Alternative Culture (A Younger Millennial Perspective)

On how subcultures often house more than their adherents.

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The following is a rant I posted on Facebook when shown a post on right-wing coopting of the hardcore scene in the 90s and the effects that had on Gen X’s ability to define themselves through art. I may not be Gen X, but I had my own thoughts…

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I think of how I could feel a real kinship with alternative aesthetics when I discovered my love of musicians; presented by a generation that were parts of fading scenes I’m still catching up to and discovering.

I think that’s where so much of millennial culture got our splintered appreciation for the art we grew with.

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I felt super isolated because I loved the Post-Hardcore elements and Alternative sensibilities of Emo, but felt repulsed by the super masculine Hardcore bros to one side and the hokey Pop Punks to the other side.

I pretty much fell out of love with my favorite things after high school because it started to feel like I was being sold a…