I just got back from a walk to the local shops dressed like this:
I have had these leggings for so many years but never had the guts to wear them in public (they are very form-fitting).
Back in high school I was crossing the road one day when a complete stranger spat out their window "Fucking emo c**t" at me, and ever since I have tried to fit in with the rest of society and dress more "normal".
I don't think I'm going to be doing that anymore (: finally owning my emo side and LOVING it. Any other emo's out there, put your proud hands up in the comments so we know we're not alone!
Ash x
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aschiron:
Thank you sooo much 🥰 @fluffrowe a little off topic but I just stumbled across a quote in my journal that I thought might resonate with you; "We all start out knowing magic. We are born with whirlwinds, forest fires and comets inside us. We are born able to sing to birds and read the clouds and see our destiny in grains of sand. But then we get the magic educated right out of our souls. We get it churched out, spanked out, washed out and combed out. We get put on the straight and narrow and told to be responsible. Told to act our age. Told to grow up, for God's sake. And you know why we were told that? Because the people doing the telling were afraid of our wildness and youth, and because the magic we knew made them ashamed and sad of what they'd allowed to wither in themselves." - Robert McCammon
fluffrowe:
@ash_oh that's a wonderful quote and oh, so true! I think we should all reconnect with the inner Peter Pan in all of us and reclaim some joy that has been extracted from us by parents, teachers and, to some extent, the police! Too many people lose the ability to have true joy in their lives because they've forgotten how to! Turn the music up, pierce your skin, dye your hair, ink your body, choose life until you die and enjoy every moment of it!!! ❤ Xx
