Emo Monster Must Die!

In the August 2002 issue of Seventeen magazine, there is an article by Mara Schwartz entitled "Am I emo?" This article includes a full page on how to dress "emo," and even some "emo" pick up lines. Suggestions on how to look emo include toting "deep reads" from authors such as JD Salinger. There are also really annoying references to "emo" bands. For instance, "Black Hair Dye: Because blonds don't really have more fun (not at the Get Up Kids show, anyway)." Time to cut your moppy hair and take back them big thick glasses 'cause emo is not going to be "hip" by next summer with all the attention it is getting from these shit mags. Read on.

In the August 2002 issue of Seventeen magazine, there is an article by Mara Schwartz entitled "Am I emo?" This article includes a full page on how to dress "emo," and even some "emo" pick up lines. Suggestions on how to look emo include toting "deep reads" from authors such as JD Salinger. There are also really annoying references to "emo" bands. For instance, "Black Hair Dye: Because blonds don't really have more fun (not at the Get Up Kids show, anyway)." The whole article is filled with "witty" remarks such as this. There is also a two page article on some "emo" bands. Bands included are Dashboard Confessional, Jimmy Eat World, the Rocking Horse Winner, Onelinedrawing, Thursday, and Desaparecidos. Offers links to "emo" websites such as fourfa.com, makeoutclub.com, vagrant.com, among others. I guess all the 12 year olds realized Nsync isn't cool anymore. The following quote was probably the one that annoyed me the most:

"But the one thing these artists do have in common is that they're all independent-minded rock acts. Some, like Jimmy Eat World and Thursday, have already been snatched up by major labels eager to make emo the next big thing. We kinda hope it's not." -And that's why they're publishing this article in a teen magazine?