stanley @theadoptionfiles.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
I have been recording podcast episodes with mom Dani Joy àbt spiritual trauma ànd adoption. Since spirituality is a search for connection, family severance is a pretty profound spiritual trauma.
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