Teen Gothic

i need more black artists that sound like bauhaus , this cold night , joy division..etc. i would like to see more black movie directors and black leads in movies like nosferatu , crimson peak , and frankenstein. i would like to see more vampy, occultic, victorian gothic people that are black in general.

i feel so disconnected from my black peers and my goth peers and im tired of feeling like an “oreo” because it feels like the only people that make media and music that fits my interest are white people. i know that there has to be more representation but it it really hard to find 😞

i am not a self-hating black person nor do i “wish to be white”, i just need to see more black people that find my niche.

okay so i just want everyones opinions on this. i feel like the community is so insanely split? like people saying "oh its music based" (which it most definitely is) or "you have to wear _" or that you cant buy fast fashion etc etc. i feel like it's important to discuss but along the way we seem to lose a sense of community? like it feels like no one agrees on anything and we stopped having fun and enjoying ourselves. was it always like this or is my perception warped? i dont really know. thoughts? hope this is on subject enough lmao.

I'm in a fairly conservative area of a South-Eastern European country and while alternative and goth people are not unknown, there are virtually no spaces for us, no goth clubs of any kind and if any exist they're on an entirely informal basis. On top of that i'm kind of androgynous and i get weird glares for my outfits and long hair anytime i walk out, including whispered comments. I feel severely disconnected as a result.

Watching people here post images of their goth club experiences, being able to dress up and have fun, listen to music and dance is heartbreaking for someone who is in the closet and has no real venue for this. Anyone else in a similar situation?

Ey up all,

This is something thats been on my mind for awhile and I dont think its just within the goth scene but hear me out.

I have discussed this with my friends that confirmed it and also once with a large goth youtuber (AB) during a live stream through chat.

So I want to see if any of you, perhaps more so during your youth reduced your accent to not sound like the people around you, this could be because you disliked your local dialect or for where I am from, to not sound like the local chavs.

other more out there reasons maybe influences from band members, to sound more smart, or influences for say in UK to sound like charters from movies who spoke "proper" English with a london / posh dialect, or maybe you moved and had issues being understood.

I hope this makes sense, the main point im trying to ask is, did you change your dialect due to not liking your own? because generally within the scene I have noticed most folk are quite well spoken.

Again i have spoke to a few people about this and a few certinly have confirmed it.

I am researching it for my own video for youtube.

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Thank you all.

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