Sub

I am obsessed with the anti-emo riots in Mexico (and Peru, too, I hear?). I love goths, and of course they amazed me with their press conference.

Is subculture necessarily a pejorative word? It doesn't feel that way to me. This blog may evolve into a list of my pet topics, but here goes anyway: I love combinations of subcultures, especially ones that aren't that related. For example, Portuguese goth culture in Newark, NJ. Being a goth is about youth culture, but being Portuguese in Newark is not tied to age, and it's not exactly a choice. Of course this does not apply to the Mexican "emos" in Mexico, but it reminds me of this all the same.

I'm going to watch the footage and keep my eye on it this weekend. I have no idea what it all means. It just sounds like a Westerfeld novel, and I hope everything turns out as well as it would if it were written by him.