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ADOPTOLOGY - Adoption Deconstructed

Empowering adopted people through knowledge.

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An Ethical Adoption?

...on the illusion of altruism

What if we matter to our ancestors?

What if a family tree is a living entity on multiple planes?

The Deviant Mother and Child

The Salvation Army and the grey zone of responsibility

The Problem With Your Lived Experience

Last week we began to dissect the New Zealand Ministry of Justice (MoJ) adoption law reform discussion documents.

A New Adoption System for Aotearoa New Zealand

A Service to the Child

Incapacity and the Adult Adoptee

In the making of a good law and the universal demand for equality, dignity and autonomy

I AM ... an adulterine ...

A compendium of nouns, epithets, adjectives and euphemisms especially for adopted people

Wait! What did they say?

It's 1984 and adopters are not holding back.

If adoption is not a neutral practice...

can there be such a thing as a good adoption?

Molehills Out of Mountains

A Response the the former chief ombudsman