kore

here's an account of my night.

i just came back from the show at the legion and i want you all to listen to what happened to me.

there was a big circle, leaving room for a pit but there wasn't much of a pit. i love the pit, so i was skanking a little bit, but there wasn't much to skank to. every person i skanked near pushed me, but i thought, that's okay, it's a show, whatever. i got out of breath and went to the washroom. when i got back the band on stage (i wish i knew which band it was) announced to the whole crowd "the girl with the red hair should shave her armpits". a direct comment at me. i wasn't causing no one no harm. i was just having a good time, not being rough in the pit at all. i was being tame, just dancing. after they said that about me, i was shocked, and pissed. i thought we were beyond that kind of bullshit. so i went around giving the finger and showing my pits. a guy i didn't know punched me in the face, hard. it shocked me and sent me flying a bit. i have a bruise so huge it comes out of the side of my face. i hit him back out of instict. as soon as i hit him, a guy much bigger than me (keep in mind, i'm five feet tall, 106 pounds) grabbed me and someone pinned me at the wrists, holding my arms above my head. a group of guys started slugging me as one guy dragged me up to the front. i fought as hard as i could to get away. as soon as their arms loosened a little, i broke free. at this point i was near the stage so i jumped on stage, yelling something about how pissed i was having being beaten and insulted for no reason. i was then dragged by my hair by a group of people and hit repeatedly, by groups of guys. i'm not even kidding, my arms were held above my head as groups of guys twice my size beat me till their hearts content. my sister and i were thrown out with bloody faces. i will post pictures tomorrow if you need to be convinced.

i can't believe this. i love music, love skanking, love the pit. i am tiny, not rough at all and only looking for a good time. i was attacked by groups of people. and this whole thing was incited because some fuckin guy on stage felt the need to tell everyone that i should shave my armpits. you know what, this is fuckin sick. i wasn't harming anyone. and my eye is bleeding. my glasses are smashed. i think that every person at that show needs to think about what happened. there is no fuckin way that that is acceptable. my face is gonna be fuckin purple tomorrow cuz a group of guys twice my size felt the need to pound me. i never hit anyone until i was slugged in the face. and i have a huge purple bruise to prove it. this is bullshit.

so please think about this. is everyone who goes slightly out of the norm gonna be insulted and beaten? i thought we were more fuckin hardcore than that. but i guess anyone who is even mildly different needs to be dragged out by their hair.



i posted that on the local punk livejournal. some people are being supportive, some people are calling me a liar or saying i got what was coming to me. i hate this shit. why can't i just go to a show and have a good time?