Okay...
I never considered myself goth but...
I grew up in a small town in the south and always felt like i belonged elsewere. I dress all in black (mainly for the fact that I can't match other colors and feel as though I always clash). Musically, I listen to a wide variety (classical, - country, blues, rock, industrial --I love skinny puppy, ministry, 10,000 homo djs). And working in a kitchen I am forced to listen to an absurd amount of mexican bands. I also have a nail peircing though my lip. I don't know whether this makes me "goth" or not ( I like the fact that I'm known as Kahnli --a person-- and not some by subculture that I represent). I am fortunate enough, however, to have many goth friends.
as far as the arsenic thing goes... I used to date a goth girl who was black (still is most likely) and I don't think she ever engaged in anything to make herself more pale.
Hippies? I think the goth would've been the Hell's Angels at their party (the edgy Black Sabbath punks leaning against the wall).
I never considered myself goth but...
I grew up in a small town in the south and always felt like i belonged elsewere. I dress all in black (mainly for the fact that I can't match other colors and feel as though I always clash). Musically, I listen to a wide variety (classical, - country, blues, rock, industrial --I love skinny puppy, ministry, 10,000 homo djs). And working in a kitchen I am forced to listen to an absurd amount of mexican bands. I also have a nail peircing though my lip. I don't know whether this makes me "goth" or not ( I like the fact that I'm known as Kahnli --a person-- and not some by subculture that I represent). I am fortunate enough, however, to have many goth friends.
as far as the arsenic thing goes... I used to date a goth girl who was black (still is most likely) and I don't think she ever engaged in anything to make herself more pale.
Hippies? I think the goth would've been the Hell's Angels at their party (the edgy Black Sabbath punks leaning against the wall).