We are honoured to introduce you to Tony Corsentino today! As a philosophy professor turned public librarian, Tony walks us through some of the best strategies he’s used to challenge the traditional adoption narrative. He also teaches us the differences between privacy and secrecy and he shares the importance of adoptees listening to the stories of others who have experienced severance from their family of origin.

Show Notes

Recommended Resources

Tony’s Substack - “This is Not a Legal Record”
Fourteen Propositions About Adoption by Tony Corsentino
Laura Briggs’ work
Somebody’s Children by Laura Briggs
Taking Children: A History of American Terror by Laura Briggs
Other books we mention: Invisible Boy by Harrison Mooney, All You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chung, The Girls Who Went Away by Ann Fessler

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