Teen Gothic

We're getting tired of people posting about it so this is the thread we are going to refer people to. No book has ever had 5+ posts in a month in r/goth.

These links have been posted previously. Here they are again so those who haven't read the book can get some insight into what it is about and join in the discussion.

https://loltolhurst.com/gothic/

https://post-punk.com/lol-tolhurst-delves-into-the-dark-romanticism-of-goth-with-forthcoming-new-book-on-the-subculture/amp/

https://apnews.com/article/goth-history-book-lol-tolhurst-cure-37451452c321455ea0c3c166a525d071

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/sep/21/goth-a-history-by-lol-tolhurst-review-the-dark-is-rising

Some quotes people seem to be focusing on the most –

“It’s not really a fashion,” he says. “It’s more of a philosophy in a way of being, a way of approaching the world. And I think that ensures its longevity. It’s malleable, but it’s sort of basic premise is always the same.”

“My life in Goth served as a kind of communal reverse meditation,” Tolhurst writes. “By exploring the darkness of books, films, music, and paintings together, we escaped for a brief moment to better understand the place we all found ourselves in time and space. We kept floating but now (were) a little more liberated."

We have had to remove a few comments and posts using this book to attack people. This will not be tolerated in this discussion. Keep it civil please, be critical and debate but don't insult. Remember the sub's rules.

That’s the thrust of his new book, “Goth: A History”: Goth isn’t a way of dressing or a genre of music, but a lens through which to see the world. Goth is for everyone, Tolhurst writes, and it’s not a “phase” one has to outgrow.

“My life in Goth served as a kind of communal reverse meditation,” Tolhurst writes. “By exploring the darkness of books, films, music, and paintings together, we escaped for a brief moment to better understand the place we all found ourselves in time and space. We kept floating but now (were) a little more liberated.”

I’ve quite literally said this very thing in my own way, and been shut down for it by the gatekeepers of this reddit. But, as an 80’s kid, this was my experience and not unlike founding Cure member Tolhurst, I still think goth is a big enough umbrella to shelter all darkly inclined people, imo. What are your thoughts, and what are based on?