December 2024 Updates

[dancingadopteethoughts]

Hey, all! I am now planning on sharing monthly updates regarding my adoptee writing and culture/adoptee experiences.

• I am finishing up a short essay written from the perspective of adoptee Malia Blu. The essay discusses Malia’s thoughts as she wrestles with the secrets she has in her life. I have written from her perspective several times before and it’s nice to return to her story again.


• More explicitly relevant to history than culture (although history and our understandings of it absolutely influence culture), I have also started reading Adeeb Khalid’s Central Asia, which delves into Central Asia’s modern history and relationship with colonialism, revolution, and modernization. Throughout my education, I unfortunately never learned much about this vibrant and diverse region so I am hoping to rectify that.

Thank you for reading these updates! I would love to know if you have been reading/watching anything culture/adoptee-related! Feel free to share recommendations in the comments. See you in the next update! Before you go, I urge you to educate yourself about, donate, and support these organizations who are doing important, although unfortunately needed work in and to support Palestine and the Democratic Republic of Congo: Operation Olive Branch’s mutual aid list, Friends of the Congo, Focus Congo. For more resources and organizations to support, please look here.