You''ve seen them many times before--the darkly dressed and quiet
ones
huddled in the shadowed corner of a crowded room; the artists whose
written or visual works raises eyebrows and cause average heads to
shake in disapproval; the ones who walk down the street causing people
to stare and scowl and toss names and obscenities. You''ve also seen the
others--the
young ones who suddenly begin dressing in black and becoming
aggressive; the teens who make certain never to smile and to revel in
angst and anger; the ones who take out their anger on others with guns
and knives and bombs, and think they look "cool" doing it. You know
them both, but how well do you know either? Do you understand the difference, or do you lump them together as a self-same group of wayward kids?
The Gothic
subculture has crusaded for tolerance and
understanding for
many years, but never has the need been as urgent as now. With the
increasing violence of America''s teens and the increasing suffocation
of expression by well-meaning but ill-informed officials, understanding
is not only desired but is painfully necessary in preventing needless
violence, hatred, and resentment.
The 1960''s saw the rise of African Americans to
equality;
the 1970''s liberated women from their kitchens; the twentieth century
has been a bastion for the equal treatment of humankind. In this
otherwise exemplary movement toward tolerance and equality, a few
unfortunate souls have fallen through the cracks. These are the shadows
that flit across the earth,
hardly noticed, hardly missed when
absent.
(But they''re never really absent, are they?) In the omnipresent
sunlight of society, it''s hard to make them out, but they''re there--and
they want to be heard.
My purpose with this site is to destroy the many abounding
myths and misconceptions surrounding the Gothic subculture in an effort
to promote tolerance, understanding, and peace. Whether you are Gothic
and have come here for solace and moral support, whether you disapprove
of the Gothic subculture and have come here seeking examples, whether
you are honestly curious about people who are different from you and
have come here for information and answers, I welcome you all.
Regardless of your opinions at this starting point, all I ask of you as
you explore further is that you maintain a heart free of hatefulness
and a mind open to new possibilities.
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