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What I Was Really Avoiding: Jay Barbanel on Adoption, Therapy & Healing

Jay Barbanel, author of Finding Tico, unpacks what he spent two decades avoiding, and what it took to finally choose healing over silence.

Circumstantial Evidence
Jonathan Wittmaier Jonathan Wittmaier

Circumstantial Evidence

Jonathan Wittmaier’s poem Circumstantial Evidence brings history to life, exploring the hidden connections between the Korean War and the adoption industry.

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I Know I Shouldn’t Be Here
Wilson Munsterman Wilson Munsterman

I Know I Shouldn’t Be Here

I never realized what being adopted meant as a young kid. Nothing seemed different until I was 10 years old, and my adoption became very real when questions came up.

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Rewriting the Narrative
Jonathan Wittmaier Jonathan Wittmaier

Rewriting the Narrative

As a kid, I was fascinated by history and war movies. But as I grew older, I started questioning the narratives I had been taught.

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  • Most non-adopted people oversimplify and invalidate the grief of adoptees because they assume that our families are just like other families.

    Adoptee Land by Kristen, Adoptee Contributor

  • It’s such a curious thing how being relinquished is never talked about with sorrow; but instead with applaud for the adoptive parents.

    Adoption, Shame & Cocktail Parties by Amy, Adoptee Contributor

  • I played the role of being a chameleon; not realizing the toxicity of what I was doing in allowing people to mislabel me.

    Latina Mislabeled by Martha, Adoptee Contributor

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