The White Heteronormative Nuclear Family Is an Instrument and Not Human Nature

I love your idea of creating rituals that celebrate making family beyond the imperative of biological reproduction. But rather than always treating this as a tragedy or a loss and in many ways, it kind of- Or a substitute? Yeah, or kind of even failed femininity or motherhood. So I'm wondering how can we recover a sense of wholeness, of deep relationality and belonging with our non-natal or non-geniological kin? Well, two ways. The white heteronormative nuclear family is an historical invention. It's fairly recent. Its post World War II instantiation was absolutely part of the spread of US imperialism including its population control models. And then the other is