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And I said, "Constant in the darkness
Where's that at?
If you want me I'll be in the bar"

Yep, I'd say quoting Joni Mitchell ranks pretty high in the "Signs I really should be asleep" list. . .

Nothing coherent to say. Placeholder text and stuff.

LuCyFurr of Goths of Color has an article up at Morbid Outlook, and probably has for quite some time. I don't visit that neighborhood much, because I am not. . . (removes Nightmare Before Christmas watch). . . part of that tribe in the slightest.

I’m going to say it–I really am. Racism has no place in the Goth culture. Period. Elitism of any kind belongs with jocks, with drunken jet-setters. If that is your attitude, then kindly join them. Goth people have their own troubles without the in-fighting and ridicule. I do not wear a size five, but I look damn good in my black corset, thank you very much! I don’t fit in the clothes because:

A) I have the un-starved African American features (which means I have a bootie) and B) I am six feet tall (What the HELL do I need platform shoes for????)

There's a photo to prove it, too. And yes, the only reason for this link/entry is, woman in corset. See the title.

There are always reminders that I am too white to count and too black to matter, that if “I can’t fit into Goth clothing, I don’t deserve to wear it” as one snooty little waif-goth salesgirl once told me in a store. I don’t need critiques from a group of people who have become the family I haven’t had. Goth Culture has no reason to be racist, elitist or anything else completely obnoxious. Otherwise we become a mirror of that which we most despise.

Interracial is here to stay, Goths of Color are just as goth as you without being pale, larger Goths are just as much part of the culture, and there needs to be more of an outlet without becoming another extreme elitist group.

I could write about racism and size acceptance in an already marginalized subculture. Or I could look for more photos of LuCyFurr in corsets.

Like this is even a choice. Later, kids.