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Out of the pen of babes.

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No, I don’t care about your opinion on youth liberation.

The humanity of children shouldn’tbe up for debate. — Youth liberation to this day is an extremely controversial issue in leftist spaces, and an unmentionable one among liberals and conservatives alike, as well as among most people who are highly aware of inequalities such as sexism and racism, without even mentioning people who aren’t heavily involved in politics and…

Adultism

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No, I don’t care about your opinion on youth liberation.
No, I don’t care about your opinion on youth liberation.
Adultism

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Out of the pen of babes.

·Sep 21

Dear Nameless Child

Dear nameless child, I hope that you know – or will realize at some point – that what the world keeps trying to convince you of, that it is not safe for you to live a life free of control, is a lie. …

Adultism

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Dear Nameless Child
Dear Nameless Child
Adultism

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Out of the pen of babes.

·Mar 22

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. — 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 themselves using violence against their oppressors and abusers, a child who hits back proves that the adults “were right…

Abuse

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

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Out of the pen of babes.

·Oct 14, 2022

The forms of misopedy.

Looking at the real reasoning behind child abuse. — The word misopedy is defined by most dictionaries as an “abnormal dislike of children”. The implication is that all adults are moved by a normal dislike of children. And it wouldn’t be wrong. All adults are misopedic because it’s inescapable feature of our society. All adults believe children are less…

Abuse

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The forms of misopedy.
The forms of misopedy.
Abuse

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Out of the pen of babes.

·Sep 22, 2022

The return of the child liberationist.

For a long time a child liberationist was the last thing anyone who spoke for chid rights wanted to be. Have they been vindicated? — Has there been a revival of the traditional child liberationist? After the influx of texts like those of John Holt, Richard Farson, Shulamith Firestone and the child liberation and deschooling movement, there was a slow process of deradicalization among those who wrote about the topic of rights for children. Child…

Adultism

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The return of the child liberationist.
The return of the child liberationist.
Adultism

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Out of the pen of babes.

·Jul 26, 2022

Tabard — Feminist icon.

“Zero for Conduct” and it’s timeless power to teach us. — The 1933 French movie “Zero For Conduct” brought youth rebellion on screen through a subversive narration that reversed the pedagogical narratives of it’s time. It showed children rebelling to adult authority and framed them as heroic revolutionaries rather than brats to be tamed. The film was censored back in the…

Tabard

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Tabard — Feminist icon.
Tabard — Feminist icon.
Tabard

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Out of the pen of babes.

·Jul 9, 2022

What we pretend not to know about the sexual abuse of boys.

We won’t stop hearing about it, it’s time to stop acting surprised. — tw: csa for this old article of mine I never published before Zeus and Ganymede. Romantic, isn’t it? I think it says a lot about the status of children that for most of our history the story of a God kidnapping a child and gifting horses to his parents as a consolation inspired artists as an example of ideal love or even…

Csa

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What we pretend not to know about the sexual abuse of boys.
What we pretend not to know about the sexual abuse of boys.
Csa

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Out of the pen of babes.

·May 30, 2022

The black legend of “Elagabalus”.

Heliogabalus, High Priest of the Sun. Artist, Simeon Solomon. 1866. “Not even the wicked or frivolous women were more indecent” -Aurelius Victor. Varius Avitus Bassianus, known to history as “Elagabalus” was a Roman emperor who was born in 204 and died in 222 when he was eighteen years old. Most…

Elagabalx

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The black legend of “Elagabalus”.
The black legend of “Elagabalus”.
Elagabalx

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Out of the pen of babes.

·Apr 2, 2022

April is child abuse prevention month.

Is April 2022 the right time to rethink children’s position in society? — The World Health Organization defines child abuse in these terms: “all forms of physical and/or emotional ill-treatment, sexual abuse, neglect or negligent treatment or commercial or other exploitation, resulting in actual or potential harm to the child’s health, survival, development or dignity in the context of a relationship of responsibility…

Unschooling

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April is child abuse prevention month.
April is child abuse prevention month.
Unschooling

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Out of the pen of babes.

·Mar 10, 2022

Changing perspectives on children’s vulnerability.

Are children “naturally” vulnerable or is their vulnerability socially constructed — And most importantly, does it matter? — One of the main objections to the liberation of young people is that freedom is dangerous because children are “vulnerable”. But what are they vulnerable to? Abuse. And who is perpetrating this abuse? The data tells us that its parents and guardians (https://www.statista.com/statistics/254893/child-abuse-in-the-us-by-perpetrator-relationship/). It appears then that parental power and…

Adultism

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Changing perspectives on children’s vulnerability.
Changing perspectives on children’s vulnerability.
Adultism

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Alba M.

Alba M.

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