CrackyChanFan
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I am 27 years old now. I started secondary school in 2006/7 just at the tail end of the emo era. My school was far too working class have many emo kids but I saw a few. The Chav vs Emo wars of the 00s were in full swing in 2006/7 and my school was known as Chav central. Very high portion of kids on free school meals.
There was a much wealthier school nearby; it was more middle class and had an emo crew. I used to watch them hang outside MacDonalds. Well… I would watch the girls. Black eyeliner and pale skin like milk; skinny legs in black tights and baggy hoodies covering thin elven arms. Self harm scars. Girls with dummies in their mouths. Blasting MCR and Fallout boy. I was fascinated by them. Adored them.
Naturally my Chav heavy school despised them all; emo bashing was in fashion. By the time I had reached 15/16 in about 2010 the emo trend (and youth subcultures based around music and fashion) had pretty much died out. I mourned their loss.
Maybe it was the experience that forged my strange attraction to vulnerability.
The world before the internet completely took over modern culture was much better in my opinion.
There was a much wealthier school nearby; it was more middle class and had an emo crew. I used to watch them hang outside MacDonalds. Well… I would watch the girls. Black eyeliner and pale skin like milk; skinny legs in black tights and baggy hoodies covering thin elven arms. Self harm scars. Girls with dummies in their mouths. Blasting MCR and Fallout boy. I was fascinated by them. Adored them.
Naturally my Chav heavy school despised them all; emo bashing was in fashion. By the time I had reached 15/16 in about 2010 the emo trend (and youth subcultures based around music and fashion) had pretty much died out. I mourned their loss.
Maybe it was the experience that forged my strange attraction to vulnerability.
The world before the internet completely took over modern culture was much better in my opinion.
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