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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> | 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> | ||
| '''Bold text''' You know what, Leave the "emo" kids alone. Most of them don't prefer to be LABELED. They think of themselves as unique, so let them. They don't realize that their trend is becoming a style for the preps, its all the rage in the latest magazines. Let them THINK they're different and completly alone. | |||
| ==Criticism== | |||
| ]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 in the late eighties and was used to describe a genre of music that was then 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 A.F.I. (a Fire Inside), Green Day, and the original Fall Out Boy, 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 Taking Back Sunday, Hawthorne Heights, Panic! At the disco, Green Day, A.F.I. and other bands thought to have totally different sounds in the same genre. 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. | |||
| 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. | |||
| 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"/> | |||
| 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> | |||
| 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> | |||
| ==Grammatical usage== | ==Grammatical usage== | ||
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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 emo music. 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. The culture continued to develop through the 90's and into the new millennium, reaching the height of its popularity to date.
Fashion
Very dark or black clothing, hair, makeup and jewelry is the most common trend in emo fashion. Other emo styles include: tight or skinny jeans (also called cigarette pants or drainpipes) on males and females alike, as well as males often wearing females pants; tight t-shirts which often bear the name of a rock band; studded belts and or belts with large buckles; shoes include Chuck Taylor All-Stars, skater shoes, or other black shoes, usually well worn in; fringe bangs often brushed to one side of the face, and hair is usually dyed black and straight; thick, black horn-rimmed glasses are also worn. Some other trends in emo fashion include preppy 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 Romulans and Vulcans in Star Trek
Personality
The term emo comes from the word "emotional". "At its core, emo is all about being upfront with your emotions" 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" there is more to being emo than just being sad. One common expression of "feeling emo" writing poetry. Poetry addresses feelings such as confusion, depression, loneliness, angst, anger, being misunderstood, and feeling disconnected from the rest of the world. Some of the following are common themes in emo poetry : a highly emotional tone, stream of consciousness writing, a simple (ABAB) or nonexistent rhyme scheme, references to the body, especially the heart, 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.
Bold text You know what, Leave the "emo" kids alone. Most of them don't prefer to be LABELED. They think of themselves as unique, so let them. They don't realize that their trend is becoming a style for the preps, its all the rage in the latest magazines. Let them THINK they're different and completly alone.
Grammatical usage
The word emo is primarily used as an adjective.
Adjective (1): All my friends are emo.
Adjective (2): I feel emo today.
Noun: That person is a total emo.
It is not to be confused with the bird, an emu.
Footnotes and citations
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- ^ "Label it. .. emo". gURL. iVillage Inc. Retrieved 2007-05-23.
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