I've many people call me emo, scene, goth... I guess I am. I'm an Emo Kid. It's not bad like people would think, I don't cut myself, I'm not sad ALL the time, and my life doesn't totally suck. I've just been through a lot of things that I don't know how to handle. Yes, I write in a journal that holds all my secrets, yes sometimes I will start crying when I think about things that I don't like or don't want to remember. I've been called a poser by my brothers girlfriend, and I saw the desperate look in my cousin's eyes when I told her of the kids calling me emo. She asked me if I thought I was, and I said no, I lied. I am the emo kid, even my new school sees it. It doesn't bother me, because I'm used to it. I know who I am, and what stereo type I fit in. Yeah, I have scene friends, and now an Emo friend named Riley, and my own cousin said that there will be "people like me" when I get to highschool next year, so I shouldn't worry about stereo types and how hurtful I know they can be. I grew up with "goth" brothers, a preppy sister and cousins, so I know who I am. At least now I'm seen as me, even if they are calling me the emo kid, they at least know that It's not a bad thing. They tell me they like my style, eyeliner, skinnies, they like me. Now I'm not going all sissy on you, but it makes a difference to know that they don't care that I am me, that they don't give a crap how I dress. They understand most of my music, they just don't care how I am. My motto has always been "only I can judge me" and it still is, but having friends that don't judge, makes me feel like being me is easier. :D
I've said that I don't like stereotypes, but I guess I'm come to terms with the fact that every kid has one, even if they don't want it. Some people will call me emo, like it's a bad thing, like... I should be ashamed for being me. But I'm not. There are so many people out there who have easier and harder then I do. But my life has showed me that not everyone is the same. That being different is alright, and it shouldn't matter, what you like, what clothes that you wear and how you represent yourself, as long as you are yourself, it doesn't matter what you look like. I don't know everyone and how they feel, but the ones that voice their opinions are the ones I have the most respect for, even if I don't agree.
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 ------------------   | Stereotypes are... unexplainable. I used to hate being called emo, I really did, I would snap at anyone who mentioned the word around, me but now I have come to accept it because I know what it means, Music is a big part of my life. Emocore is what I listen to if you don't like it... ... Feel Free To Hate Wikipedia: Emo (pronounced /ˈiːmoʊ/) is a style of rock music typically characterized by melodic musicianship and expressive, often confessional lyrics. It originated in the mid-1980s hardcore punk movement of Washington, D.C., where it was known as "emotional hardcore" or "emocore" and pioneered by bands such as Rites of Spring and Embrace. As the style was echoed by contemporary American punk bands, its sound and meaning shifted and changed, blending with pop punk and indie rockand encapsulated in the early 1990s by groups such as Jawbreaker and Sunny Day Real Estate. By the mid 1990s numerous emo acts emerged from the Midwestern and Central United States, and several independent record labels began to specialize in the style. Emo broke into mainstream culture in the early 2000s with the platinum-selling success of Jimmy Eat World and Dashboard Confessional and the emergence of the more aggressive subgenre "screamo". In recent years the term "emo" has been applied by critics and journalists to a variety of artists, including multiplatinum acts such as Fall Out Boy and My Chemical Romance and disparate groups such as Coheed and Cambria and Panic at the Disco. In addition to music, "emo" is often used more generally to signify a particular relationship between fans and artists, and to describe related aspects of fashion, culture, and behavior.  |
