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On a little island in the Pacific: n adoption blog — the life and words of a natural mother

http://cedartrees.wordpress.com/

If you frequent this site, you’ll be reading the writings of a mother and policy analyst, one who has analyzed her own experiences and those of other mothers who have experienced a unique form of violence. I will be posting articles that I have written in the past, and new articles as they develop in the future.

What you will find are analyses of such topics as the adoption industry, reproductive exploitation, and the abuse of vulnerable mothers. As well as my own personal experiences, and quotes from my favourite authors.

• Added on: Oct 3rd, 2008
• Country: Canada
• Language: English

• Author: Cedar
• Listed in: Moms Activism
• Tags: adoption Adoptees birth human rights abuse natural mothers reproductive exploitation

Recent Posts

• Merry Yule!

  Posted on Saturday December 19th, 2009 at 22:08 in adoption, holiday, celebration, W, yule, winte solstice

  To all my Pagan friends!  May the Gods and Goddesses of Winter, Father Óðinn, Mother Holda, Skaði, and Ullr,  bless you this Holiday Season. Merry Yule to All!!! RING OUT SOLSTICE BELLS! (And to my non-Pagan friends, here’s some links ...

• Adoption separation: A tragic end for one natural family

  Posted on Wednesday November 11th, 2009 at 14:46 in Canada, pregnancy, adoption, motherhood, adoptee, alberta, birth, open records, coercion, relinquishment, natural mothers, birthmothers

  I have a friend, Rowena, who is a natural mother who lost her son to adoption. Rowena was only 17 when she gave birth to her son Blaise, and in Grace Hospital in Calgary, they only allowed her to see him sparingly for few days after his birth, and th...

• A precious (adoption-related) photo

  Posted on Tuesday November 3rd, 2009 at 14:17 in family, adoption, motherhood, open records, natural mothers, adoption industry, adoption reunion, adoption separation

  I decided to participate in the  “Adoption Carnival III: Photos of Adoption,” presented by the blogging network “Grown In My Heart,” which encourages bloggers to share blog posts related to adoption. I thought about what phot...

• “Baby Look for Home” and Adoptions from China?

  Posted on Friday October 30th, 2009 at 18:07 in china, women, human rights, poverty, adoption, international adoption, women's rights, kidnapping, natural mothers, adoption industry, birthmothers, adoption reunion

  An new initiative by the Chinese government to try to find the homes of stolen and trafficked children was in the news this week (see “Chinese crackdown nets thousands of ’stolen’ children“).   The news is about the creation ...

• “Risk” — A Must-Read from Mei-Ling

  Posted on Tuesday October 20th, 2009 at 00:35 in adoption

  http://exiledsister.wordpress.com/2009/10/19/risk/ “I risk a lot of backlash in telling this story. I risk receiving comments of disbelief, people who don’t believe anything is wrong with the ethics in this story, people who believe that havi...

• “Abandonment”: The Disconnect in Adoption

  Posted on Saturday October 10th, 2009 at 15:04 in pregnancy, human rights, poverty, adoption, motherhood, women's rights, relinquishment, political power, natural mothers, birthmothers, reproductive exploitation, adoption separation

  There is a huge disconnect in the discourse surrounding the subject of adoption. This happens when the voices that “own” the conversation about adoption do not include the voice of the natural mother, when women are silenced in shame and...

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