Emo Subculture

For this week’s post I decided to read the article ‘Emo Angst, Masochism and Masculinity in Crisis by Emily Ryalls. When you google the definition for emo, it says that emo is a style of rock music resembling punk but having a more complex arrangement and lyrics that deal with a more emotional subject. In the article it states that being Emo is generally a subculture consisting of white heterosexual male. Emo males act as a locale to challenge the masculine identities especially the hegemonic ones. The article also talks about the subculture that comes with being ’emo’. This article also talks about the fluid performances of gender and sexuality and how the emo subculture will embrace certain feminine traits such as crying, screaming, feeling …show more content…
One reoccurring theme that was going on in the article other that being ‘Emo’, or defying the major non -normative gender role of being masculine was that the article kept making it an emphasis of only being white males. I guess I have subconsciously knew that it was more white males. Back when I was in middle school ‘emo’ was a thing or if not one of the things you could have been. There were those black students and some Hispanics (at least at that school) that were emo, but half of the time they were being made fun of by other students, and the white emo kids as well. I just find it interesting that even though that being emo is a subculture of our culture, it still has its “boundaries” or acceptance of those in it. I was never an emo kid (I was a preppy girl back in my early teens) but I also had an appreciation for the style and music. The closest thing that I could do was listen to some bands, wear eyeliner (that was 8th grade) and converse. I still did listen to some emo bands such as My Chemical Romance, Taking Back Sunday, and Panic! At the Disco. I still very much so still listen to these bands, but more so as a throwback than listening to these bands new