does anybody have a copy of that one goth manifesto which was on the internet in the 2000s or so
it was linked to from the “Goth (subculture)” wikipedia page in like 2010 iirc but of course random independent websites are not considered reputable sources these days
oh nevermind it was linked from “New Gothic” (and still is) http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/gothic/The-Neo-Gothic-Art-Manifesto.html
@Lady the preamble might have been improved by reading foucault
@aescling what is interesting to me is that at its heart this is saying the same things the queer theorists were saying and around the same time
@Lady i wouldn't know but that is interesting
@aescling there was a thread on bobaboard about defining “queer culture” and somebody was like “most people here don't relate to queer culture because it's like you have to be enough of a freak to not be normal but not so much of a freak as to make people uncomfortable” and i was just like “oh no the slippage is real the fated prophecy has occurred”
@aescling « And if the day should ever come that goth becomes normal, our individuality will have to evolve with it, but at least by then we will have dramatically altered our world to the point that we have become something more than a freakshow for the people on the subway. » is something queer scholars have been fretting about since the beginning
thanks Art History Archive for maintaining a link for two decades; you guys are champs