Really?This seems doomed to fail

"CONFORM! CONFORM!! CONFORM!!! Be easily classified and non-threatening! Arouse the interest of bland men nationwide! Land a husband who will get bored with you within months and go cheat on you with exciting Goth women!"



I'm so glad to be one of the weirdos.

Crap, we should be the ones offering makeovers to the "normals"!!!

Usually, such people are not going to seek to change.

ravengrim wrote:

I think I was most offended by the we want to make you look pretty part.
That was inexscusable in my opinion,everyone is pretty to someone else doesn't matter if they know it or not.

Yeah, that bit was pretty stomach-turning! "Pretty" by whose standards? And you're right, I believe -- everyone is beautiful to someone else, in a number of different ways.

Ginger is right as well -- someone truly secure in their look, and (by extension) with who they are, won't be tempted by junk like that.

This just follows in the vein of the stereotype that all "gothic" girls want a make over to fit in, and all the dopey teens films since Breakfast Club have done their best at the end of the film to show her all "classy and happy". Boo I say, boo. How about they take their existing style and revamp it to make it red-carpet-ready.

ravengrim wrote:

I am too.
I think I was most offended by the we want to make you look pretty part.
That was inexscusable in my opinion,everyone is pretty to someone else doesn't matter if they know it or not.

I am proud to say the what society picks as pretty (all that stereotypical stuff) my bf does not

La Diva Carlotta wrote:

Crap, we should be the ones offering makeovers to the "normals"!!!

Oh that sounds like fun. Can I help?

^ Why isn't there more of this truly going on?

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Somewhat related...


" And Wood admits Manson gave her the strength to stand up to her stylist about her red carpet attire - allowing her to indulge her darker dress sense in public.
She tells the DailyBeast.com, "I would want to do something really dark or vintage or over-the-top for an award show, but my people would be like, ‘It makes you look old, let’s keep you young and fresh and light and fluffy.’ And I hadn’t gotten my voice yet, so I was just like, ‘OK, you’re right, I suck, I’ll wear what you say.' "

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cynfullov wrote:

^ Why isn't there more of this truly going on?

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Somewhat related...


" And Wood admits Manson gave her the strength to stand up to her stylist about her red carpet attire - allowing her to indulge her darker dress sense in public.
She tells the DailyBeast.com, "I would want to do something really dark or vintage or over-the-top for an award show, but my people would be like, ‘It makes you look old, let’s keep you young and fresh and light and fluffy.’ And I hadn’t gotten my voice yet, so I was just like, ‘OK, you’re right, I suck, I’ll wear what you say.' "

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Marilyn Manson: Making the world a better place one person at a time.

Sounds like sarcasm, but it's not. Manson's music helped me acknowledge the anger I was once afraid to face.

"The freaks and the misfits are the true beauties in this World"

A quote by a certain Mr Damnation

He meant freaks in a totally complimentary manner

Reminds me of this song- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JufFQyUlWO4

I would never in a million years apply for something like that!

Re: the article Cyn found about Evan Rachel Wood: She's from the area where I live now, and I recently read a writeup on her and her father and brother, all of whom are in acting. I have no doubt that dating Manson was a healthy thing for her and helped her grow as a person -- her father, from the sounds of it (and from what I've seen of him when he's not acting), is a complete megalomaniac. Good for her for finally finding her voice.

My ex girlfriend was on a show called Miss Naked Beauty in the UK. They had a similar setup but they just contacted alternative modelling agencies for a lot of models and then got a few and pretty much just made them all look like the same boring people you see on the street.

Made them take out hundreds of dollars worth of piercings gave them all bad haircuts and tried to erase all individuality from them all.

My ex was really the only one who refused to go all the way with their demands.

I can see them using a mainstream gal to begin with, making her up to look the ""bad girl"" and then back once again to more mainstreamish.

Isn't that what they used to do on Ricky Lake in the late 90's?

Oh I bet they did! I feel embarrassed to say I only saw a few minutes of her show once where she was onboard an open top double decker bus. I'm not really much of a Tv watcher. I wonder if there's any news articles anywhere on that?

Dunno why but i could definetly see Synth or Red Angel on one of those types of shows..

They're doing it again

Does your daughter dress in GOTH attire and it drives you nuts? Now Casting

Casting Call Information
City: LOS ANGELES ONLY!!!!!
State: CA



WETV is searching for Mother/Daughter Duos for their new Make Over Show, “You’re Wearing That?!”

We are looking for a mother or daughter who is stuck dressing in her Goth look. 



Is it time to retire your old look and step into a new gorgeous you? Now casting mother/daughter teams to both get make overs by a renowned New York Stylist. 

· Does your mom dress too young for her age?

· Do you hate your daughter’s baggy clothes?

· Is your mom’s hair style stuck in another decade?

· Does your daughter dress too suggestively?

· Would you love to see your mother get a new look and off your back about how you dress?

IMPORTANT REQUIREMENTS!!!!!! Minimum age for daughter is 13. Both parties MUST be interested before anyone applies to the show.

If you are a mother/daughter duo that needs a fashion overhaul, we want to hear from you! Please email your name, phone number, a recent photograph of you both, and a brief summary of your story (if you have a big event coming up where you need to look your best, that’s a big plus but not absolutely necessary)


LOS ANGELES ONLY
I don't get it.
People are happy just the way they are,why not leave them the hell alone?

That was almost painful to read. I feel bad for the poor girl that will eventually get dragged into this.

>_> After all 'goth' is such a boring old look. No, we don't dress this way because we like it, we dress this way because we hate it and can't wait for someone with "good taste" to come along and change us. (Sarcasm all the way.)

Hear, hear, Raven!

Why is it so important to some people what other's do, how they dress, what kind of lipstick they wear, etc, etc?

So they feel the need to "fix" them????

Sheeple conformity and it's terrifying...