Interesting, but lacks nuance/respect
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“I enjoyed the info from this podcast and hearing from donor-conceived people, but the story line lacks nuance in ways I wish the writer would step up to. Somehow she side steps the nature vs. nurture debate entirely and doesn’t go into the question of who has the right to know what, whose privacy is important and legally protected and what does all that mean? It’s not simple or black and white. There’s a whole interesting discussion completely missed, for one example.
Also, the donor conceived people have repeatedly said that they do not identify their donor as their (many have someone else who is their father, for better or worse) , but the host keeps coming back to calling the donor their dad, father, biological father, etc. As people who have struggled with the identity complications of building families in unconventional ways, this disregard for their identification of their donor, is at best tone deaf and cringy, and at worst very offensive. As if she has the right to define this for them or knows better…
I am hoping that they circle back to how other commercial sperm banks adopted the model of the racist, elitist Graham genius sperm bank. How did the model evolve? How did that racism at its root/foundation inform racism in current banks? What does that mean today?
I’m hoping it improves as it rolls out…”
Evanflux via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/01/22
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“It kind of feels like our (millennial) is the first one to have to think about and truly confront this whole arena…and I’m FASCINATED. It’s respectful to a sensitive subject matter and delivered in a comfortingly informative way.”
smashburke via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
04/27/22
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“I binged this series - found it captivating enough to begin a new episode as often as possible. The background on Guatemalan adoption up until 2007 was fascinating…and heartbreaking. There were times when the mom came across as pretentious and privileged. Despite all the live recordings, I don’t...”Read full review »
brownbear64 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
03/02/23
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