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[Gothic Culture]
I was just wondering what the opinions of some of the people on here are about "gothic culture". I'm a 15 year old, living in a small town, and I have a tendancy to dress outside the norm. I wear black lipstick, I hardly wear any colour outside of red and deep purple, other than that black is the main shade of my clothing. My hair, though, is bleach blonde and I try and make my own clothes as much as possible, because I'm against mass production. So here's my question:Has how I dress become my way of life? Just because I choose to wear black lipstick, and outrageous outfits, I'm now being labeled, and am being called a "goth" when half the people who call me that have no idea of the word's origanal origin.
For those of you who don't know- the word can mean a various amount of different things. In recent years it has been tied to a subculture of people who wear darker clothes, and enjoy morbid outlooks on life. Based on horror movies and music.
Back when the word started it had to do with renessance (shakespearian times). Mostly the literature, and archetecture. It also had to do with Germanic Tribes/Cults who commited mass murders, which was what I had first learned the word as. So I am now being reffered to as a murderer.
I have chosen, for the time being and possibly the next five years of my life on earth to dress the way I do, or vagely similar to the way I do now. Will I always be labeled as I am? And have to deal with the immaturity I'm shown now? Will the comments and the immaturiry get any better? I'm asking from your point of view.
Tomorrow: You see a bleach blonde wearing black lipstick, thick black and red eyeliner, all black clothing very obviously home made, and smiling. (Because yes, I DO smile, and I DO enjoy life.) What would your first thought be? Be honest.
- Please. No immature less than 17 year old who don't have anything relevant to say. I get that enough. If you feel the need to insult me, please use something origanal. I'm quite sick of having 'wow, I didn't know it was halloween yet, FREAK!' yelled after me. Thank you.
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Though some goths gravitate toward workplaces that allow a great deal of personal expression, or simply do not care what employees look like, others work in the corporate sector where certain dresscodes are enforced. They usually add a gothic twist to their ensembles; some would say they wear corporate gothwear, which satisfies gothic tastes in fashion without alienating more mainstream and conservative co-workers, as well as keeping with management policies. Corporate gothwear varies based on individual taste, though a David Bowie influence is often prevalent, as well as 1920s through 1960s styles. Examples include, but are not limited to, a black pinstripe suit and burgundy shirt for men and a black turtleneck and skirt or suit with silver jewelry for women.
A recent study by Sussex University suggests that goths are likely to grow up to be doctors, lawyers or architects, and that goths are usually intelligent, refined and sensitive, and keen on poetry and books.
If someone dresses in the fashion of a certain stereotype then complains about the people who automatically place him therein, he is seeking attention or trying to make some point.
Fine. Point taken.
only because i get labled all the time.
my style has changed from the so called "goth" look to the so called "emo" look, i dress in what i feel comfortable in
which can go from an all black outfit with a crazy hairstyle and makeup job, which i love or a casual sweatpants and big sweater with a simple ponytail. I'm not a "poser" or a "Fake"
i think you should tell everyone to get off your back and you should keep on smiling and wear whatever you want to :}
oh and society today finds the "gothic" or the "emo/punk" look is "not right" or "abnormal"
its the way they look at it,
most people automatically thinks "well that person obviously drinks alot" or "that person obviously does drugs"
or something similar
i thin people just need to get used to the fact that not everyone who wears a fair amount of makeup or dresses in clothes that their kids don't wear are druggies or not good people. it will take time but hopefully we can all just get along after a while.
And i have know two girls that were considered to be goths, one of them just started to wear black and heaby makeup and everything out of the blue and started saying she was a goth (altough she really didn't have the dark nature) and another that always wore black and make up but never talke about herself as a goth and had a sunny disposition. But she was a satanist (if that's a word) and did drugs so i woudl have to say she was a goth (altough i'm not saying she was a goth because she did drugs).
And a bit of a joke insult (just to try).
Satan doens't love you :P.
If I spyied a blonde, lip-sticked child with thick eyeliner, I would be dissapointed with the child's mother for not watching her child in her mischief.
im emo.
thats kind
of the same
aint it guys?
I don't believe I'm above anyones mautrity at all, either. I believe that I can be mature when it's called upon, and yes sometimes more mature than the people that yell 'goth' and 'slut' from down the street. But I do realise that I'm only 15 and I'm not the most mature person in the world, nor do I know as much as anyone older than I am. But that's just how I am, is it a crime to try and act my age, and be mature at the same time?
im emo.
thats kind
of the same
aint it guys?"
Emos can suck my ass.
i have no respect for you just because you said that.
Dumbfuck