Sociologist @ANSIRH/UCSF; author of “Relinquished." Please find me on IG (gretchen.sisson) or Bluesky (gretchensisson).
San Francisco, California
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Tomorrow afternoon, my Seattle book talk with @theadoptedlife will be on @BookTV @cspan. I really enjoyed this conversation with Angela! Many thanks to her for joining me.
I don’t know who needs to hear this, but:
You can love an adopted person (even in your own family) and still be critical of adoption as a system, and want to envision what abolition means.
In fact, it’s often because of one’s love for that person that you do.
"Adoption experts, including academics, adoptees and a birth mother, told Hearst Newspapers the campaign’s fundamental message paints a misleading picture & oversimplifies what is a complex, traumatic experience for mothers who relinquish their child."
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It was so wonderful to meet you in person, Sandra. Thank you for being there. 💜
Thank you to @Tatum_Hunter_ at @washingtonpost for this thoughtful review. I am grateful for her perspective as a reporter, a reader, and a relinquishing mother.
Today’s the day! ‘RELINQUISHED’ is available from @stmartinspress. Fourteen years after beginning this project, I’m so excited to share it with the world. I hope you’ll pick up a copy today, and I can’t wait to hear what you think. bookshop.org/p/books/relinqu…
Thank you, Julia!
It's rare that a book comes along and so dramatically expands my perspective as much as @gesisson's forthcoming book, about adoption, did. She centers voices we rarely hear in adoption narratives: American birth mothers relinquishing their infants motherjones.com/politics/202…
Thank you @damemagazine for sharing this excerpt from ‘Relinquished’ on the history of adoption and family separation.
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Y’all I’m 2/3 of the way through @gesisson’s book and it’s an absolute must read.
10/10 would totally recommend.
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This article misrepresents our findings. It’s not that 90% of those with unplanned pregnancies chose parenting over adoption. It’s that 91% of those *specifically denied abortion* still choose parenting over adoption. This is MUCH lower. @JoanneKenen
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Well, look what's up for preorder. 👀
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“The trauma obliterated me. Destroyed me. The love was gone after she was born. I would go through cycles of trying to keep my life together, getting my GED, so she’d be proud of me if she met me. But then the grief would swamp me and I’d drink and it would be rock bottom again.”