The adoption industry has such quaint terminology for the import and export of children via adoption. Countries that primarily export children are labeled “sending countries.” Whereas countries where importing is the predominant mode are labeled “receiving countries.” The Schuster Institute for Investigative Journalism at Brandeis University has done a wonderful interactive map visually explaining such. […]

I don’t have a lot to say right now. Tomas is bearing down on Haiti and while it’s not the absolute worst case scenario, even a Tropical Storm or Cat 1 stands to be horrible enough. This is going to be bad. Haiti’s million plus living under tarps and in tents face the additional pressure […]

These two links represent some very thoughtful analysis, placing adoption into it’s rightful broader context in relation to power, closed door secrecy, and well monied corporate interests. First up, Bastardette has done a strong piece that isn’t about adoption except when it is: Columbus Issue 12: Secrets = “More Information” (Not about adoption, but it […]

Alright, so it being “National Adoption Awareness Month,” the adoption  industry wants to utilize kids in Foster Care as a ‘justification’ to do their month long adoption marketing spree, often centered on infant adoption or inter-country adoption. Fine, you wanna talk foster kids? Let’s talk about some of the realities foster kids face, such as […]

First a quick Blogkeeping note: In light of my blogging marathon last month and other writing I’m working on, BLC the blog is going to be somewhat quieter this month and my posts probably far shorter. That said, we’re now in the thick of the dreaded month long adoption marketing extravaganza known as “National Adoption […]

(Yes, two posts in one day. Please be sure to scroll down to see my post from earlier.) I did it! Somehow, I managed that magickal 31 posts in 31 days that constitutes (at whatever time of year) National Blog Posting Month or NaBloPoMo. November of course, being traditional, but instead of running head to […]

Earlier this month I blogged several posts using Mississippi as a case study in relation to the ongoing failures of the legalized child abandonment schemes. The so called “baby Moses” or “safe haven” laws were passed nationwide on the assurances of those advocating legalized child abandonment that unsafe child abandonments and the number of dead […]

Village of  Hope orphanage co-founder Lon Harvey Kennard, Sr. faces charges on 47 felony counts  stemming from his alleged sexual abuse of children he and his wife adopted from Ethiopia, other teenaged female relatives and a final unrelated teenage girl in Ethiopia. The potential crimes first came to light last March, see Ethiopia orphanage co-founder […]

Please forgive the extremely brief post tonight. This may actually be my shortest post ever (I’ll work on making up for it tomorrow!) Get out the Vote! Last chance. As I blogged earlier this month, Vote now for the 4th annual Demons in Adoption Awards. Ballot and candidates can still be found here.

The Miami Herald has done an important investigative series concerning the ease with which Haitian children have been smuggled across the border into the Dominican Republic in the wake of the earthquake. While the reports focus on the porous border in terms of child trafficking for purposes of house slave or shoe shine boy labor, […]