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Chattel Childhood - by Aella - Knowingless

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Imagine you are a boy, born to parents with very different ideas about how to raise you than most people you know today. They arrange for some friends to snatch you off the street one day when you’re eight years old. They tell you you can’t see your mom again for a long time - years. You cry, and fight, but they hit you and tell you they will kill you if you don’t do what they say. Knowingless is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. These people torture you, shove sticks in your nose until you bleed. You’re then dressed in ritualistic clothes and brought to an older boy - in his late teens, probably - and told to give him a blowjob and make sure you swallow. You do not want to, but they hit you again, and yell at you. You try to be strong and do what they say. You can’t go home. They keep making you do this. You see your father around and he nods approvingly. Your mother isn’t there, but that part isn’t w

Chattel Childhood and the way we treat children as property Aella May 29, 2025 808 314 121 Share Imagine you are a boy, born to parents with very different ideas about how to raise you than most people you know today. They arrange for some friends to snatch you off the street one day when you’re eight years old. They tell you you can’t see your mom again for a long time - years. You cry, and fight, but they hit you and tell you they will kill you if you don’t do what they say. Knowingless is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or p

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