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[therunawaycollective]

I read your post on getting an apartment and was wondering where I would even get a fke ID and cpn?

https://discord.gg/postcards has a list of verified vendors for f__ke IDs they have been around for a long time.

As for CPNs and fake paystubs you would have to dm me and I would be able to make one for you free of charge.

#runaway #leftist #youth liberation

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"but I have to ask where you’re getting this information? /nm"

I got this information from other runaways I met while on the run and from personal trial and error. I myself was a runaway teen and when I was orginally planning running away I struggled to find meaningful guides on how to actually survive while "on the run" . Which is why I made the blog.

Hey sorry if this is weird but I saw you post alot of pro-youth stuff . I am newer accout that posts resources for runaway and was wondering if I could maybe get a shoutout?

Hm. This is a good idea in theory, (although ‘advice’ seems like a more fitting word than resources, from a quick scroll through your blog,) but I have to ask where you’re getting this information? /nm

Also, I am. Probably not the best blog to ask about this, I barely have a following and most of the people here are just around for fandom stuff/because we’re friends.

[therunawaycollective]

Avoiding the police while on the run

Most police in most jurisdctions do not put alot of effort into finding runaways they typically view it as a chore . The way most police find runaways is usually by patrolling areas that homeless people congregate and or if the runaway commits a crime. After two weeks on the run the chances of you being caught are lowered.

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My thoughts on emancipation

I will just go out and say it emancipation is pretty classist (don't throw tomatoes please) The current requirements for becoming an emancipated minor are so strict that the only people that can achieve this are rich kids plain and simple. (and those are the type of people that usually end up being sucessfully emancipated) . It allows rich kids to gain the legal rights stripped from youth based on their parent's wealth.

If this is badly worded please tell me I can write a longer more detailed post on this.

[therunawaycollective]

So um I feel like people are confusing the term "minor" with the term "child"

A child is a young human, in the same way that a puppy is a young dog.

A minor is anyone the government has deemed it fit to oppress due to being younger than eighteen.

I'm turning nineteen this Saturday, and I am still a child. I am by no means fully grown, in any sense of the word except maybe in height. There is no cut-off point between being an adult and being a child. There is no magical date when you stop being a child. There is only a date when the government has agreed to stop oppressing you because they have to let you have rights eventually, and they decided eighteen is as good a time as any. I am a child with privilege given to me by the government due to a pre-established number that they made up.

[therunawaycollective]

Here’s the thing, though.

Children are told they’re being given respect when they aren’t being outright verbally abused.

But at the same time, when they are told to give adults “respect”, they are expected to unquestioningly obey and agree with anything the adult says.

You do not get to demand respect from a kid. Because you don’t want respect. You want obedience.

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Minors can't buy medicine.

That's not a joke.

That's not a dystopian novel prompt.

That's not an exaggeration.

In the modern day in which we live, certain kinds of medicine are illegal for minors to buy because the government views children as inherently irresponsible to the point that they are forbidden from buying cold and flu medicine.

[therunawaycollective]

Why we don’t like it when children hit us back

To all the children who have ever been told to “respect” someone that hated them.

March 21, 2023

Even those of us that are disturbed by the thought of how widespread corporal punishment still is in all ranks of society are uncomfortable at the idea of a child defending themself using violence against their oppressors and abusers. A child who hits back proves that the adults “were right all along,” that their violence was justified. Even as they would cheer an adult victim for defending themself fiercely.

Even those “child rights advocates” imagine the right child victim as one who takes it without ever stopping to love “its” owners. Tear-stained and afraid, the child is too innocent to be hit in a guilt-free manner. No one likes to imagine the Brat as Victim—the child who does, according to adultist logic, deserve being hit, because they follow their desires, because they walk the world with their head high, because they talk back, because they are loud, because they are unapologetically here, and resistant to being cast in the role of guest of a world that is just not made for them.

If we are against corporal punishment, the brat is our gotcha, the proof that it is actually not that much of an injustice. The brat unsettles us, so much that the “bad seed” is a stock character in horror, a genre that is much permeated by the adult gaze (defined as “the way children are viewed, represented and portrayed by adults; and finally society’s conception of children and the way this is perpetuated within institutions, and inherent in all interactions with children”), where the adult fear for the subversion of the structures that keep children under control is very much represented.

It might be very well true that the Brat has something unnatural and sinister about them in this world, as they are at constant war with everything that has ever been created, since everything that has been created has been built with the purpose of subjugating them. This is why it feels unnatural to watch a child hitting back instead of cowering. We feel like it’s not right. We feel like history is staring back at us, and all the horror we felt at any rebel and wayward child who has ever lived, we are feeling right now for that reject of the construct of “childhood innocence.” The child who hits back is at such clash with our construction of childhood because we defined violence in all of its forms as the province of the adult, especially the adult in authority.

The adult has an explicit sanction by the state to do violence to the child, while the child has both a social and legal prohibition to even think of defending themself with their fists. Legislation such as “parent-child tort immunity” makes this clear. The adult’s designed place is as the one who hits, and has a right and even an encouragement to do so, the one who acts, as the person. The child’s designed place is as the one who gets hit, and has an obligation to accept that, as the one who suffers acts, as the object. When a child forcibly breaks out of their place, they are reversing the supposed “natural order” in a radical way.

This is why, for the youth liberationist, there should be nothing more beautiful to witness that the child who snaps. We have an unique horror for parricide, and a terrible indifference at the 450 children murdered every year by their parents in just the USA, without even mentioning all the indirect suicides caused by parental abuse. As a Psychology Today article about so-called “parricide” puts it:

Unlike adults who kill their parents, teenagers become parricide offenders when conditions in the home are intolerable but their alternatives are limited. Unlike adults, kids cannot simply leave. The law has made it a crime for young people to run away. Juveniles who commit parricide usually do consider running away, but many do not know any place where they can seek refuge. Those who do run are generally picked up and returned home, or go back on their own: Surviving on the streets is hardly a realistic alternative for youths with meager financial resources, limited education, and few skills.

By far, the severely abused child is the most frequently encountered type of offender. According to Paul Mones, a Los Angeles attorney who specializes in defending adolescent parricide offenders, more than 90 percent have been abused by their parents. In-depth portraits of such youths have frequently shown that they killed because they could no longer tolerate conditions at home. These children were psychologically abused by one or both parents and often suffered physical, sexual, and verbal abuse as well—and witnessed it given to others in the household. They did not typically have histories of severe mental illness or of serious and extensive delinquent behavior. They were not criminally sophisticated. For them, the killings represented an act of desperation—the only way out of a family situation they could no longer endure.

- Heide, Why Kids Kill Parents, 1992.

Despite these being the most frequent conditions of “parricide,” it still brings unique disgust to think about it for most people. The sympathy extended to murdering parents is never extended even to the most desperate child, who chose to kill to not be killed. They chose to stop enduring silently, and that was their greatest crime; that is the crime of the child who hits back. Hell, children aren’t even supposed to talk back. They are not supposed to be anything but grateful for the miserable pieces of space that adults carve out in a world hostile to children for them to live following adult rules. It isn’t rare for children to notice the adult monopoly on violence and force when they interact with figures like teachers, and the way they use words like “respect.” In fact, this social dynamic has been noticed quite often:

Sometimes people use “respect” to mean “treating someone like a person” and sometimes they use “respect” to mean “treating someone like an authority” and sometimes people who are used to being treated like an authority say “if you won’t respect me I won’t respect you” and they mean “if you won’t treat me like an authority I won’t treat you like a person” and they think they’re being fair but they aren’t, and it’s not okay.

(https://soycrates.tumblr.com/post/115633137923/stimmyabby-sometimes-people-use-respect-to-mean)

But it has received almost no condemnation in the public eye. No voices have raised to contrast the adult monopoly on violence towards child bodies and child minds. No voices have raised to praise the child who hits back. Because they do deserve praise. Because the child who sets their foot down and says this belongs to me, even when it’s something like their own body that they are claiming, is committing one of the most serious crimes against adult society, who wants them dispossessed.

Sources:

“The Adult Gaze: a tool of control and oppression,” https://livingwithoutschool.com/2021/07/29/the-adult-gaze-a-tool-of-control-and-oppression

“Filicide,” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filicide

[therunawaycollective]

Storing money as a runaway minor

Method #1 Cryptocurrency:

Obviously I know that cryptocurrency is controversial and there are alot of opinions on it but as a minor who in most cases cannot legally open their own bank account using cryptocurrecy is the best alternative do to it's anonymous nature. I suggest storing your money as USDT as it is linked to the value of the US dolalr so its value will always be the same as opposed to something like BTC which frequently fluctuates in value. I suggest using a local crypto ATM (they are in almost every city nowadays unless you live in a rural area). You can also use cryptocurrency to load up a virtual crypto card and pay bills. Zypto lets you buy virtual prepaid visa cards without uploading any type of ID(the physical cards requires ID) you can also use it to pay bills. BitStore allows you to get a virtual card without an ID aswell (the physical card requires ID). If you ever want to convert you crypto back into cash use a crypto ATM. Cryptocurrency is something that requires a learning curve I will upload a more in depth guide later on.

Method #2 Visa gift cards

The visa gift cards you can get at stores like walmart and family dollar are another option however there are 3 main drawbacks. Do to a new recent way online stores process and verify debit cards you need to have a billing address or zip code associated with the card this is the billing address you are prompted to put in when adding a new payment option during online checkouts . visa gift cards do not allow you to attach a zip code or billing address to it so they cannot be used for online purchases and are only good for physical in person purchases. (zypto and bit store are good for online purchases)The second drawback is that you can only load in a max amount of 500 dollars on these meaning they are not good for storing large sums of money. The third drawback is that these cannot be converted back to cash .

Method #3 Safe box

Easy and simple just but your cash in the box.Though this may not be the safest option. At the end of the day there is no right or correct way to store money I suggest using a combination of these methods .

#youth rights #leftist #activism #anarchism #human rights #runaway #youth liberation

[therunawaycollective]

Some people are able to wait until their 18th birthday before they can leave an unsafe enviroment others cannot. Shaming runaways does nothing they need resources and rights to be able to survive and be safe.

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Research on runaways consistently show that the vast majority of runaways are not running away do to rebellion or as a way to seek adventure but rather as a way to escape - to run from something such as an abuse or a dysfunctional household. Yet the vast majority of policies in regards to running away in the USA are based on the (false and dangerous) premise that runaways are rebellious teens

#youth rights #activism #human rights #leftist #anarchism

[therunawaycollective]

Really interesting how if you forcefully undress and spank an adult you can be arrested for sexual battery but if you do it to your child for the purpose of humiliating them and establishing dominance they call it “discipline” and most people don’t have a problem with it. 

It’s just normal parenting.

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My thoughts on emancipation

I will just go out and say it emancipation is pretty classist (don't throw tomatoes please) The current requirements for becoming an emancipated minor are so strict that the only people that can achieve this are rich kids plain and simple. (and those are the type of people that usually end up being sucessfully emancipated) . It allows rich kids to gain the legal rights stripped from youth based on their parent's wealth.

If this is badly worded please tell me I can write a longer more detailed post on this.

#youth rights

[therunawaycollective]

Decriminalize running away . Criminalizing running away just makes life harder for runaway minors while on the run.

#youth rights

[therunawaycollective]

"Long Adolescence" and Disability Liberation

Cultural discourse around infantilization of young adults, particularly when justified with spurious "brain science," is a disability issue.

Even in disability spaces, I see the argument made that 18-25 year olds aren't "real adults" yet, because "science proves" that "the brain doesn't fully mature" until age 26. This concept harms not only young adults, but also disabled and neurodivergent people of all ages.

To get the basic facts out of the way: The brain does not "fully mature" at age 26, or any other age. The human brain changes continuously throughout the lifespan. There is no point at which the brain stops changing until death. There are certain brain changes that commonly occur in the mid-twenties, but declaring these changes "full maturity" is completely arbitrary.

So why has the "Brain fully matures at age 26" myth taken off, and what is the impact of it? Mostly, to justify economic and cultural norms. It just so happens that this myth of "brain maturity" happened to take off during a period of economic downturn, especially for young people newly entering the workforce. But it's okay, mainstream media outlets tell us, that young adults are increasingly unable to afford to move out of their parents' homes, to access healthcare independently of their parents, to get married, or to have children of their own -- in fact, it's a good thing, because young people are too neurologically immature for these things anyway.

A context in which I've recently had a lot of arguments on this topic is the claim that young adults are too young to consent to romantic relationships with older adults, or that such relationships are "pedophilia" or inherently unethical. This is an argument that has a lot of traction in social-justice-minded spaces, because it's ostensibly about sexual abuse but it's actually about infantalization, and it has deeply harmful implications that go far beyond your squick at May/December relationships.

"BUT HYPATIA, YOU HEARTLESS LIBERAL, older people who preferentially date younger people (especially older men who preferentially date younger women) often ARE fetishistic and abusive!"

Yes, they are. So are lots of people from privileged groups who preferentially date people from marginalized groups. It's a problem that needs to be addressed, but the assumption relationships that are "mixed" along a privilege axis, or that marginalized partners cannot consent, is still far more harmful, because it has implications beyond relationships.

"BUT HYPATIA, YOU HEARTLESS LIBERAL, we're protecting young people from abuse!"

No, you're not. Young people often enter unwise relationships -- relationships they KNOW are unwise -- because it's their only recourse for escaping the control of their parents. Normalizing the idea that young adults should still be under protection and control of parents or guardians ensures that young adults have fewer safe options for escape and autonomy. This creates a ripe opportunity for abusive, manipulative, and exploitative people to offer young people freedom from parental control. The harms done to young people by attempting to "protect" them from their own decisions are far greater than the harms young people can cause themselves by making unwise decisions.

"But people don't magically become mature adults on their 18th birthdays! Shouldn't there be a transitional period for young people to gradually assume more adult rights and responsibilities, with support, guidance, and scaffolding, and protection from predators who would take advantage of youthful inexperience?"

Yes, that's exactly right! There should be a transitional period! That is, in fact, the purpose of childhood. And adolescence. The fact that an 18 year old is not significantly different in maturity from a 17 year old is not an argument for giving the 18 year old fewer rights; it's an argument for giving the 17 year old more rights.

Adult rights and responsibilities should be gradually rolled out, over time, with support and guidance, and special protections in place due to the inherent vulnerability of youth. But the 18th birthday should be the end point of that transition, not the beginning. Because although the brain never stops maturing, rights are important, and the allotment of them should not be delayed any longer than absolutely necessary.

What does all this have to do with disability?

A lot. First of all, any time the argument is made that a group of people should be denied rights based on the structure of their brains, neurodivergent people are affected. The argument that young adults should be denied full autonomy because they're often financially dependent on parents/family also has implications for disabled people -- many disabled people will never be "financially independent," no matter how old we are. There are more specific ties to disability, too. Part of the justification for restricting the rights of young adults is that certain psychiatric disabilities are, or are presumed to be, more prevalent in, or originally manifesting in, young adults. Forcing young adults into involuntary psychiatric treatment is justified because, after all, they're too neurologically immature to realize that they're neurologically defective.

Another premise in the argument that young adults aren't fully "real adults" is that young adults are often college students, while "real adults" are out of school. This is, first of all, factually untrue -- colleges are increasingly recruiting students of all ages, and students older than 26 are far from rare. When I was arguing with someone who claimed that a romantic relationship between a young adult and an older adult was wrong because the younger adult was "probably still in school," I pointed out that most college classrooms are a melting pot of ages, and, in fact, many older/younger couples meet in the same college class! More specifically to disability issues, though, the assumption that "student = still basically a child" disproportionately harms disabled people who, for a variety of reasons, may take longer than "average" to graduate. The entire framing of higher education as a "life stage" is a centering of a class and ability experience that is far from universal.

And look, I don't really care if you're judgmental of May/December romances. Fine, judge them. No one is making you approve.

I care that universities consider it appropriate to notify students' parents about health information, and that states are making it easier to involuntarily commit 18-26 year olds, and that underpaying or not paying at all younger workers is justified because "They're not really old enough to be independent anyway," and that people with fallopian tubes aren't allowed to have tubal ligations until they're 25, and that transgender people aren't allowed to access gender-affirming surgeries because of "brain maturity," and that disabled adults are denied civil rights because they supposedly "have the mind of a child." And all of those rights violations are enabled by this pervasive myth that people can't become "real adults" until they've financially succeeded in a bad economy, or until they've graduated an inaccessible higher education system, or until they reach some arbitrary level of "brain maturity" that some neurodivergent people will never reach. That's a harmful premise, no matter how well-intentioned.

[therunawaycollective]

How to get an apartment as a runaway a minor

Method #1 Using fake documents/info:

There are two main things you will need the first is a fake ID and a CPN. What is a CPN? A cpn stands for "credit privacy number" . A cpn is created by using a non-issued ssn and taking advantage of credit reporting feautures to create a sort of synthetic fake identity linked to the cpn.(there is more to the creation of a cpn but that would make this post too long) With this you will be able to pass background checks and any credit score requirements. On apartment applications when asked for ssn put your cpn A fake ID is as the name suggests I would suggest to get an U21 ID and always make sure your age range is between 18-19 since that is the age range that most teenagers aged 15-17 and reasonably pass off as. I suggest using a fake name on the fake ID aswell as putting a fake name on the CPN(make sure both names match though). These are some other supplementary documents you would need * Fake Paystubs/proof of income. For a fake ID you will most likely need to buy it off of someone for a CPN you can buy one from someone or you can make one yourself.

Method #2 Subleasing/Subletting:

What is subleasing? Its when a tenant re-rents out their current unit/apartment to another person. The type of people that do this are usually people who do not want to break their lease but need to move somewhere else for say like a job . People that sublease typically are not as strict on their criteria compared to if you were renting from a property management company . Alot of people that sublease also do not do background checks however you should still get a fake a ID to show the person. Alot of sublease agreements are verbal and typically are not a written agreement. I would suggest method #1 because the main issue with subleasing is inconcistency . You might only be able to rent out the unit for like 6 months because thats how much time is left on the orginal lease and when that is up you would need to find a new place to sublease from which may not even be something that is available when you need it sublease apartment availability is dependant on alot of factors such as the population in your area (cities with alot of places are more likely to have more subleasing oppurtunities than more rural places) as well as the local laws in your area. Some states make it so that you cannot sublease without the orginal landlords approval which discourages people from subleasing. Another issue is that while people that subleae are looser on there criteria that might not always be the case and they might still require you to give them the same info as though you were renting from a property manager in that case it is just better to go with #1.

If anybody has any questions do not be afraid my askbox is open

#youth rights #runaway #resources #teen #teenager

[therunawaycollective]

On the safety of "running away"

Running away is not as inherently dangerous as it is let on to seem. Rather the system and structures in place make it so that teens who run away have an almost 100% chance of becoming homeless.(one of these is the fact that minors are not able to enter contracts) It is being homeless that creates the dangers associated with running away most of the research done on runaways are done on homeless runaways because those are the type of runaways that are more likely to come into contact with the police and or other social services this leaves a huge gap in research on this topic . A runaway that is 17 and like 1 month away from their 18th birthday . WIll be more likely to be homeless due to these "structures" and thus more likely to be trafficked. It isn't that 18 is some magic number that gives you magical protection against trafficking and I highly doubt anything maturity wise would change. It's that being 18+ gives you access to rights not typically awarded to minors that makes your chances of being trafficked less likely. Most of the dangers around running away as a minor are artifically created by society .

#youth rights #runaway #anarchism #activism #leftist