exactly how many times are we going to have to refute this “but your parents pay for thingsss!!!!” shit before people figure it out? or at the very least realize they’re failing to convince us we’re wrong?

okay, one more time from the top: the fact that (most) children (in wealthy countries) do not pay for their own necessities and luxuries is not a privilege. having someone else provide for you is not a privilege when the entire structure of society is arranged to prevent you from providing for yourself. it is, in fact, a facet of the oppressive enforcement of dependence and incapacity; and even if you reject that notion, being provided for is at the very least the bare minimum owed to someone who is viewed by society as being in a dependent state. it is not a privilege and certainly does not discount the myriad ways in which young people face social exclusion, silencing, and other forms of oppression.



get a new goddamn line because this one is fucking old.