EMO'S VS SCENESTERS

[rockfotze]

I just found another letter I wrote the other day/week to that stupid mx newspaper, as there's been these recurring letters about the "emo kids that hang around the Queen St Mall". It shit me, because those little turds are scenesters, not emo at all (even if they consider themselves emo, which just makes me angrier). I didn't send it because I don't want to become one of those people who regularly writes in to newspapers each week, but I wnated to post it here anyway. This will make sense to Brisbane folk, but I imagine everyone will have something similar going on in the city:

OK I need to clear up something that's been bugging me: Those brats who hang around the Queen Street Mall are NOT emo's. It angers me that they are known as emo's and that they even identify themselves as emo's. They are actually scenesters. It's infuriating how people have completely ruined the emo subculture by confusing scenesters with a very different and much nicer subculture. Emo's don't always wear black, they don't always listen to My Chemical Romance and their most famous fashion statement were their square-framed glasses, not their skinny black jeans. Emo was sort of like indie/nerd-chic and now it's been cheapened by those obnoxious teen brats. I'm constantly being accused of being emo because I do look a lot like those scene kids. I'm not happy about it, but as I've developed my "style" since leaving high school in 2000, I'm not prepared to change my look because of an annoying new trend. After all, until they came along I was constanly being asked if I was a "goth". God help me for wearing black and being alternative! Come on guys, stop jumping on the "I hate that subculture" bandwagon and quit making assumptions based on a ridiculous (and in this case, wrong) stereotype!

For your viewing pleasure I have created some visual examples:



This is Aleah (aka grittio), one of my besties in London. She is emo, a REAL emo. She never really wore black, wore lots of stripey stuff and note the glasses! And do you see black skinny jeans? In fact, until I talked her into getting some Chuck Taylors she wore Vans skate shoes! Emo is about being a bit nerdy, into indie music and bizarre mullets.



And here's a picture of actual Brisbane scenesters I found on Myspace (not seen: too-tight black skinny jeans). Yes, they are sitting on a bench on Queen St Mall, SHOCK HORROR!

Yeah, there are some similarities, but for the most part these kids are from a completely different subculture to Aleah. They're all about being naughty brats, swearing and being obnoxious in the mall and being "rebellious". Meanwhile Aleah was quiet, rarely swore, would sometimes cry at innappropriate times, but generally an absolute pleasure to be with.

This whole thing probably makes me a lot angrier than it should but you really have NO idea how bad these scene kids are here in Brisbane. Especially because they wear the same crap I've been wearing for YEARS so that now I look like a dickhead emo/scenester. I HATE THEM ALL SO MUCH!

Comments

[dienacht.livejournal.com]

Oh boy do they ever! Emo used to stand for emotion rocker, now it stands for...well, I dunno what it stands for now, but it SHOULD stand for immature asshole brats!!!

[luwana.livejournal.com]

See, emotion rocker makes much more sense :P Now emo is a word for a particular kind of upset/angst o_O It's like they've evolved into two different things.