#punks and goths

[nmpositive]

FIT IN or STAND OUT? A short, fun watch from the BBC Archives in 1983 featuring some original Punks and Alts, and the old conservatives who hate them. Little has changed in the intervening forty years, it seems...

Also the young lady at 1:40 and onwards getting her sidies shaved and a topknot put in, I swear I am looking respectfully.

[everoutoftouch]

If you have Spotify reblog this and tag what your number one song on your “on repeat” playlist is.

[morbidcrow24]

crazy how people assume trans guys dont know if we had short naturally coloured hair and a basic style we'd "pass better." "you want tips on how to pass? no more fun piercings, jewelry, anything feminine, dyed hair, nail polish or nice things for you!" thanks but I choose joy and whimsy x

[momoiro-hime]

putting my ocs in every AU i want part. 34791

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[theygender]

I was thinking recently about how "alt" subcultures are so aestheticized now but they used to be much more about your societal views than the clothes you wore or even the bands you listened to, and my brain connected some dots. Idk if this is anything

[shitswiftiessay]

imagine being that fucking rich and that fucking careless.

[the-sp0tless-mind]

the summer ends.

[outtawack]

[user380511840]

i’m so exhausted

[gasolinne]

[deceased-bunny]

Heat

Another old gift for @thegutterbunny / @gutter-bunny-art , I have a type mew :3

[batsarebetterthanpeople]

Actually I'll never forgive Punk Rave and Killstar and fast fashion brands for tricking people into thinking that being goth or punk or emo is expensive. Babygirl the only goth brand names you need to know are Rit, Good Will, Etsy, and Studs and Spikes, we used to shove safety pins through our ears and then they started selling earrings that look like safety pins for 15.99. We used to dye thrifted wedding dresses black and they started selling gothic gowns for 300 bucks. We used to put studs on boots we found in the back of the good will and they started making Demonias. DIY or die wasn't perfect it can be exclusionary to disabled people but whatever the fuck we've got going on right now is so much worse. It's not any more inclusive to the disabled and it is exclusionary to the people who made punk, to the people who made goth, to the people who made emo. If you've got the funds and you don't want to do diy pay someone else to do it for you but please let it be a small artist or a friend not some guy in a suit who's made it his business to gentrify punk. You can turn flats into platforms with flipflops, hotglue and gumption don't let anyone tell you different.

[ghostiface]

[p0isonblood]

𝐄𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐫𝐚 🕸️

[skelecha1rs]

The Cure at the Beacon Theatre in NYC.

November 17, 1984.