Labels, Stereotypes.
Oh, the most hated subject always has to be brought up by someone, and that someone, this time around, will be me. Obviously. so. [im going to use emo, gothic, punk as examples, because this isn't a gangsta,prep,chav site.]
Your going into town with your mates, What do you choose to wear? Black pants, Band shirt, Dark eye-make up and converse. Now, because you go out wearing that. is that making people inclined to call you emo? goth? punk? freak? NO.
It means your dressing in what you feel comfortable in, in what you think looks good. Your not having a good day at school, infact your home life is probabaly shit and you just don't want crap from people you, most of the time, don't even know exsist. The other day, me and my friend and her 2 younger brothers always catch a bus home, there was 3 other people on it, im guessing my age. one from 2 different schools, in which i didn't know who the hell they were. i wasn't sittingh that far away from them either. i was all of about 5 seats away from them. anyway I could hear the word emo repeatedly, i happened to look up and saw all 3 people staring at me. Why? because i was the only person on the bus, who had dark eyeliner, and had a bit of fringe hanging over my eye. the fucktards didn't know me. so why the hell were they judging me? Does that sound like something that's happened to you? I can relate. It got annoying, i was at boiling point, i'd had a shit day that day and didn't need people stereotyping me.
Where have all the 'labels' gone? Gothic, Punk. They've both been replaced with one 3 letter word. and it annoys most people. Emo. And im going to sound stereotypical here, but oh well. But i dont wear skinny leg jeans, I dont whine about my life, i have no scars what so ever on my arms, legs, body. Just because i opt for covering up my body each day for school does that im hiding something? um, no. Because i dont wear shorts where you can see my arse and shirts that cover my midriff, is that making me that much different to them. Yes.
What happened to where, there was Punk, you wore saftey pins, and didnt give a shit, or where you were gothic and only wore black, and were into dark things. nope, it's just easier to call a person emo. And yes, i believe in the old school labels, Punk, Goth, Prep, Chav, Gangsta.
isnt that sometimes the only way to seperate? i know i surely wouldnt call someone a gangsta if they has lip piercings, black hair, fringe over the eye and etc. isnt that the only way to seperate music genres? people screaming their lungs with 30223802 guitar, bass, drum solos wouldnt be pop now. it'd be grunge, heavy metal.
But then there's the disagreeing side, who don't believe in stereotypes at all, and be preferred to be called nothing other than their own name. the old, "Labels belong on nothing other than soup cans."
I honestly dont know what to think ... Stereotypes can be harmful, yet they could be the only way to tell one person from another.
Dont give me a lecture of how stupid i am. think about it. 2 times, maybe 3...
so yeah.
and R.I.P Matt LeBlanc.
Your going into town with your mates, What do you choose to wear? Black pants, Band shirt, Dark eye-make up and converse. Now, because you go out wearing that. is that making people inclined to call you emo? goth? punk? freak? NO.
It means your dressing in what you feel comfortable in, in what you think looks good. Your not having a good day at school, infact your home life is probabaly shit and you just don't want crap from people you, most of the time, don't even know exsist. The other day, me and my friend and her 2 younger brothers always catch a bus home, there was 3 other people on it, im guessing my age. one from 2 different schools, in which i didn't know who the hell they were. i wasn't sittingh that far away from them either. i was all of about 5 seats away from them. anyway I could hear the word emo repeatedly, i happened to look up and saw all 3 people staring at me. Why? because i was the only person on the bus, who had dark eyeliner, and had a bit of fringe hanging over my eye. the fucktards didn't know me. so why the hell were they judging me? Does that sound like something that's happened to you? I can relate. It got annoying, i was at boiling point, i'd had a shit day that day and didn't need people stereotyping me.
Where have all the 'labels' gone? Gothic, Punk. They've both been replaced with one 3 letter word. and it annoys most people. Emo. And im going to sound stereotypical here, but oh well. But i dont wear skinny leg jeans, I dont whine about my life, i have no scars what so ever on my arms, legs, body. Just because i opt for covering up my body each day for school does that im hiding something? um, no. Because i dont wear shorts where you can see my arse and shirts that cover my midriff, is that making me that much different to them. Yes.
What happened to where, there was Punk, you wore saftey pins, and didnt give a shit, or where you were gothic and only wore black, and were into dark things. nope, it's just easier to call a person emo. And yes, i believe in the old school labels, Punk, Goth, Prep, Chav, Gangsta.
isnt that sometimes the only way to seperate? i know i surely wouldnt call someone a gangsta if they has lip piercings, black hair, fringe over the eye and etc. isnt that the only way to seperate music genres? people screaming their lungs with 30223802 guitar, bass, drum solos wouldnt be pop now. it'd be grunge, heavy metal.
But then there's the disagreeing side, who don't believe in stereotypes at all, and be preferred to be called nothing other than their own name. the old, "Labels belong on nothing other than soup cans."
I honestly dont know what to think ... Stereotypes can be harmful, yet they could be the only way to tell one person from another.
Dont give me a lecture of how stupid i am. think about it. 2 times, maybe 3...
so yeah.
and R.I.P Matt LeBlanc.
well, for me, it depends how you use these stereotypes, and that you arent judging people by them.
Vegemite, June 1st, 2007 at 11:51:58pm
Labelling is something that I really never cared about and never will. I don't care if anyone labels me, I don't care what they label me. I'm me and that's all that matters. =]
Love, June 1st, 2007 at 03:03:51pm
Matt isn't dead. It would be on the news and stuff.
Besides, in my town, we don't really have many labels. We have "satanic" which defines everyone wearing dark clothes, listening to other stuff than techno and radio-stuff. Popcan which are people who wear popular clothes, listen to a lot of techno, has more friends than she/he can ever count to, doesn't care about school simply because that's cool. And then there are the other people who don't really fit in with those and are called hippies or flippers or something else. Hiphop used to be a label here, but noone wears hip hop-clothing anymore.
I was recently called satanic because I wore cut-off gloves and because I happened to wear dark clothes one day. I hadn't even noticed. i just threw on something I really liked. Also, because I wear eyeliner on the eyelid and under the eye and have dark hair T_T
Kristmas_Tsanne, June 1st, 2007 at 01:15:48pm
What do you choose to wear? Black pants, Band shirt, Dark eye-make up and converse. Now, because you go out wearing that. is that making people inclined to call you emo? goth? punk? freak? NO.
Yes, yes it is. Thats why I dress like that (not like that, but to be labeled).
worn-out astronaut., June 1st, 2007 at 12:37:54pm
and R.I.P Matt LeBlanc.
...WTF?
rollerpig, June 1st, 2007 at 11:36:41am
lawl. really?
it was on E! news he died .. x]
why do people hate him so much?
Tre Cool Junkeh, June 1st, 2007 at 11:33:25am
Matt didn't die. I checked wikipedia. HE'S ALIVE, people. And we would have heard about it on the news. =)
Oh yeah, and he's another person I have to add to my "crust list" on my profile. xD
Funky Platypus, June 1st, 2007 at 11:23:38am
Matt LeBlanc was apprantley killed in a car crash ... I heard it off another GSBian on msn .. so.
Tre Cool Junkeh, June 1st, 2007 at 10:37:01am
MATT DIED?!?!?!
southernidiot, June 1st, 2007 at 10:26:21am
I agree with most of that but sometimes labeling is just a way of describing someone. But me and my friend were in our local park 1 day and these boys were there and they started yelling emo at us. Then they started throwing stones at us and stuff. It was kinda scary cos there was no one around to help us so we just had to run for it. All just cos we were wearing black eyeliner!
Revol, June 1st, 2007 at 10:22:18am
I agree with you...It used to be the only thing people would say is "gothic" but then the whole "emo" thing started, and there was something new to annoy people with. I've been called emo on, because I was drawing on my hand. That's just stupid; I didn't have anything else to draw on! The thing is, I was drawing this that you wouldn't exactly call "emo"...Peace signs, hearts, all that jazz. I don't wanna fuit into a stereotype at all, really. If someone says "Dare to be different" someone automatically thinks that they have to wear a lot of black and shout "Anarchy!" all the time. But I think that's complete bulljizz. I seriously don't care if I'm different or not, I'm gonna wear and do what I like and I'm not gonna go out of my way to be completely different.
This is a good blog =]
lishaaaaa, June 1st, 2007 at 10:07:00am
I agree with your blog, but labelling is the way humans categorize people when they don't know how else to. When they don't know someone, they'll just stereotype them and place them in a category. Everyone does it. It sucks, but they do.
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Hello, My Name Is Asshole, June 1st, 2007 at 10:01:07am