EMO Goth Danger

Parents Warned over the new EMO Goth Danger

Flicking through fashion magazines, I noticed that some of the models did not look very well.

A few of them appeared to be dead. This because one of the key looks, especially at the younger end of the fashion spectrum, is Goth.

Faces are chalky white, eyes and lips black. You can wear any colour you like so long as it is black.

The Emos – short of Emotional – regard themselves as a cool, young sub-set of Goths.

Although the look is similar, the point of distinction, frightening for schools and parents, is celebration of self harm.

Emos exchange competitive messages on their teenage websites about the scars on their wrists and how best to display them. Girl’s secondary schools have for some time been concerned about increase in self harm.

The internet has many sites dedicated to Emo fashion (died black hair brushed over your face, black, black, black), Emo bands (Green Day, Tokio Hotel), Emo conversation (sighing, wailing, poetry).

Who are the male pin-ups for young girls? Johnny Depp. Lord Byron, of course, was the greatest Goth of all time.

Although Goths are from the same family tree as punks, they are a lot less fun to be with. While I loved punks for their energy, Goth were too bloodless to lift a finger.

On of the most annoying characteristics of teenagers is their refusal to open their curtains. Their world is dark and airless.

What worries me is that teenagers are less equipped to manage strong emotions and a cult of suicide could have real and horrible consequences.

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