Last night Brandon and I were chatting. I happened to say ‘angsty,’ and he asked me what it meant. After pausing, thoughtful for a minute, this was the conversation that ensued:“Well, I guess think emo with less black,” I was like.
“Well, that gets me thinking. What really is emo anyway?” He was like.
Hmmm. Good point, man, I was thinking.
“Emo is like the cool thing to do now when you’re a kid. 14 year old lesbians who wear black and are in a band, are, like, emo,” I said, thoughtfully.
“Oh, okay. So kind of like Dawson when his dad died, but with bands or purple hair?” He was like.
“Exactly!” I exclaimed. Eureka!
But then I’ve been thinking about it, and, well, what really is emo? I think we all have our own definitions.
Tell me yours, please.
[I mean no harm to those emo's out there. I just want to know what you are!]
14 comments:
OK, so I KNOW that I am like a million years older than you or most of your cute readers...but as an oldish mom of 500 kids I thought I was somewhat still with it.
Well, I am not. I have no idea what this EMO thing is...I know DAWSON...but still, after your post, I can not figure out EMO. I know ELMO, and I know NEMO...but I am at a loss when it comes to EMO.
Shit. First I was a loser not knowing about buzzfeed...and now, THIS!
I was gonna say "Elmo" without the L. (can't believe you beat me to that Laura...well, yes I can)
Emo....kinda goth, with a touch of punk. Long side bangs, lotsa' black. Tragic Teen look. Sketchy kid dressed in black, not happy.
EMOtional. Dark with a flare. Trying to be individual...but lookin' like all the other Emo's.
(all of this from observation at local high school and asking my teen-age children)
I think I was EMO my freshman year of college!!!! All black...black nails...snake rings....green tips on the edge of my hair...black eyeliner...depressed....and very, very sketchy....was I kath? was I EMO?
Wait. You, L, the innocent baker, are an EMO? Appearances can be so decieving!
I've always been confused by the "emo" thing. I think I'm too old. It was "goth" when I was in school -- no "emo."
If emo means crazy pink eye shadow that bleeds down into your cheeks though, count me in!! (I'll stay away from the lip piercings.)
Aside from what emo is...that pic scares the hell outa me!
Emo is, in terms of fashion, a really bad knock-off of goth and punk.
In terms of the stereotyping, they tend to get made fun of with fake tears and mimed wrist-slitting.
The word emo and the jokes about it really rub me the wrong way. Because I have been there with the SI and I am still that depressed.
Julia, I'm very sorry - I hope I didn't offend you. May I ask you what SI stands for? It may help me understand more...
It's not you. SI is shorthand for self-injury. You're not offensive. It's just the sterotype, right now.
I think the oddest thing about it is that most of the people I know who "dress emo" are not "emo"tionally damaged.
Oh, okay. Well, I of course know that if you're emo it's "in" to self-injure, which makes the whole thing all that more confusing to me. I mean, I don't cut anymore, but my left arm is riddled with scars - and they're big and not easy to miss. I would never poke fun at that (unless it was at myself, of course) but I hate that the trend can be "in."
I think we're on the exact same page with this one.
I was "emo" in the psychological sense, but never quite in the fashion sense. I'm too all over the place.
Emo... You want a reasonably accurate definition of Emo? Check this out:
http://subculture.blat.co.za/2008/07/30/attempting-to-define-emo/
Take a big scoop of "old-school" goth -- scrape out all the intelligence and creativity. Place the shell of the concept in a bowl, and add a cup each of trendiness and low self-esteem, two tablespoons of the teenage predisposition to self-destructive behavior, a splash of bad fashion choices, and a sprinkling of random piercings. Bake briefly on a thin layer of stolen alcohol from their parents' liquor cabinets -- then you have an emo.
Jade Lee, I have no idea who you are, but your comment made me roar. I loved it! Thanks for sharing and making me laugh today. :)
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