Teen Gothic

Every other post is someone having an identity crisis or complaining about their families/communities not appreciating their gothness. I just want to make sure everyone knows it’s supposed to make you feel good to listen to music you enjoy and wear the style of clothes you like. It isn’t that deep.

When you put it into perspective, it’s kind of a shallow thing to complain about. There are people in the world being persecuted for things completely outside their control. You have the privilege of going out looking like a freak, knowing full well it will provoke a reaction from people, and then you get to take it off at the end of the day.

If you’re that sensitive, don’t even bother. I personally only get gothed up to go to my local goth night once in a blue moon. I don’t want to be stared at everyday for dressing like a weirdo. I’m an adult with bigger things to worry about.

My parents are black and mostly christian and they see the goth subculture as this negative space and ill never be able to change there mind.I really dont want to throw away this whole subculture to going back to trying to fit trying to be “normal” and boring like everyone else and stop being myself. but I really want to respect my parents also and not make it seem like I hate them or think im in a bad place but no matter how hard I try to convince and educate nothing worked? my mom believes that because im black and that this subculture is the reason I dont explore my own which is not true! I am very open to. she thinks that I can’t be into due to me being black and I dont know how to feel about it,but again with my efforts trying to show my mother that all is not as dark as it seems nothing changed and she still refuses to see. I was such a happy teen when I discovered goth from the music to the art it was amazing! I was wayyy happier then I was before I discovered goth.hopefully during college I can love goth the same way I do now and that I dont grow to not like it anymore due to what has been said by my parents.