Bastard Nation finds its voice

When the People Decide

04-07-2022 • 35分

In the early 1900s, birth records of children given up for adoption were sealed and confidential, an effort to shield mothers and children from the societal shame of being born out of wedlock. Fast forward to the advent of the Internet, and adopted adults used the power of the web to form online networks connecting the community, and as helpful as these support groups were, adoptees still lacked the legal protections to access their birth records.

Groups like Bastard Nation helped its members navigate access to birth records, as well as fight the stigma of adoption altogether.  It was out of this radical group that the very intimate issue of adoption made its way to the ballot box, begging the question, what are the limits of making the personal, political? This episode explains how this initiative addressed the social stigma around adoption and addresses the longstanding debates around the power of ballot initiatives.

Learn more about the podcast at thepeopledecide.show and follow us on Twitter @PeopleDecidePod.

Resources

Bastard Nation

Measurable Rights documentary by Paul Fornier/Storm Rock Films

Measure 58 online archive

Adoption Politics by E. Wayne Carp

お客様へのおすすめ

The Big Mic
The Big Mic
TheBigMic
Zaanpraat
Zaanpraat
Gemeente Zaanstad
The Dane County Podcast
The Dane County Podcast
Dane County Executive Joe Parisi
La Vulgata
La Vulgata
ALT Monteparano
Franklin County NC Podcast
Franklin County NC Podcast
Franklin County NC
Allô
Allô
Allô
Accordi e Disaccordi
Accordi e Disaccordi
Warner Bros. Discovery Podcast
The Doug and Fer Show
The Doug and Fer Show
Fernando Dos Santos and Doug Petrozelli
The Young Fabians Podcast
The Young Fabians Podcast
Young Fabian Society
Parks And Wrecked: Podcast
Parks And Wrecked: Podcast
Mickael Stevens & Cameron Cook
Basil Joint Fire District
Basil Joint Fire District
Basil Joint Fire District
HPD Community Shield
HPD Community Shield
NowMedia Television
Bua Ngwathe
Bua Ngwathe
Bua Ngwathe
Unbiased Freedom
Unbiased Freedom
Unbiased Freedom
Generation Green New Deal
Generation Green New Deal
Tikkun Olam Productions