Update time at Gothic Charm School!

[cupcake_goth]

Of Reactions to Goths, and How the Goths Should Respond.

You know the drill, gang. Spread the word! Tell your friends! Tell your enemies! Tell the people you only vaguely know on LJ, and can't remember the real names of!

Thank yous as always go out to the Finishing School of Flail and staxxy. The best group of beta readers a lady could ask for, trust me.

Comments

[master-cobweb.livejournal.com]

I like what you had to say about not getting boxed in by self-definitions.

As a personal example, I have in the last year or so started identifying myself as a goth, but I haven't changed my personality or the way I dress at all. It is like someone discovering that their core beliefs were Buddhist all along, and even though they might not give away all their worldly posessions and spend days in meditation, part of that label appeals to their understanding of the universe. I may not dress like a "typical" goth (what is typical of such a diverse subculture anyway, I would ask) but the label speaks to my aesthetic sensibilities and my social mannerisms, so I have adopted it and am prepared to answer to ridicule from anyone about that choice.

If the author of the second letter is starting to feel disenfranchised by the fashion of the goth scene, as seems to be the case by the fact that a remark about clothing prompted this bout of questioning, then they just need to broaden their understanding of "gothness", as you advised. But perhaps I am merely trying to justify my own relatively new-found identification with the label by making it too broad. I'm not entirely sure.

[ms-vermilion.livejournal.com]

Totally off-topic, but you need to see this if you haven't already:



The artist (eno) posted it to the bats community. She posted a second one that was also a bat and cupcake but this one was cuter. They're both up on eBay.