chthonic-hedgehog replied to your post “A friend brought it up, but something about the variety of goth that’s...”
I totally agree, it’s like “pop goth” or something. All of the “cringe” bits f the subculture were the best bits. We’re supposed to be a collection of outsiders and weirdos- the whole ideology is against the “you can’t sit with us” thing. The modern goth stuff makes me feel like I’m not cool enough to be goth, whereas 5-10 years ago i felt like I belonged here because both me and goth were cripplingly uncool. Hopefully it will pass out of fashion again soon
Exactly!!! ‘Pop-goth’ is exactly what it is. The “cringey” parts were always what I loved. The uneven dye jobs, the giant hair, the obvious false-eyelash lines, the $1 eyeliner, the v-shaped eyebrows, the drugstore fishnets worn as both tights and a shirt, putting huge shredded holes in every item of clothing you own just because. I do like how easily accessible stuff is now, that I can go on ebay and find parts for jewelry, or that I can talk to people in the subculture without having to hunt down non-creepy, active, message boards. And good quality make up does look better. But I don’t like having a super high standard be the norm. It is a culture of outsiders. It always has been. I see so many younger folks saying “I want to dress goth but I can’t afford it.” and I just want to take them aside and just be like “It isn’t about buying a $70 dress, its about making that same $70 dress out of stuff you found at the thrift shop and the dollar store and going dancing to bauhaus with your friends.” I joke a little, but its true. I made so much stuff as a teenager because only once in a while could I go get Tripp or Lip Service brand stuff. My makeup brand of choice was wet and wild halloween edition. I love my sugarpill palettes, but I miss that not being a standard. I think drag, and not home-grown drag, but Rupaul type drag has had an affect on how harshly people criticize each other’s makeup. Not everyone has the time or money or even the steady hands to have Kat von D level makeup. I remember people 10 years ago passing around photos of girls with really obvious drawn-on eyebrows laughing at them, and now they do the same thing because their eyebrows aren’t thick enough. But, this happens every few years. It happened in a bigger way because of the internet, but it’ll go away soon. Lol and dudes will go back to calling us ‘crazy morticia bitches’ instead of ‘goth gf goals’ and that’s fine. We’ll be here at the clearance racks at the end of it.
