Teen Gothic

I just got invited to a "goth baddies assemble" group on Instagram and the contents sickened me. What I didn't show here that was also in the chat was clip art of sexual acts. All from the people you see in the screenshots. It was disgusting to see, and infuriating. The constant fetishization of the subculture pisses me off on a daily damn occurrence. I reported the chat itself and the people, but I of course doubt that IG will even do a damn thing. I felt the need, amidst my agitation lmao, to come to reddit to vent about it and use it as an opportunity for discussion on how you as individuals feel about this constant issue and what you do to prevail over this and any experiences you've had related to being sexualized and objectified without your consent, when just trying to exist and mind your business.

(And if any of yall feel the desire to seek out that scum and mass report them, that would just be sweet, sweet justice 🤭 but that's just a bonus lol)

Just a quick announcement to say that we have a new flair for live music, including full concerts and songs. If it's professionally recorded: music, new music video, or even live music are all acceptable flairs to use.

They aren't meant to be so restricting it's impossible to mark them, but they do need to be generally accurate. I'm not to hard on them unless you use "Spooky Saturday" when it's Tuesday, or something.

I also want to take this opportunity to ask what flairs people might want adding? The subreddit grows everyday and I'm interested to hear new people's (or subscribers) suggestions. (Note that if it's fashion related, posting on Friday's under Fashion Friday or over on r/GothFashion is the better option, otherwise it gets quite hard to manage the flow of selfies.)