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Stephanie Drenka

Stephanie Drenka

Loft Life

Monday, May 20, 2019 · In: Home Decor

Living Room Tour (and Holly & Martin Giveaway)

This post/giveaway is sponsored by Holly & Martin. All views are my own.

It’s been nearly a year since we sold our house and moved into the loft. What a difference that year has made. We first moved into this building so I…

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Tuesday, February 12, 2019 · In: Home Decor

Zen and the Art of Getting Your Life Together

The best part of solopreneur life? Working from home. The worst part of solopreneur life? Working from a messy home. In the past few months, I’ve learned that our loft…

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Thursday, January 17, 2019 · In: Beauty, Photography

What’s Inside My Retro Mint Green Mini “Beauty Fridge”?

I had no idea how popular the concept of a “beauty fridge” was until I started searching online for something compact in which to store camera film. Then I found…

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Tuesday, January 1, 2019 · In: Food + Drink

Favorite Tools & Products for a Successful January Whole30

2019: Another new year… another round of #JanuaryWhole30. I think I say this every year, but this time around – I feel more prepared than ever. Over the past few…

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Saturday, December 8, 2018 · In: Holiday, Home Decor, Life

Minimal Holiday | The Lazy Girl’s Guide to Christmas Decorating

The phrase “Home for the Holidays” has taken on a new meaning this year. It’s our first Christmas season since Holden and I sold our house and my parents moved…

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Wednesday, August 29, 2018 · In: Home Decor

CB2 ‘Tesso’ Chrome Bookcase Styling

This post may contain affiliate links, which means I earn commission on purchases at no added cost to you.

Moving from a 3-bedroom house to an open floor plan loft has challenged us to get creative with our storage situation. With an entire spare closet filled with boxes that…

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too tired for any fancy tricks tonight. just weari too tired for any fancy tricks tonight. just wearing my @dontmesswithroe shirt and mourning the loss of our civil liberties 🥺
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From Political Pawns to Punchlines: Leave Adoptees From Political Pawns to Punchlines: Leave Adoptees Out of Your Abortion Arguments (and Memes)

"We will adopt your baby" posts went viral on Twitter only days after the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Unsettling photos of nightmarish couples were shared en masse, mocking the White hopeful adoptive parents who posed with protest signs bearing the phrase in celebration of the ruling. Advocates from both sides of the abortion debate are quick to invoke adoption to support their views, but neither group seems interested in the experiences of those most impacted- adoptees.

Whether intended as jest or otherwise, snarky quips prodding anti-abortion advocates to foster or adopt as a test of their “pro-life” commitment are misguided and uninformed. This irresponsible argument demonstrates a striking lack of sympathy for the children they would see placed in such dangerous hands and a fundamental misunderstanding about the adoption and foster care systems.

Three of the conservative Supreme Court justices who voted to uphold Mississippi’s abortion ban are adoptive parents. Many people who prayed for the end of legalized abortion are the same ones carrying the “We will adopt your baby” posters. The practice of adoption goes hand in hand with colonialism and White Supremacy or saviorism—undergirded by the belief that parents of color are less qualified or deserving of a chance to raise their children.

Adoptee voices matter, and they could help dismantle a broken system. Please spend time listening to our experiences and learning more about the history of the adoption industrial complex, family separation, and lifelong adoptee trauma. Read between the memes, and you will find our stories.

Read more (link in bio) #adopteevoices #prochoiceadoptee #adoption
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