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This Twaggie is an illustration of a Tweet by @toddlevin by Matt Lassen. When I had more free time and gas was cheaper, we’d stop at cemeteries and look for the oldest birth date and the oldest death date on a stone, so who am I to say what is morbid and what isn’t? Link
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Most
people grow out of their teenage lifestyles, but for some, growing up
goth means growing old goth.
Louise Tickle wrote a fascinating article over at The Guardian about how goths teens are more likely to grow up as goth adults, and still be productive members of society:
Continuing with education and getting a decent job while staying involved isn't as hard for goths as it may be for those involved in other youth subcultures, some of which promote disengagement with school to the point that academic failure is all but inevitable.
"It's a relatively middle-class subculture, so despite … all the going out and being into the music, goths have always had a fairly positive view of people who are also achieving academically."
It means goths may have better career options than an outsider might expect. Succeeding in their chosen career had, Hodkinson observes, become increasingly important to those he interviewed as they moved into their late 20s and 30s, and he was surprised by how much participants in his study were willing to adapt their look to fit in at work.
Link (Photo: Frank Baron/Guardian) - via Metafilter
Here are more scenes from the Edwardian Ball and World’s Faire 2011 last month in San Francisco, where the man with the Goldfish Bowl Helmet caught our attention. The Los Angeles version is scheduled for March 5th. -Thanks, Mark Day!
Comments Off The Edwardian Ball is an annual art fair and dance focused around steampunk and goth styles in reflection the work of artist Edward Gorey. The most recent one took place just a few days ago in San Francisco. One costumed attendant was spotted wearing a helmet that looked convincingly like a fishbowl with life fish inside.
via Crackajack | Official Website
UPDATE 1/28/11: Commenter Laurasita clarifies the term “Edwardian”. It refers to artist Edward Gorey, not King Edward VII.
I live in a small town in Kentucky, and the only time you see more than a few young people in Goth clothing is during our annual festival, in the heat of August. Now I’ve found a niche blog that addresses a question I’ve pondered: how hot can they be in all that black Victorian attire?
Goths, I love ‘em! I even used to be one for a bit (well, I was a Didi-Goth for at least 6 months). But there’s one thing that troubles me about our cheery friends: what to do they do in summer? All that makeup, long black leather and rubber must get very sticky. I think we should show our respect for these poor unfortunates, struggling to stand out from the vanilla crowd despite blazing temperatures and sunshine that puts the rest of us in shorts and vest tops.
Goths in Hot Weather posts pictures of people in Goth fashion and rates them on how Goth and how sweaty they appear. Link -via b3ta
