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There've been some letters in mX wondering why goths and emos exist, so I wrote one back!
Dear mX,
Brisbane has always had a large and very "out" alternative scene. There have always been goths, punks and indie kids. Emos are new, and the word is now the second most popular insult of choice of "normal people", the first most popular being "fag". I know, I speak from experience.
I love colours and I love the sun, but I'm also a long-time wearer of gothic fashions, not to mention skirts, and when people do take time out from shouting insults in the street or bashing my girlfriend they sometimes pose the question: "Why do you wear that?" The most popular answer to that question - ask any goth - is generally, "Why do *you* wear *that*?"
When you look in the wardrobe in the morning, you choose clothes based on what you like and what you feel attractive in. If you're trying to look professional, you choose a suit. If you feel most sexy in hot pants and a boob tube, you put on hot pants and a boob tube. If you're attracted to people who wear black coats and spikes, you emulate their dress sense because that's your taste in clothing, in exactly the same way that people who dislike oranges would prefer to eat an apple.
Queen Street mall isn't crowded because of emos, Queen Street mall is crowded because there are so many people. I doubt taking away the emos would mean there would be any less teenagers there.
I am tired of being abused in the street every Friday and Saturday night just because I don't like the way I look in man-pink collared shirts and jeans. In goth bars, nobody pushes when they're waiting in line for a drink. And it's always goths who give me chance, whether I'm wearing black trench coats or board shorts, and reserve their judgement of me until they actually know me.
Dear mX,
Brisbane has always had a large and very "out" alternative scene. There have always been goths, punks and indie kids. Emos are new, and the word is now the second most popular insult of choice of "normal people", the first most popular being "fag". I know, I speak from experience.
I love colours and I love the sun, but I'm also a long-time wearer of gothic fashions, not to mention skirts, and when people do take time out from shouting insults in the street or bashing my girlfriend they sometimes pose the question: "Why do you wear that?" The most popular answer to that question - ask any goth - is generally, "Why do *you* wear *that*?"
When you look in the wardrobe in the morning, you choose clothes based on what you like and what you feel attractive in. If you're trying to look professional, you choose a suit. If you feel most sexy in hot pants and a boob tube, you put on hot pants and a boob tube. If you're attracted to people who wear black coats and spikes, you emulate their dress sense because that's your taste in clothing, in exactly the same way that people who dislike oranges would prefer to eat an apple.
Queen Street mall isn't crowded because of emos, Queen Street mall is crowded because there are so many people. I doubt taking away the emos would mean there would be any less teenagers there.
I am tired of being abused in the street every Friday and Saturday night just because I don't like the way I look in man-pink collared shirts and jeans. In goth bars, nobody pushes when they're waiting in line for a drink. And it's always goths who give me chance, whether I'm wearing black trench coats or board shorts, and reserve their judgement of me until they actually know me.