Teen Gothic

something like alien sex fiend, scary bitches, lesbian bed death…………..

what are the band names you absolutely could NOT bring up in a casual conversation

From what I've seen and experienced in the subculture, there is a massive fear of making a mistake or not being "the perfect goth" as that happens in most communities and it especially intimidating to newer people. In truth pretty much all of us have made some sort of mistake or mess up at some point in our time here. So why not share some mistakes we've all made to make things seem less intimidating and to also help out others from making the same! No mistake being too dumb, and please be kind to others who share theirs!

I'll go first:

When I was twelve and first starting out, one of my friend's older sisters' was goth and recommended Sex Gang Children. She told me about how they were one of the first and how important they were to the subculture. I wanted to look into them more so I read an article stating that they were the ones who came up with the word "goth" as well as skimmed through their wiki page and majorly misread it. Culture Club was originally going to be named Sex Gang Children but renamed it and then the now actual band then got it officially. However, in my twelve year old short attention span mind I misread it as Culture Club was the same as Sex Gang Children and for a full year I thought that Karma Chameleon himself, Boy George, was the one who came up with name for the subculture. For some reason tween me just went on thinking this without double checking until I saw something about the actual band and it always gives me a good laugh looking back!

For me personally, Sisters of Mercy, and She Wants Revenge were both fantastic live. Forever wishing I got the chance to see Bauhaus !!!!!

I’m seeing lebanon hanover later this month and am super stoked for it. Anyone seen them here and can confirm they’re brilliant ?!

(apart from the Sisters of Mercy, we all know how things are nowadays lol)

got told i looked like a goth qtip and i think that insult is gonna live with me forever bc imo it's fucking hilarious

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I'm currently working on an illustration project on the representation of punks and goths and common misconceptions surrounding the subcultures. I would like to hear some of your experiences with people sexualizing the subculture, or objectifying you as a result of your look?