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Dani Janae
@danijanae.bsky.social
Dyke Poet. Journalist. Adoptee.
Author of Hound Triptych (Sundress Publications, 3.3.26) ✨

https://danijanae.com/link-in-bio
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who’s that? she’s so pretty and i bet her book is really good! 😌
Pre-orders are now available for Hound Triptych, the debut full-length collection of poetry from Dani Janae! Reserve your copy now and save $6 off the retail price! sundress-publications.square.site/product/houn...
One thing I never got about the “adoption as an alternative to abortion“ propaganda is it says love your child enough to give them life but don't love them too much because this other family wants them and they are going to take them.
February 8, 2026 at 6:21 PM
I need to raise $70 each day to make my goal! Please share and donate
February 8, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Last year there was a story about a relative of JD Vance who had adopted a disabled Asian child who needed a heart transplant, but the family refused to vaccinate her which was putting off the surgery. Does any one else remember this/know what happened to that girl?
February 7, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Was so elated when Jan agreed to blurb my book.
"These inventive, image-rich poems dive deep into the brutality of adoption where grief has a real face and birthmothers have none, where the 'real' remains elusive, nameless." —Jan Beatty sundress-publications.square.site/product/houn...
February 7, 2026 at 10:46 AM
My adoptive mom lived out her mean girl fantasy on me big time. She grew up as “the ugly duckling” in her family so when I became a chubby kid she bullied me worse than my peers. When I look back on photos from that time I’m like wow I was so little and cute but I never heard nice things like that.
to be adopted is, all too often, to be unwittingly recruited for a role in other people’s trauma-rooted fantasy play.
February 6, 2026 at 5:58 PM
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There’s a new adoption Super Bowl ad.

It’s not about helping pregnant people, it’s about shaping public opinion.

I wrote about why adoption is framed as a “choice” only when abortion is punished.

Read here ⬇️

buff.ly/yrFGUqm

#adopteesky
The Adoption Super Bowl Ad and the Lie of Choice
An adoption Super Bowl ad airs amid abortion bans. This piece examines how “choice” becomes coercion in a post Roe world.
open.substack.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:50 PM
I remember working with kids this age when I was 22 and even then the 6ish years between us felt miles long. One day some of the girls told me a man would harass them at the bus stop across from the school and it sent me into a rage. They ALWAYS know when a kid is underage they just don’t care
when i was a 16yo girl i thought i was an adult. coaching 12-17yo girls as a 28yo really hammered home how much i was wrong about being an adult at 16 and how obvious it is to actual adults that a 16yo is not an adult. if they say they cannot tell they are lying because they are a creep.
February 6, 2026 at 9:01 AM
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Okay! We finally got past $2000, please keep sharing and donating
February 3, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Okay! We finally got past $2000, please keep sharing and donating
February 3, 2026 at 11:26 AM
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BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
www.propublica.org
February 1, 2026 at 9:10 PM
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We are $25 away from 50% !!
January 28, 2026 at 9:02 PM
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"Dani Janae’s Hound Triptych is ravenous with desire. Through rich, evocative lyric, Janae deftly navigates the treacherous terrain of adoptee loss and longing." —Tiana Nobile sundress-publications.square.site/product/houn...
January 24, 2026 at 4:55 PM
We are $25 away from 50% !!
January 28, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Another citizen executed in the streets

Democratic leadership hoping online to post “damn 😔”
January 25, 2026 at 5:37 PM
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Alex Pretti was a colleague at the VA. We hired him to recruit for our trial. He became an ICU nurse- I lover working with him. He was a good kind person who lived to help and these fuckers executed him.

White. Hot. Rage.
January 24, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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Alex J Pretti. That was his name. He had a YouTube channel, and a Linkdin profile. I think he was a nurse. He was 37 and had a permit to carry. www.youtube.com/@alexjpretti...
Alex J Pretti
www.youtube.com
January 24, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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TWIN CITIES FOLKS WHO WANT TO HELP AND DON'T KNOW WHERE TO START: I put together a big list of resources. Do you want to deliver groceries? do people's laundry? work in community defense? I want to help you get connected!

naomikritzer.com/2026/01/19/h...
How to Help: Twin Cities Residents
This is a post for people in Minnesota. I’m going to do a separate post for the non-Minnesotans when I’m done with this one. (If you’re in a hurry you can go to Stand With Minneso…
naomikritzer.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:40 PM
I was theorizing about this over on threads but to summarize I think there is a direct link toward the demand for readily adoptable children and the immigration crisis. We are seeing parents deported and families torn apart so other families can be created, imo.
January 24, 2026 at 2:53 PM
If you are a Black queer and/or an adoptee and would like to review my book please message me!
January 24, 2026 at 11:56 AM
43% !!
January 23, 2026 at 12:55 PM
deleted that post about the teen abused by ICE because I couldn’t find the source but here it is:

www.texastribune.org/2025/12/10/t...
ACLU reports physical abuse of migrants held at Fort Bliss
The ACLU and other groups interviewed more than 45 migrants held at the detention center and call it a “human and civil rights catastrophe.”
www.texastribune.org
January 22, 2026 at 10:47 PM
who’s that? she’s so pretty and i bet her book is really good! 😌
Pre-orders are now available for Hound Triptych, the debut full-length collection of poetry from Dani Janae! Reserve your copy now and save $6 off the retail price! sundress-publications.square.site/product/houn...
January 21, 2026 at 6:32 PM
You can preorder my book directly from @sundresspub.bsky.social now! You can also still get it from Bookshop dot org, Barnes and Noble, and some indie bookstores.

If you order from Sundress, $1 will go to my nonprofit of choice: Pittsburgh Action Against Rape
January 20, 2026 at 11:31 PM
When that guy that like drank his sons blood to stay youthful eventually dies it’s gonna be such a funny day across the internet
January 19, 2026 at 10:30 AM
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I am not here for Europeans telling me Americans don't know how crazy things are. The Nazis are killing people over here at the moment so we're busy but thanks for the input. I had hoped for solidarity but I suppose I'll have to settle for sneering condescension instead.
January 19, 2026 at 4:39 AM