Angela
@angelabarra.bsky.social
(She/Her)/#adoptee/#prochoice/#OCD/Adoptee Rights/Abolish Plenary Adoption/Ally🌈
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Angela
@angelabarra.bsky.social
· Nov 13
How many #adoptees from X, formerly known as Twitter, have migrated to Bluesky? Trying to find everyone 🙏
Calling all London adoption & adoptee rights activists, I'll be in London for 2 weeks in August. Departing Oz 1st August.
I'm not sure how hectic it might be, but maybe a catch-up could be organised.
I'm not sure how hectic it might be, but maybe a catch-up could be organised.
February 12, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Calling all London adoption & adoptee rights activists, I'll be in London for 2 weeks in August. Departing Oz 1st August.
I'm not sure how hectic it might be, but maybe a catch-up could be organised.
I'm not sure how hectic it might be, but maybe a catch-up could be organised.
Some joyful news. My brother is getting married this August in London.
He asked me to give him away. I'm beyond excited. I cried when asked. From their wedding website 👇🏳️🌈
He asked me to give him away. I'm beyond excited. I cried when asked. From their wedding website 👇🏳️🌈
February 12, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Some joyful news. My brother is getting married this August in London.
He asked me to give him away. I'm beyond excited. I cried when asked. From their wedding website 👇🏳️🌈
He asked me to give him away. I'm beyond excited. I cried when asked. From their wedding website 👇🏳️🌈
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There is no greater pain than to have your trauma met with silence denial & indifference.
These acts compound the initial traumatic event; when victims are forced to expend energy convincing others that they are victims; rather than on the process of healing.
These acts compound the initial traumatic event; when victims are forced to expend energy convincing others that they are victims; rather than on the process of healing.
December 17, 2024 at 11:04 PM
There is no greater pain than to have your trauma met with silence denial & indifference.
These acts compound the initial traumatic event; when victims are forced to expend energy convincing others that they are victims; rather than on the process of healing.
These acts compound the initial traumatic event; when victims are forced to expend energy convincing others that they are victims; rather than on the process of healing.
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Most people don't think about adoption as an issue of human rights and injustice.
It is.🥚
severancemag.com/the-illusion...
It is.🥚
severancemag.com/the-illusion...
The Illusion of Adoption is Over - Severance Magazine
Advocate, therapist, and educator Moses Farrow writes about need for from the adoption industry’s propaganda.
severancemag.com
December 16, 2024 at 1:46 AM
Most people don't think about adoption as an issue of human rights and injustice.
It is.🥚
severancemag.com/the-illusion...
It is.🥚
severancemag.com/the-illusion...
Hi, I'm still recovering from major surgery, but that's not the headline....
I'm going to be in London✈️ next August for my brother's wedding🏳️🌈🩷, maybe a catch-up with some in our community could potentially happen?🙏
#adopteevoices #adoption
#AustralianinLondon
I'm going to be in London✈️ next August for my brother's wedding🏳️🌈🩷, maybe a catch-up with some in our community could potentially happen?🙏
#adopteevoices #adoption
#AustralianinLondon
December 14, 2024 at 11:33 PM
Hi, I'm still recovering from major surgery, but that's not the headline....
I'm going to be in London✈️ next August for my brother's wedding🏳️🌈🩷, maybe a catch-up with some in our community could potentially happen?🙏
#adopteevoices #adoption
#AustralianinLondon
I'm going to be in London✈️ next August for my brother's wedding🏳️🌈🩷, maybe a catch-up with some in our community could potentially happen?🙏
#adopteevoices #adoption
#AustralianinLondon
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Later today I’ll be announcing an exciting suite of virtual trainings for 2025-with a heavy focus on therapeutic interventions & complex case studies..some topics include black identity formation; culture bound syndromes; complex racial trauma & cultural attachment…stay tuned. It’s very cool 😎
December 4, 2024 at 8:09 PM
Later today I’ll be announcing an exciting suite of virtual trainings for 2025-with a heavy focus on therapeutic interventions & complex case studies..some topics include black identity formation; culture bound syndromes; complex racial trauma & cultural attachment…stay tuned. It’s very cool 😎
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Custodial care doesn’t require adoption.🥚
November 29, 2024 at 5:36 AM
Custodial care doesn’t require adoption.🥚
"Oliver Hudson Recalls Moment Kurt Russell Asked If He and Kate Wanted Him to Adopt Them — and Why They Said No"#adoptee
people.com/oliver-hudso...
people.com/oliver-hudso...
Oliver Hudson Recalls Moment Kurt Russell Asked If He and Kate Wanted Him to Adopt Them — and Why They Said No
Oliver Hudson recalled a time when Kurt Russell, who has been in a relationship with Hudson's mother Goldie Hawn for four decades, asked Oliver and sister Kate Hudson if they would like him to adopt t...
people.com
November 28, 2024 at 7:09 AM
"Oliver Hudson Recalls Moment Kurt Russell Asked If He and Kate Wanted Him to Adopt Them — and Why They Said No"#adoptee
people.com/oliver-hudso...
people.com/oliver-hudso...
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If your first go to argument about the public good of adoption is to valourize your (or your children’s or grandchildren’s) struggle w/ fertility or to tell me how good an adoptee you know has it, you’re playing bingo.
You may not know that yet.🥚
You may not know that yet.🥚
November 14, 2024 at 7:11 PM
If your first go to argument about the public good of adoption is to valourize your (or your children’s or grandchildren’s) struggle w/ fertility or to tell me how good an adoptee you know has it, you’re playing bingo.
You may not know that yet.🥚
You may not know that yet.🥚
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Watching adoptees I’ve interacted with over the past couple years roll in to this site is so nice, like a homecoming. 😌
It’s the comradeship we’ve missed in so many arenas of our lives.
It’s the comradeship we’ve missed in so many arenas of our lives.
November 17, 2024 at 9:10 PM
Watching adoptees I’ve interacted with over the past couple years roll in to this site is so nice, like a homecoming. 😌
It’s the comradeship we’ve missed in so many arenas of our lives.
It’s the comradeship we’ve missed in so many arenas of our lives.
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Okay peeps, please tell me what this emoji 🥚 means 🤣
November 17, 2024 at 1:20 AM
Okay peeps, please tell me what this emoji 🥚 means 🤣
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Here’s a fun National Adoption Awareness Month (#NAAM) fact: Did you know the phrase “put up for adoption” is a reference to the practice of putting orphans up on stage to perform for and be inspected like livestock by potential adoptive families in the 1800s? 🥚
November 16, 2024 at 9:32 PM
Here’s a fun National Adoption Awareness Month (#NAAM) fact: Did you know the phrase “put up for adoption” is a reference to the practice of putting orphans up on stage to perform for and be inspected like livestock by potential adoptive families in the 1800s? 🥚
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Wow! It’s so refreshing to post something and get intelligent responses and not get insulted, abused, ridiculed and sneered at.
November 16, 2024 at 11:50 PM
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Excellent column by @vanbadham.bsky.social 11 women killed in Australia in the last 16 days & people (& you know which people I mean) are hating on feminists? WTF? www.theguardian.com/society/comm...
Women need to be kept safe from the ‘your body, my choice’ peddlers. Here’s how | Van Badham
Does self-protection have to mean rejecting men and sex and joining the 4B movement? Of course not – but it does mean recognising the power of cultural persuasion
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2024 at 8:25 PM
Excellent column by @vanbadham.bsky.social 11 women killed in Australia in the last 16 days & people (& you know which people I mean) are hating on feminists? WTF? www.theguardian.com/society/comm...
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I'm not an adoptee, but I practiced a little adoptee law decades ago. I wish I'd known then what I know now.
November 15, 2024 at 8:29 PM
I'm not an adoptee, but I practiced a little adoptee law decades ago. I wish I'd known then what I know now.
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My invitation remains open to all #adopted, displaced, trafficked, stolen, bought-and-sold people—anyone who accepts (not necessarily happily) the designation “adoptee”—to be added to my starter pack. Just let me know!
Here’s hoping we’ll play a little less Bingo here! (h/t @bekhenson.bsky.social)
Here’s hoping we’ll play a little less Bingo here! (h/t @bekhenson.bsky.social)
November 13, 2024 at 10:51 AM
My invitation remains open to all #adopted, displaced, trafficked, stolen, bought-and-sold people—anyone who accepts (not necessarily happily) the designation “adoptee”—to be added to my starter pack. Just let me know!
Here’s hoping we’ll play a little less Bingo here! (h/t @bekhenson.bsky.social)
Here’s hoping we’ll play a little less Bingo here! (h/t @bekhenson.bsky.social)
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Breaking:
The Guardian have just announced they are leaving Xtwitter and will be closing all their accounts there, stating that:
"X is a toxic media platform and its owner, Elon Musk, has been able to use its influence to shape political discourse."
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...
The Guardian have just announced they are leaving Xtwitter and will be closing all their accounts there, stating that:
"X is a toxic media platform and its owner, Elon Musk, has been able to use its influence to shape political discourse."
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...
Why the Guardian is no longer posting on X
We will stop posting from our official editorial accounts on the platform, but X users can still share our articles
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2024 at 11:49 AM
Breaking:
The Guardian have just announced they are leaving Xtwitter and will be closing all their accounts there, stating that:
"X is a toxic media platform and its owner, Elon Musk, has been able to use its influence to shape political discourse."
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...
The Guardian have just announced they are leaving Xtwitter and will be closing all their accounts there, stating that:
"X is a toxic media platform and its owner, Elon Musk, has been able to use its influence to shape political discourse."
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...
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November 12, 2024 at 9:01 PM