#Youth lib

[will-pilled]

Cringe culture ruined being a kid.

I keep seeing the idea that teen members of Gen Z are the last generation to experience an actual childhood and honestly? I agree.

We as a society have made being a child so hostile, so miserable, that kids aren't interested in being young anymore.

How children are constantly told to grow up, how the color has been sucked out of the world, how because of cringe culture children will be fucking torn apart by grown adults all over the internet, how children are experiencing crisis after crisis. Children are shamed for their interests and hobbies and style by grown ass adults and teens who are far too old to be doing this. How kids aren't allowed to be anywhere without being made fun of by adults who are miserable.

Being a child is fucking hostile now, and I don't blame this generation of kids for trying too hard to be mature/grown. Because people treat children like shit, so who would want to be one?

#Childhood #Cringe culture #anti cringe culture #Not entirely sure what #Youthlib #Youth lib #youth liberation #Is but I'm sure it's relevant #Still learning about that lol #Youth #Kids #Children #child development #Bullying #Anti bullying

[sage-writes-n-coins-mogai]

What’s so “sinister” about a child knowing their rights? Being freaked out by doctor-patient confidentiality is not showing concern, you just want to control your kid because you view children as not deserving of privacy and autonomy. There are plenty of reasons why a 12-13 year would want to speak to their doctor without their caregivers present:

They could have questions about their growing body that they’re too embarrassed/scared to ask their parents because FUN FACT! Not all parents are safe to people to talk to!

Someone in their life could be abusing in some way them and either their parents don’t believe them or they’re too scared/ashamed to talk to anyone else about it and the doctor-patient confidentiality could make them feel safe enough to speak up!

Their parents are sex negative/strict Christians and the child wants to expriment sexually but don’t want to get pregnant, get someone else pregnant or get STI/Ds, their doctor can provide ways to avoid just that, like contraceptives, because GUESS WHAT?? Teenagers are going to have sex with each other whether you approve of it or not!

Their parents could be an anti vaxxers and the child doesn’t want to get polio or some other illness that can be prevented!

Their parents could be controlling T3RF/GC cunts (just like the user who wrote the tweet above!) and wants to transition because FUCKING NEWS FLASH: Your children aren’t property and they’re autonomous beings, who deserve to make medical choices for themselves!

If your teenage child is desperate enough, they will try and go behind your back to transition or at the very least prevent going through a puberty that will make their dysphoria worse until they’re old enough to go on HRT.

If you think allowing a 13+ year old to have a say on who gets to be in the doctor’s office with them is “sinister” then maybe you need to ask yourself why you’re willing to deny your 13+ year old child privacy and bodily autonomy so you can ensure that only YOU get to decide what YOU want to happen to your teenager’s body!

#sage ponders #youth liberation #youth lib #child rights #youth rights #bodily autonomy #childrens rights #kids are people too #trans kids #trans youth #gender affirming care #anti terf #fuck terfs #dni terfs #anti gender critical #kids rights #children health #trans healthcare #child health #childism #adultism #body autonomy #anti ageism #adult supremacy

[tekra-brings-the-rain]

An argument against youth rights I see a lot is “but what if the children do The Bad Things?”. Many people do horrific things all the time but that does not mean you should take their basic rights away, especially not taking away the rights of a group they’re a part of (wonder where we’ve seen this before).

#youth lib #youth rights #childism

[sillymcrandom]

guys if you’re gonna address kids for being uneducated about a certain topic maybe dont be overly hostile to them and being like “oh you dumb fucking minors stupid kids” and overall just being super ageist/childist/whatever word you wanna use instead of kindly educating them thanksss

#like for example earlier i saw a stitch on tiktok of someone responding to a video someone made shitting on murrsuiting and the person #that stitched them was just saying some super ageist shit to them like maybe dont do that do your taxes bro instead of shitting on an #already oppressed group bc someone is uneducated about something #jesus #youth liberation #youth lib #ageism #sex ment tw #childism

[metamatar]

"Children don't know what's best for them" and "by nature, children look up to their parents and automatically assume their decisions are valid" don't actually contradict each other. I hated when my parents told me to go to bed early and probably would have stayed up all night eating candy and watching TV if they didn't tell me to, but I automatically thought the decision was valid and was more likely to listen to it compared to a stranger, despite me disliking it. And as it turns out it was good for me for my parents to get me to bed. Has no-one ever said "it's harsh, but it's true" to you, that's the same feeling a kid has to an order from their parent they don't like.

And okay, if you don't want anons from discourse blast radius, I won't send them any more, sorry. But I had to respond to that, it is a big part of your misunderstanding.

no such thing as by nature!!! none! children do not have to respect their parents when born, respect and trust are very complex emotions inculcated by a brutal regime of filial piety in society thru a mix of cultural storytelling and people telling you your parents know what's best. with respect, you are extrapolating your own feelings abt your parents to what all children are like.

like in the mahabharat when you don't listen to your mom you literally get cursed by god. parental respect is very much cultural and most everyone agrees? hence all the memes abt the brutality of south asian parenting. unless you are claiming the brown children are more respectful bc of something innate to brownness which is a whole diff kettle of racism.

#asks #anon #youth lib

[voidimperatrix]

You know it’s really fucked how the main criticism of youth liberation is to simply call the demands “childish.”

Why is childish a pejorative term? Is it so bad to wish to play instead of to work? To desire bodily autonomy?

Why do we use childish as a synonym for oversimplification? Are we so ensnared in sunk cost that we have to pretend that the child’s criticism of our plight as workers is stupid and say that we are so much more mature because of our apathy towards our own misery?

#non warhammer #youth liberation #youth lib #anti capitalism #communism #anarchism #anarchy

[bloggedanon]

This verbalizes shit better than I am capable.of half the time. Read the whole thing if you're gonna read it, would ya?

#youth rights #children's rights #youth lib #youth liberation #ageism #childism #adultism #adult supremacy #free youth now #freeyouthnow #important

[underleveledjosh]

As a 19 year old, I find youth liberation to be a bunch of bullshit.

#youth liberation #youth lib #leftism

[will-pilled]

Yeah siblings rivalry is a thing but if a sibling is genuinely just being an abusive and horrible person to their sibling maybe we need to stop brushing it off as "kids being kids."

#childrens rights #child rights #youth lib #sibling dynamics #siblings #child abuse

[tillyswears]

my youth liberation activism is dedicated to little tilly who wanted to work to help my impoverished family, wanted schools to have comfortable seating, unisex toilets, unlimited bathroom breaks, eating in class, play time whenever, more fun stuff to do, adults to listen to me when I'm speaking, money as no worry, allowed to run about on the streets whenever, no curfew, a phone, stuff to be free because money has never made sense, and more

#tillyspeaks #anti para dni #youth liberation #youth lib

[tekra-brings-the-rain]

I’ve been looking at the BITE model of control and noticed some similarities to adultism/patriarchal power structures.

I’m not saying that schools/nuclear families/etc are necessarily cults, but rather that cult-like methods are used in enforcing adultist power structures.

Although many items in this list could apply depending on the circumstances, I highlighted in green the ones that seemed most relevant.

#please add more #childism #adultism #bite model of control #Cult like thinking #cw cults #cults #social issues #leftism #child rights #youth lib #youth rights

[sillymcrandom]

it pisses me off how people act like minors cant also be sexual beings, or if they can be they better not consume erotic media or else they’re the scum of the earth. like im sorry but minors have just as much of a right to be horny and consume pornographic shit as everyone else. obviously there are a lot of safety things that have to be taken into account, like for example if you’re watching porn on twitter or other social media, dont talk to the poster or comment on their posts, be careful of what you consume, masturbate n shit in private, be safe, dont post pornographic material, educate yourself, be careful who you’re talking to online, and just general internet and general safety stuff, but as a whole its not inherently bad for minors to be sexual and consume porn. a lot of people are born sexual beings and start doing sexual things from a young age, thats fine.

obv adults shouldn’t try to be sexual with kids or sexualize kids bc of this tho bc um ew. but sex isn’t some adult exclusive thing.

#sex positivity #youth lib #youth liberation #purity culture #this has been in the drafts for a while bc ive been scaredvto post this but whatever #scared to post this ngl but i feel like it needs to be said #anti radqueer #anti proshitter #jic ppl get the wrong idea

[runawaylibrary]

“Children of Spirit and Soul” by Meili_Kese_Analeko

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/47741023

Series: Children of Akari (part 5)

Words: 467

Chapters: 1

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I, myself.

Somehow words like that are illegal. It’s not always overt, not always on a billboard. But between the words it is always there.  Always ready to tell you, that you are not owned by yourself. Forcing a person into a strange idea that their own mind does not belong to them. That idea is abhorrent to your very beating heart. It feels wrong, deeply opposite to every instinct. The fact or concept of someone owning your body is disgusting, but someone owning your head is worse. Which is why we fight back. Through a smile hidden behind a bow. Joyful songs of trickery and rebellion. All ways of kicking the system out from your mind. 

From a system so vast there seems no escape. We are told that we are things, tools. The runaway is a criminal, a thief of their own self. To steal oneself is freedom, and freedom, like Inkirke, has a thousand shapes and forms. The runaway exists also as one who runs in spirit. To pretend to be the perfect worker, to be the markra, the sweet-talker, bending words into knots so Deskan may never find your siblings, saying nothing in many words. That is the runaway that will never be caught, because the river cannot be held. The river is change, change is something Deskan cannot defeat, because change is the desert. 

If there is no flight you can still freeze. We are Inkirke’s people, we can change our shape in a way. Be ignorable, weave fog around your eyes so Deskan sees nothing there but sunlight and air. Always remember that no matter what, you will always have our Mother. You will always have the sands on your side. 

“You” is such a wonderful concept. The idea that there is a word that describes the person, on their own, with nothing attached. There’s another word like that too. Free. Free means the wind, it means something that can never be held. It means to be yourself, truly you. Freedom is change, freedom is life. Life needs change. Infinite diversity. Without the union of all that is different and beautiful life would not exist.  At the core of our hearts is the ever-shifting sands. In us a burning fire blazes, like Jadwiga’s blade that always stays with us. Should Deskan take us and hide us, make us cut our hair and lower our voices, we will never bow, because through it all we have our spirit. We have the stories, we have the songs, we have ourselves. Deskan doesn’t own your beating heart. You are the Desert child, free as the untamed wild, sing of the stars, fly across the wind, like the sweet wondrous breeze. 

I am me. You are you. No matter what, that will be stay true.

#akari #myth #runaway’s library #youth lib #childism #youth liberation

[gyaruogutz]

Providing more context to my post from yesterday;

If you don’t fully support people in con-abusive relationships and don’t allow THEM to deal with THEIR relationship in the way that THEY BOTH HAVE SAID THAT THEY WISH TO, get off my page full stop.

If you disregard what people ACTUALLY INVOLVED in con-abusive relationships have said about their own situations and how they’d like them to be handled, get off my page, full stop.

If y’all are getting so worked up about ONE con-abuse relationship on my dash, over a callout post that BOTH PEOPLE INVOLVED have said shows only one, falsely-painted side of the story, you’re extremely lucky I haven’t posted about my relationship with my lovely girlfriend on my main.

Y’all are so annoying. Leave those kids alone.

#I didn’t want to make a post about this #and thus draw more attention to it #but god it had to be said apparently #y’all are 100% for youth lib until those youth express their own opinions on their own situations #get OFF my dash #radqueer #radqueer community #rq 🌈🍓 #rqc🌈🍓 #pro radqueer #rq community #propara #pro para #paraphile safe

[rapeculturerealities]

Far-Right Extremists Are Threatening to ‘Execute’ Doctors at a Children’s Hospital

Boston Children’s Hospital said on Tuesday that its staff has faced a flood of violent threats and harassment sparked by a false claim made by the viral LibsofTikTok Twitter account.

The account, run by Brooklyn real estate agent Chaya Raichik, tweeted on August 11 that “Boston Children's Hospital is now offering ‘gender-affirming hysterectomies’ for young girls.” The claim has been widely debunked by fact-checking groups—but as is typical in anti-trans rhetoric, facts rarely matter, and the claims were shared widely on right-wing social media accounts.

#LGBTQIA #Trans youth #Trans #Transgender #tw death threats #Social media #libs of tiktok

[uncanny-tranny]

I've been pushing myself to be more open about being trans and the positive and negative of it, not to prove that I am a person, but to show other trans people that they aren't alone. I owe my life, I think, to the trans people who have done this - gone into the nitty-gritty - and if I could do that even at a fraction of the effect, then my job is done. I don't exist to prove I am a human person and neither do you - you are already enough of a person.

#trans #transgender #lgbt #lgbtq #ftm #mtf #nonbinary #watching kat blaque's side channel video about lived experience and it's WEIRD because i was just thinking about that #like my last post about youth lib... i brought up a loved experience because i think it's relevant to what i was saying #it isn't about 'cis people should recognize trans people's personhood because of lived experience!' for me that isn't the point #when i share my transness i do it for other trans people first and foremost. i invite cis people to the table and i want them to join me #but i don't really expect it. i recognize that sharing my trans life doesn't interest random cis people and if they don't see... #...trans persons as people first then it would take a lot more than my own lived experience to change that #anyway. yeah. just reflecting on my hashtag online presence and being trans #this blog is perhaps the most open i have ever been (and will probably ever be) open about transness #i am a severely private person and the ONLY reason i am open is precisely for the reason i laid out in this post for *other* trans people