Teen Gothic

So last year me and my friends decided we'd celebrate every 18th July as Desi and Arab goths Representation Day!
The aim of this day isn't just to represent our Desi and Arab goth communities but also to celebrate our uniqueness and individuality within the subculture. Our experience as goths might different than others, this day is about celebrating those experiences that are exclusive for us! Also remembering how South Asian and Arab arts and culture have inspired the goth and gothic scenes for decades. From jewellery to textiles and clothes, from dance to music beats, from aesthetics to makeup, a lot of things in subculture have been inspired by many BIPOC cultures including Desi and Arab. So Desi and Arab people aren't foreign to goth and certainly do not deserve to be left out and hate crimed against in the scene for just being themselves.

Sadly, there still exists micro aggressions and racism against our communities in the scene. From casual racism against brown people to Islamophobia and infantilizing brown youth un subculture because a lot of people feel "we can't understand the complex ways of West", to ableism towards brown neurodivergent and/ or disabled people in Subculture, we need to fight it all, together. So, we grow the subculture together by creating a safer place for self-expression.

To Celebrate this day I, with help of my Desi and Arab Goth friends, I created a Music video featuring my brown goth friends celebrating their culture/s and subculture <3
The Song is called Pishach, learn more about the concept in the description of my music video 🙂
Pishach would be up on Spotify by 12th August so stay tuned!!

https://preview.redd.it/zpms3va1bncb1.jpg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4721315bee952db71792646a1111ba65e8026fab

https://youtu.be/Sw_ZYsuAmN4

Such a great show. Such a great band.

I hope this post is allowed (I read the rules/FAQ again to make sure). If not… Oops!

Finally, an ALL AGES goth rock event in Denver, CO! WitchHands (who have opened for bands like Nox Novacula and She Past Away) and Circumversor (members of WitchHands) will be filming for music videos at this show. Fun bands making great music. Roxy on Broadway, 9PM. $ 12.

There's also a really cool alternative market happening from 12-5pm that day just down Broadway at Grandma's House. They'll be selling goth magazines, jewelry, art, clothing, etc. It's called Gram Reaper and is hosted by Horrid Spirits (the flyer with more info is on their Instagram).

So yeah, brown goths decided to celebrate this day to support and celebrate our presence in goth community and to let people know we belong in the subculture 🙂 Goth subculture has always taken inspiration in aesthetics from desi, brown and Arab cultures, still brown people barely get any representation and often have to deal with r@cism and hate for following certain religions within goth community. So feel Free to support your favourite Brown, Desi, Arab and Middle eastern Goth artists and bands today<3

Check out these brown goth bands to celebrate Brown goth rep day~

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YmJ7uqe7Vv8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6t–7qjX77c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE0gEep-D70

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aCUKS9y2Gc&list=PLEpfc0uyT8lBeAsUL61cd-Rkw2Wnw7xrp&index=4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54B1yuxbwk4

DJ OMEGATELIK AND BOSS SALVAGE OF ALBANY NY'S RESIST THE CLUB, as well as resident DJs, will play Goth, Industrial, and other Diverse Dark Music.

THE STATE HOUSE 310 STATE ST NEW HAVEN CT 18+ W/VALID ID PROOF OF VAX REQUIRED $ 5 for 21+, $ 8 for 18-20

Link to venue's ticket page for more info: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sanctuary-takeover-resist-tickets-377900680107?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

Link to more info on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/908109083918312/?ref=newsfeed