Teen Gothic

There’s only this, a handful of pics, and memories from my Goth days.

has goth and alternative culture felt extra fetishized in recent years? I went to a “bloodrave” event last night because it was advertised as hard techno, industrial, goth music and a subculture event. Which sounded like a fun event to dance at. The crowd was almost all very normie straight white men. I got grabbed over twenty times being told all kinds of out of pocket things. Mostly about my tattoos and some latex pieces I was wearing and being “alone”. I feel like the internet has made goth culture a porn genre at this point. I feel safer being a little freak in a normal sports bar at this point than I do a “goth night” event lol. At least in the city I’m in. I know there’s way more pressing matters happening in the world right now but it was just on my mind and wanna know if you guys have events or places you feel comfortable and have fun going to! 🖤

I'm really grateful for this subreddit.

I've always been dark alternative, come from a metal background, and been discovering goth music for about a year now. This subreddit is my base of operations; I've discovered all the goth music I like on here so far. I'm really picky about music in general, so it's a bit slow-going, but my playlist has 102 songs across several albums from a good few artists now, so I'm not complaining too much.

Thank you, to the people who keep posting songs, and the people who keep this place real and safe.

Can anyone else relate?

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)

Im not goth i dont know much about gothic musik and those stuff

Local goth community posted this from a protest before. Thought I'd share this to let the community know we really don't tolerate state violence and infringing upon human rights. If you support fascism, you will not be welcome in our spaces.

I'm looking for something that truly has a goth atmosphere, but with mosh riffs.

Right now the only things I can think of are Eyes of Fear and Portrayal of Guilt.

I've also heard a bit of deathrock/chain punk/black metal crossover, but honestly that sort of thing isn't my thing. I'm looking for cold post punk influenced atmospheric melancholy, combined with heavy mosh riffs.