Today’s guest is Kirsta Bowman, also known as Karpoozy to much of the internet. Kirsta is an adoptee advocate who has alerted millions of TikTok viewers about unethical adoption rehoming practices. She shares some of her personal search reunion story with us today, and we chat about the complexities of reunion when your biological family lives on another continent. And of course we revisit the topic of grief when you’re rejected from being reunited and when you find a grave.

Show Notes

Full episode transcript here.

Recommended Resources

Kirsta’s TikTok Account @karpoozy (Backup Account Karpoozy2)
Adoption Advocacy Podcast - January 2021 “Kirsta Bowman: adoption agencies and ethics”
Reuters investigation “The Child Exchange” from 2013 https://www.reuters.com/investigates/adoption/#article/part1
Mentions: How to Talk So Kids Will Listen & Listen So Kids Will Talk by Adele Faber & Elaine Mazlich, Imani Barbarin @Crutches&Spice, Dylan Mulvaney @dylanmulvaney

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