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Recently the fetishizing of goth culture is really pissing me off and I want to ask you all what your thoughts are on what’s been happening?
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Anonymous 7w

I think its gross and is damaging the subculture

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Anonymous 7w

It’s kind of always been a thing, but recently those three famous performative goths on social media have been exacerbating the issue. Like the one who recently had Drake barking.

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Anonymous 7w

It made me feel uncomfortable in what i like wearing bc people make it weird af

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Anonymous 7w

Bad

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Anonymous 7w

I think the addition of Shein and Temu have made it worse

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Anonymous 7w

This has been happening for nearly 50 years.

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Anonymous 7w

the idea that goths can be conservative is still so wildly funny to me

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Anonymous 3w

I think it’s weird and creepy and it’s damaging the subculture.

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Anonymous 7w

Tbh I think the over-sexualized and fetishized version of “goth girl baddie” or whatever that we see today came from where e-girls originally started. Somehow I feel like it’s a different version of that and it just has commodified “goth” culture messily glued on top of it.

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Anonymous 7w

Imo it's making it alot harder for people to actually take the subculture seriously like most did during the elders time(w/ satanic panic and all that), which in turn I feel is making it harder for people to ACTUALLY get into the subculture for what it is, not the watered down bullshit

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Anonymous 7w

So I’m not a goth this just came up on my feed so y’all tell me if I should leave. But I humbly submit my suggestion that y’all spit into two camps: Temu goths/ people who just like the sexualized aesthetic are ostrogoths, and people who participate in the subculture, music, fashion, and values are visigoths.

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 7w

agreed

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Anonymous replying to -> #4 7w

In a surprising turn, I’m honestly seeing more non-goths finding those particular influencers obnoxious and uncomfortable to watch

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Anonymous replying to -> #10 7w

dawg, goth has been around for TOOOOO fucking long for people to just completely separate because some random sex workers want to dress in a SLIGHTLY gothic manner 🫩,people have already done a separation of the aesthetic(along with literature & so forth), and that's the reason why people in the subculture are upset random e-girls call themselves "goth" while only using gothic aesthetic. poser just need to quit claiming shit respectfully

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Anonymous replying to -> #12 7w

Also dude visigoths(if my gothic literature class education serves me correct) are a whole Germanic tribe from way back in the day😭

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Anonymous replying to -> #12 7w

Yes I know that was the whole joke 😔 it was supposed to be a silly history joke

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