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'''''Emo''''' is a slang term used to describe a subculture; the term comes from the word "emotional". Emo is best known for its fashion style and attitude, which are said to have come from ]. Although the origin of emo music is difficult to pinpoint, it is suggested that it's a derivative of the punk scene which was popular in Washington DC in the late 80's<ref name="Origin of Emo">{{cite web | title=Origin of Emo | url="http://www.angelfire.com/emo/origin/" | accessdate=2007-05-23}}</ref>. The culture continued to develop through the 90's and into the new millennium, reaching the height of its popularity to date. |
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==Fashion== |
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Very dark or black clothing, hair, makeup and jewelry is the most common trend in emo fashion. Other emo styles include: tight or skinny ] (also called cigarette pants or drainpipes pants) on males and females alike, as well as males often wearing females pants; tight ]s which often bear the name of a ]; studded belts and or belts with large buckles; shoes include ], skater shoes, or other black shoes, usually well worn in; ] bangs often brushed to one side of the face, and hair is usually dyed black and straight; thick, black ] are also worn. Some other trends in emo fashion include ] clothing, such as fitted sweaters and button down shirts, as well as shopping at thrift stores and wearing second hand clothing. An early trend was haircuts similar to those worn by the ] and ] in ]<ref name="knot magazine"/><ref name="incendiary magazine"/><ref name="fourfa.com fashion tips">{{cite web | last=Radin | first=Andy | title=Emo fashion tips | work=What the heck *is* emo, anyway?From What I Think Emos Are So Adorable=] | url=http://www.fourfa.com/fashion.htm | accessdate=2007-03-11}}</ref><ref name="gurl magazine">{{cite web | first="Marni" | title=Label it. .. emo | work=gURL | publisher=iVillage Inc | url=http://www.gurl.com/findout/label/pages/0,,673303,00.html | accessdate=2007-05-23}}</ref><ref name="how to dress emo 2.0 girls">{{cite web | last=Dobi | first=Rob | date=] | title=Emo For Girls | url=http://www.dobi.nu/emo/girls.htm | accessdate=2007-03-11}}</ref><ref name="how to dress emo 2.0 boys">{{cite web | last=Dobi | first=Rob | date=] | title=Emo For Boys | url=http://www.dobi.nu/emo/boys.htm | accessdate=2007-03-11}}</ref> |
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==Personality== |
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The term emo comes from the word "emotional". "At its core, emo is all about being upfront with your emotions"<ref name="gurl magazine"/> and because the focus of emo music is "dealing with sadness and love and angst...also characterized by particularly dramatic vocals which, at best, left the audience in an emotionally charged state"<ref name="gurl magazine"/> there is more to being emo than just being sad. One common expression of "feeling emo" writing poetry. Poetry addresses feelings such as ], ], ], ], ], being misunderstood, and feeling disconnected from the rest of the world. Some of the following are common themes in emo poetry : a highly emotional ], ], a simple (''ABAB'') or nonexistent ], references to the body, especially the ], heavy use of dark or depressing adjectives, and concern over the mutability of time, love or both. The cliché "life is pain" and similar variants are also common.<ref name="guide">{{cite web | last=Zafran | first=Wan | date=], ] | title=A Guide To Emo Culture | work=The Idiot Behind the Iron Mask | url=http://wanzafran.com/2006/i-am-an-emo-mutant-part-1/ | accessdate=2007-03-11}}</ref> |
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==Criticism== |
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]The stereotype of “emo kid” has become a part of every day diction and discussion from that of teenagers, children and adults. The origins of the word “emo” began with the band "Cauterize" they are the original emo kids. Emo is known as “Emotionally”. This name was usually attached to such bands as ] and more recently, bands on a more wide spectrum of sound. The label of “Emotionally” was shortend to “Emocore”, which soon came to be attached as a stigma to respected bands such as the original ], ], and the original ], all bands that have been around for over a decade. In the last two years, the “Emocore” stigma became popular once again and was shortened again to just simply “Emo”. The even broader spectrum of sound attached ], ], ], ], Green Day, A.F.I. and other bands thought to have totally different sounds in the same genre. Bands are often judged by their looks and angry features, though the band itself, may have a good attitude towards life, and promote life, rather than death. This has slowly evolved into not only a lumped together myriad of bangs and music to a clothing style, a haircut, a certain behavior and even to be known as such expectations from one person to another. |
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In the years since emo music's rise in popularity, both emo music and emo subculture have attracted sometimes severe criticism.<ref name="velvet">{{cite web | date=March 07, 2007 | title='Emo'-tional baggage | work=Whiskey & Notes | publisher=The Velvet Rope | url=http://weblog.signonsandiego.com/news/weblogs/nightlife/archives/008007.html | accessdate=2007-03-08}}</ref> The term ''emo'' itself is sometimes used ]ly, to suggest that the target is "overly emotional."<ref name="gurl magazine"/> Emo in general has been characterized as a ] which will be discarded and forgotten in the near future.<ref name="fairfield">{{cite web | last=Poretta | first=JP | date=March 03, 2007 | title=Cheer up Emo Kid, It's a Brand New Day | work=The Fairfield Mirror | url=http://media.www.fairfieldmirror.com/media/storage/paper148/news/2007/03/08/Entertainment/Cheer.Up.Emo.Kid.Its.A.Brand.New.Day-2762635.shtml | accessdate=2007-03-08}}</ref> Emo music has also been compared to the ] of 1990s ]s.<ref name="fairfield"/><ref name="badger">{{cite web | last=Ouzts | first=Emily | date=March 07, 2007 | title=The Higher’s ''On Fire'' lacks spark, plummets to lyrical lows | work=The Badger Herald | url=http://badgerherald.com/artsetc/2007/03/07/the_highers_on_fire_.php | accessdate=2007-03-08}}</ref> Critics cast the music as lacking any artistic merit, the fashion as "embarrassing" and members of the subculture as imagining or pretending that they lead harsh, painful lives when they actually live in comfortable, ] to ] homes.<ref name="fairfield"/> Some feel emo culture is a psychological construct created to counterbalance guilt from an increasingly capitalistic society’s ills and parents’ ill-earned income. |
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Members of the emo subculture are portrayed by critics as ]tic, ]ing teenagers who pour their efforts into writing bad poetry and spending a great amount of time on ].<ref name="velvet"/><ref name="fairfield"/><ref name="printz">{{cite web | last=Glasco | first=Bradley | date=March 06, 2007 | title=No one understands just what it is like being a emo kid in the South {{sic}} | url=http://media.www.studentprintz.com/media/storage/paper974/news/2007/03/06/Opinion/No.One.Understands.Just.What.It.Is.Like.Being.A.Emo.Kid.In.The.South-2758286.shtml | accessdate=2007-03-08}}</ref> The current emo subculture has been called a "sad caricature" of what it once was.<ref name="velvet"/> |
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Some have accused emo subculture of celebrating ].<ref name="daily mail">{{cite web | last=Sands | first=Sarah | date=], ] | title=EMO cult warning for parents | work=] | url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=400953&in_page_id=1770 | accessdate=2007-03-11}}</ref> Some assert that it is '']'' within the emo subculture to pretend to be suicidal and harm one's self.<ref name="fairfield"/> Critics have gone so far as to contend that the emo subculture or emo music are likely to cause youth to commit ].<ref name="daily mail"/><ref name="fairfield"/> This manifested itself particularly strongly in Australia, albeit over a brief time frame, following the suicide of two teenage girls in 2007. The girls, who expressed interest in emo culture, made a ] with one another, and possible clues of their intentions were later found on their band's MySpace page.<ref>See articles by, e.g.: ''Stuff'', '']'', ''American Chronicle'' and '']''.</ref> |
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The backlash against emo music and subculture has become so prevalent that it may itself have become a ]: one commentator notes that "hating emo kids these days is as ] as emo itself."<ref name="xkcd">{{cite web | last=Munroe | first=Randall | authorlink=Randall Munroe | work=] | title=Computational Linguists | url=http://xkcd.com/c114.html | accessdate=2007-04-09}}</ref> |
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==Grammatical usage== |
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The word ''emo'' is primarily used as an ].<ref name="gurl magazine"/> |
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Adjective (1): ''All my friends are '''emo'''''.<br> |
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Adjective (2): ''I feel '''emo''' today''.<br> |
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Noun: ''That person is a total '''emo'''''.<br> |
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It is not to be confused with the bird, an emu. |
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