A friend of mine just sent along a NYTimes multimedia feature entitled, "Tribes of New York: The Goth Girls." This caught his eye, because this is how I refer to my gang of girlfriends. Except for the black-dyed hair, I've certainly dressed up like some of these girls before (although the more extreme stuff I've worn only for Dracula's Balls.) I'd say my style, and that of my local friends, tend much more towards Comfy Goth (black Converse sneakers with spiders painted on them) or RomantiGoth (nix on the facial piercings, dreadlocks, extensions, and uncomfortable bondage gear). The NYT got the background/intro music right, I'll say that, and every goth girl I know - myself included - got into it for the music, just as one girl is quoted as saying in this piece.
(My friend couldn't resist this comment when sending me the link - "Have you been to the NY Times web site today? I know you wouldn’t normally read such a liberal rag, and that you probably stick to “objective” sources like Fox news, but today there’s a multimedia piece..." Heh. I read the NYTimes often. True, it's often for the express purpose of finding an education piece that I can fisk, but I do read it.)
Posted by kswygert at July 13, 2005 05:19 PM