#subculture

[caesthoffe]

starting my solarpunk-y patch pants off with a banger. invest in public transit.

[skinkmi]

July 28, 1977 - Tommy Dollar, owner of the "Suicide" boutique, and Sid and Johnny in Stockholm, Sweden.

Sid is wearing a colorful shirt, with stripes and a pink detail. She has an accessory around her neck and her shirt is tied around her waist. Johnny wears a dark blazer and a studded belt. Both have a distinct punk style.

Damn, so provocative and irresistible.

[kikkorii]

𝖛𝖆𝖒𝖕𝖎𝖗𝖊 𝖆𝖓𝖟𝖚🩸

[raphlecia]

colette de la victoire, mata hari, countess reinchenbach, olympia, colette lumiere, colette justine

[scrapsofworlds]

Painted my old docs

These docs have a few holes in them now, so I decided to finally customise them. The low risk made it a lot less daunting. Only problem now is I need to keep these forever now. I went with stars and centipedes because both feature in a zine I’m working on digitising. They’re not exactly neat, but I’m pretty happy with them

[dallasgallant]

Time period post- Greaser subtypes

This one was asked of me a little while back, as I mentioned briefly the types of Greaser and someone wanted to know the difference. (Also have some posts on terminology!) and it sent me down a bit of a rabbit hole, this one is a little more researched that my more rambly general knowledge ones.

Going to put this before the cut as it’s a important aspect and was fascinating to me at least,

“The Greaser” has been a costume and a character longer than it ever had been a clearly defined demographic or subculture. A lot of what we understand today is from pop culture and rockabilly revivals of the 80s and the whatever the fuck was happening in 2010 (which is more a tumblr aesthetic than it ever was reality). What unites and makes an ‘actual’ greaser is without a doubt class status, certain behavior and dress more so than the affiliation with Rock n’ roll.

Another thing to consider is “Greaser” is a derogatory term! Pony talks about it briefly in the book how they don’t like other people calling them it, only themselves. It’s not a group invented term, more something they’re called/reclaimed.

Same goes for Hood, JD, Con, Punk, white trash, Redneck, Hick, Okie etc.

Some have come on to be used more commonly, or nicer meaning such as redneck but half the time it’s self used by people with a slight accent and would not actually— different conversation.

Another thing to be aware of (that I have a post on) is inter-lapping terms like all Greasers are punks but not all punks are greasers. (Original connotation not the music based subculture)

Motorcycle v. Hot rod-

Now to what this post was sparked about the distinction between “Type” of greasers. This is sort of what it says on the tin.

Motorcycle greasers are the types to ride bikes and be in that sort of gang.

Hot rod greasers are those who are into car customization (making a hot rod by suping it up) and drag races that sort of thing.

Both of these can be named gangs, matching jackets with the name and everything. However that’s more larger city and pop culture than true across the board (Pony mentioned there’s a few named gangs in Tulsa; types like this also tend to run over)

But again! It’s important to understand not every motorcycle gang or car club are greasers! It’s complicated in a strange way as there’s simultaneously no difference and a lot of difference.

Not all greasers are a “type!” Either. Some are just grease. Like the Curtis outfit leans towards the car side but are not a car club/gang or centered around their cars. They’re a run of the mill unnamed friend group type gang.

Varying term-

Interesting is, some stereotypes and pop culture examples of greasers are relatively true to life… though they tend to run softer or harsher depending on if they’re the bad or good guys (typically bad.) Some are upset over this… mainly because a childhood bully was a greaser and they have a demonized depiction in their head which was wild to come across while looking into this.

It’s actually one of the instances where people’s recollection as a bit better of a source then looking it up. As google gives you mainly “Ayyyyy” or “tell me more tell me more” (which don’t get me wrong we love the Fonz and the T-birds in this house)

What seems to be the true uniting factor of making a Greaser is Levi’s and being a “Working class bully” which has become a whole other stereotype within itself but, greaser’s never really went away they just changed their haircut. Allow me to explain,

The kid who’s rough because he has to be. Life isn’t so great at home, dad beats him, poor, mom strips etc there’s a thousand variations. To the point again there’s an entire trope. Besides being lower class they were also the kids to frequent the shop and remedial classes- get in trouble, speak their mind get into fights and so on. Looking into antidotes sometimes what they were called changed or the music they listened to but- hair grease, jeans, rough etc are all a common factor.

This also ties back to the book. There’s something about everyone either thinking you’re mean and a criminal or immediately pitying you because your life must be so horrible you poor thing you—- has got to suck! It’s understandable that Pony would flip out on Cherry the way he did about pity and charity.

The thing about Greasers that gets me is that they’re either doomed to Demonization or romanization. (As let’s be real crime, being rude etc were also an active part. Not always but there) Both in memory and pop culture. Don’t get me wrong there has always been some nuanced depictions and conversations about Greasers or JD’s (the outsiders is one of them) but that just isn’t the case for the dominant public memory. They’re stuck as a costume or a bully…

[moricritter]

The sad thing about the sort of tiktokification of fashion styles is that I will go on the mori kei tag on there and all the comments are like “where can I buy this??” Like it’s mori kei. go to a thrift store. Sure there are some J fashion brands if you want one very specific piece. But if you’re just trying to get into the style thrift stores are the best place to go! It’s this idea that came about during covid I think where you have to buy everything online, searching keywords into Aliexpress and shein. All of my favourite items I have are from my local thrift stores. And you end up with much more unique pieces as well as saving money! Moral of the story don’t give your money to fast fashion!!! You don’t need specific brands to get into certain fashion styles!!!!

[meringuedolliee]

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[zerospideyhere]

Never gets old and I love it

[colinstetsonfan16]

[kikkorii]

𝖏𝖎𝖆𝖓𝖌𝖘𝖍𝖎 𝖑𝖊𝖆𝖍 💜

[meloyume]

メロディといっしょに　おめかし しちゃお♡

[wingedgirl]

i’ve been thinking a lot about making a youtube video on the history of coquette, from roughly 2014 to now, because it’s super fascinating. its been so surreal to watch this community go from a small gathering of teen weird girls who loved lana del rey and “nymphet” core to this big network of people uniting over a shared love of femininity and connecting with that weird girl within, but also breeding a really potent toxicity with the whole “femcel” thing. idek if that makes sense but i just think about it a lot.

and i really wanna give some type of education on how coquette is a full-blown subculture and not just a cutesy fashion trend. at this point, there is a huge canon of cult films, books, and music associated with coquette, in the same way that there is tons of media associated with goth culture or punk culture and other alternative subcultures like that. its so annoying to see people be like “im so coquette!!” just bc they’re wearing a pink bow when i know for a fact they’d judge people for liking nicole dollanganger, or the book lolita, or anything else about coquette that’s kind of weird, creepy, or deals with the darker side of femininity in any way.

there’s just so many fascinating things that i’ve witnessed over the nearly ten years i’ve been involved in the coquette/nymphet community and i’d love to talk about it ^-^

[redacted-coiner]

Heresypunk

[PT: Heresypunk]

Heresypunk, a subculture/punk term referring to the acceptance of any and all spiritual and religious practices. No matter one’s personal religion even if pre-established or new, anyone can be Heresypunk.

the belief that all religions and spiritual practices can coexist

acceptance of both pre-established religions as well as neoreligons.

acceptance of those who are not religious but are spiritual.

acceptance of “contradictory” spiritual/religious practices

acceptance of those who practice multiple religions.

acceptance of those who make their own religious/spiritual practices.

against the harm and pain that religion has caused for victims of it, and to be there for those who are hurt.

against force of religious practices and against the misuse of religious foundations for profit.

against the use of religion to justify bigotry (ie: “being gay is a sin”)

Note: This post does not support people who are bigoted towards those who may be, Queer, Alterhuman, Neurodivergent, Disabled, POC, etc. this isn’t for you, fuck you.

(I tried to make a flag couldn’t think of one, if anyone got any ideas feel free!)

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[froggyforest]

Me and my gf and friends