#runawaysiren940

[ihateyoutumbrmobfuyourself]

OMFG :( Runawaysiren940 passed away. She was a seriously intelligent youtuber and had a lot of great ideas. She was a big community staple and will be missed dearly :( RIP Brandi

[ratchetjak]

Tribute fanart for Radfem/GC YouTuber RunawaySiren940 after hearing about her untimely passing yesterday. I'm still in utter shock at this, she was so young and had her whole life ahead of her, she was taken too soon and I'm feeling heartbroken. I had watched her content since 2021 and it was inspiring seeing her grow and perfect her craft as well as see her hold the line for lesbians, gays, and gender nonconforming people.

As far as I'm concerned, she's an icon, standing among the likes of Magdalen Berns and I just hope that wherever she is, she's resting in peace and power (thoughts and prayers for her family & friends). I really hope she knows that her content truly made a difference and that she will be so very missed. Rest in peace & power Siren

˚₊‧꒰ა 𓂋 ໒꒱ ‧₊˚

[gendiebrainrotreceipts]

Just why…how can they be so cold

[jeepawscreepaws]

Rest in remembrance, @RunawaySiren940

Those of us who were fortunate enough to be affected by how brilliant you were will make sure that your memory will endure in our solidarity. I hope your loved ones and your family can heal well with time. I am going to miss you, very, very much. Thank you. I’ll continue to share your compositions with my persons, and honor your name.

[celtyradicalfem]

Brandi’s father started a gofundme to return her home

“Brandi Nicole Kochan operated the Runawaysiren940 YouTube channel for six years. She was residing in Cambodia when she passed away on January 9, 2025 at the age of 23 from mismanagement of her Type 1 Diabetes. Her YouTube followers, friends and family expressed interest in donating money towards the repatriation of her body and funeral. Any funds left over will be donated to a local woman's shelter because Brandi wanted to become a therapist for sexual abuse victims.

Details on Brandi's memorial service and funeral are forthcoming because her family is waiting on the repatriation of her body. Thank you for your generosity and condolences.”

Anyone with the means can donate here

[vintage-bentley]

Has anybody started an effort to create an archive of Runawaysiren940’s videos? I’ve already seen gendies wanting to get her videos/channel taken down because that’s obviously the appropriate way to respond to a young woman’s death.

[f1minist]

Sorry... I just sent you an ask that I meant to send anonymously.. if you wouldn't mind, could you refrain from publishing it? I'm crypto and don't want people to associate my account with my rad activities

no worries <3

what you wrote:

I dont know if you saw, but Runawaysiren has passed. Why why why so many young radfems, first Magdalene, now her... 😢 this is a loss for the community but her body of work is so valuable and cannot be lost

It is utterly tragic.

She was in her early 20s. Heartbreaking to have lost her. She was prolific in creating radical feminist and gender critical youtube content and was beloved by so many.

Today I made a donation to Vancouver Rape Relief in memory of RunawaySiren940, and then after I learned of a charity she really supported:

https://www.mosaicgeorgia.org/

so I've been encouraging women to do donate to them. I think it's a nice way to honour her.

[majchic]

[butchpeace]

Great discussion about how transition “others” you, and what that means for trans identified people and those who choose radical body modifications.

[hestiasroom]

y'all i just heard that Runawaysiren940 has passed away. I don't understand why do all of the creative and powerful and intelligent and beautiful young women get snatched away so early? 💔💔💔

[runawaysiren940]

“You must be lonely.”

“I was lonely before. Now, I’m enjoying solitude, and company,” I acknowledged, tipping my drink towards Lily. “As I so choose. But this really isn’t the kind of conversation you come to places like this for.”

“Who’s to say? I can get small talk anyday. It all blends together. The ‘how was the Lourve’, and ‘where are you from’s all become so tedious. I hate it,” Lily said, as casually as one would remark on the weather.

“And you think talking about death and depression is better?”

“Well,” she said, pretending to think it over. “It is far more interesting.”

I wanted to ask her to come to my hotel. It felt crass to admit to it, mundane in the worst way, because what else was sex other than the unshakable Proterozoic urge to reproduce, chasing pleasure inextricable from the need to live on through offspring, in the echoes of genetic material resurfacing in smaller and smaller quantities as the years went on without you? Since then we had redefined it; at the very least, there would be no offspring between us women, only pleasure and the chase of it, and hopefully, a connection that would chase away the darkness of separation until like the sun setting, we parted. Maybe she sensed it. Lily seemed to understand more than I could put into words. She downed the rest of her drink in a suddenly unladylike way. Her throat stretched and moved, and her mouth parted. Perhaps a little too wide, and then it closed.

“Would you care to walk with me?”

And for better or worse, I did.

[gendiebrainrotreceipts]

Anyway here’s the original video because it’s more than worth watching

[runawaysiren940]

How awful. Women in an incredibly misogynistic society are not inclusive of men in the womens liberation movement, which a Korean American is upset about. Whatever will they do without the explicit support from a group who pretends sex based oppression isn't real.

I need people to stop glorifying the 4B movement in Korea, from a Western (white) perspective. Stop it. If you are blissfully unaware of this (having not been on TikTok) - in theory, it makes sense. No sex with men, no dating men, no child rearing with men, and no marriage with men. But. BUT. Feminists in Korea are problematic AF. I know this from both personal experience (having been on the receiving end of their ire online) and everything I've read about them, in Korean. I see all these white TikTokers (and even some in the Korean diaspora) fawning over how "we" in the US need this and, no. If your feminism is transphobic, hates gay men, hates men in general, that's not the feminism I'd endorse. Why is Korean feminism transphobic? In 2020, Korean feminists ACTIVELY CAMPAIGNED AGAINST a woman who was accepted to Sookmyung University. An all womens' university. But she was a woman, you say. What could be their problem? According to Korean feminists, they didn't want a "man" in their space. Because she is a trans woman. This is not unusual for Korean feminists. Having lived there for 5 years, to some extent, I understand their anger against misogyny. But if you are truly against the toxic patriarchy that exists in Korea, you must also help dismantle military conscription because that is where a lot of men become radicalized, bullied, etc etc and "grow up" to be the most toxic form of men seen on this earth. But Korean feminists don't give AF about that and in fact, I've read a lot of them express that it's good for men to suffer. Guess what? That view is internalized misogyny and toxic patriarchy, too. And I don't want to hear it about the movement being so "young". Korean women have stepped up to the plate before in our history. We are capable of better than this fucking nonsense. It's a bunch of transphobic, gay hating radicals that have hijacked what was supposed to be about social justice. WOMAD (link is to the Wikipedia article, not their site) and Megalia are the two sites they stem from. It is the most toxic group of people I've ever had the displeasure to encounter online. Any form of criticism is, at best, ignored and worst - I've been "called out" for being Korean-American, and therefore, to "butt out" of "Korean issues". Amongst other bullying I've personally received. And yes, not just on forums but on public articles that I've commented on.

I know it's a catchy title and it appeals in theory but please, please do not glorify these transphobes and TERFs. They don't deserve your attention.

[ihateyoutumbrmobfuyourself]

There is a link to GFM to repatriate Runawaysiren940s body as she died abroad

https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-brandis-repatriation-and-memorial/cl/d?utm_campaign=pd_ss_icons&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link&attribution_id=sl%3A3593347a-f6d2-4876-9948-f9421dc4530d

<3

[f1minist]

American Radical Feminist Youtuber RunawaySiren940 passed away in Cambodia, and her family are still working to repatriate her remains to the USA.

They have a GoFundMe to assist with the costs of this, and her burial.

I know everyone is strapped for cash these days, but if you can -

As a nod to her channel, please consider donating $9.40!

(Or $94! Or $940?!!?!)

Or any amount you can. $1 is great.

She was beloved on youtube and opened so many doors for young, Gen Z women to come to radical feminism.

RIP Brandi. ♥