Teen Gothic

I'm sitting here at Starbucks ( dont laugh had to take sister to an interview ) so figured I'd be a little active here and post. I want to aim and help young/old newcomers as I myself am still growing more into this community for 5 years.

I can't tell people what to do with their money but I feel much better not buying from killstar, save my money AND support etsy shop owners. I had my GREAT disdain from dolls kill taking my money! Found out about kreepsville…yuck.

It feels refreshing knowing I bought from some one else in a resale shop instead of it trashed. I hear a lot of shade at fast fashion.

I know killstar makes nice shoes but I fear the quality is dog shart and I really feel more triumph when I find a cute pair of buckle shoes at ROSS for $ 20. Hell I got two jackets from the men's section I will add design and patches too.

I won't dump my few killstar items but honestly I really don't want to support fast fashion and learn to sew/stitch. You can do many wonders with basic black clothing.

If many of you know madame absinthe I really plan on getting in touch with her for a personal custom dress!

I DO want to hear the tea about killstar though.

I was watching GothCast's review on Poptone's self-titled, which I had listened to before, and it inspired me to check out the original tracks. My personal opinions are:

• I love the Poptone versions of Ball of Confusion, Mirror People, OK This Is The Pops, etc. more than their original counterparts.

• I love the original Movement of Fear, Slice of Life, and Christian Says more than the Poptone versions.

• I love both versions of Love Me.

(wasn't sure on which flair to use)

I've never actually been to a club because I only turned 18 recently, but I feel like there wouldn't be much for me to do there. I would be too shy to talk to anyone, I don't like drinking, and I don't dance. And those are the things you do at clubs so I don't really know what else I would do there.

So as a socially anxious person what do I do to meet people in real life? Do I just suck it up and go to clubs a few times until I somehow gain a friend group? My city doesn't have many alternative events outside of club nights except for like, one picnic a year which is more my speed. But that's one day out of the whole year. Is there any chance of finding goths in places like comic conventions? From my experience online there is quite a bit of overlap with alternative and nerd culture but I think this might be too much of a reach. Maybe the friend tab on bumble? I'm kinda grasping at straws here. I mean shit even the last good clothing store I knew of shut down so I literally don't know where to go