Am i emo?

Ok I want to know if im emo. I wear nuthing but skinny jeans I wear I always have black fingernails I wear vans all the time usualy black and blue or all purple or even black and white checkers I sometimes wear all black converse. I wear thick black...

eyeliner I always have my hair down usualy teased and I have blue and pink in my hair. So yeah. Am I emo???

no your not emo
emo is a way of dress
style
and a way of being
if your not sure if you are than your most likey not

No.

NO! your not emo. If you really know what being EMO is then you would know your not. People usally call people emo because they cut them selves. Do you? Didnt think so. They also call people emo because they are shy and or depressed. You dont even seem like the EMO type..you wouldnt just go out and ask people what catagory your in?!?! If anything..your a wanna be EMO..if you dont know what that means..it means POSER!

That's sorta the look at my school that says EMO but if your not cutting, and hating yourself, then your not. Just be friendly and don't cover your arms and legs all the time, like wear skinny jeans and A t-shirt. Try pulling your hair up just to see how it looks. But your not emo.

for some one who has emo in their screan name I would think you would know a bit more about emo than just the sterotype. I'ld say you both are a poser.

Emo was originally just a slang word used to describe some bands that got emotional, originally fans of Fugazi(basically Emo being short for emotional), a post punk band, in mid 1980's. It later became a sub-genre. Most found it offensive and disliked being labeled Emo. The original Emo is what is now modern day screamo, there were 3 waves. I believe the second wave some how led to the third wave which is modern day. It was basically when new music was cropped under the labile Emo Such as Weezer, ect. The original style of an emo was thick glasses, plad shirts were common, along with fringed bangs and hair. In modern times the fringed hair is still quite common but it's now in style to wear black, tight jeans and usually a band t-shirt or some type of design. But if you look hard enough you can tell the style is still kinda related to Punk.
During the third wave of Emo it became common for people to slit their selves to fit in. How that works out I don't know. Note: not all Emo's slit themselves.
Emo is not a subculture, it's still a subgenera
The word emo is short for emotional.

emo means to have emotional problams that may show through your style, but wearing dark colours or painting your nails black is just your style. Me and my friends make fun saying im emo cause I ususally dress it but they all know im not. If your happy your not emo. If your deppressed your emo.

no where near near it rosealyn
Emo is a subgenre with a fashion and fad to go with it
people dress to the subgenre
for instance, metal heads dress to fit the metal genre

No your not a emo your just a wanna be... no offence dont try to be emo unless you are just it cause I am emo my self I cut me self and shiit

hope I helped

To the perosn above, you seem more like an attention seeker, not emo.
I find it sad people brag about cutting themselves, they just want attention
it makes those who truly have a depression problem to timid to tell out of fear of being judged and grouped together with people like you
again, emo is NOT about cutting or feeling depressed
people seriously need to do some reseach before claiming to be of something they're not. At least the person whose asking this question is trying to make an effort to find out what it is, I'll have to give you koddose for that one. You seem more like a scene kid to me, not emo.

It seems like you don't know the real meaning of emo. You want to know what you are? Your *insert your name here*. Why worry about stereotypes? As long as your dressing how you like, that's all that matters. But just to clear everything up for you, here are the real facts about being emo -

Emo is a type of style/stereotype/label and music genre.

People tend to judge the emo kids by what's on the outside and don't even bother to get to know them. That's bullsh*t. a lot of lies/rumors have been started about them.

There's really nothing wrong with them at all. They're not all attention seekers, only the posers act like that. They're not weird, scary, evil or anything like that. A lot of people don't know the true meaning behind emo as a style. A lot of lies have been started about it such as emos cut/are depressed/are suicidal 24/7. That's COMPLETELY untrue. Suicide is something that should be taken seriously no matter what and has nothing to do with ANY stereotype. Cutting/self harm is an important matter that needs to be tended to ASAP. It also has nothing to do with any stereotype. Depression is a MEDICAL CONDITION. It has NOTHING to do with stereotypes. a lot of people have depression issues. That's something that should be taken care of by a doctor.

~As I've already stated, cutting/depression/suicide has NOTHING to do with being emo or any other stereotype. Cutting is a serious matter that needs to be handled ASAP. Depression is a MEDICAL CONDITION and a lot of people have it, NOT just emos. That should be treated by a doctor. Suicide is something that should ALWAYS be taken seriously no matter what. It has nothing to do with stereotypes of ANY KIND.

~Bulimia has NOTHING to do with ANY stereotyes either. This is a MEDICAL CONDITION that should be treated by a doctor ASAP.

~Dying your hair doesn't make you emo. A lot of emos have their natural hair color. Hair color has nothing to do with it at all.

~Attention seeking also has nothing to do with emo. Attention seekers are in a class all by themselves.

~Emo is a music type and also a type of style

~People who say things like I wanna turn emo, Am I an emo?, How do I be emo?, I think I'm going/turning emo!, Help me, I'm emo! or Help I think I'm emo are considered posers. If you have to ask other people how to look/be something, chances are your NOT and just trying to be something your not.

~Ignore the haters. There's absolutely nothing wrong with being emo. Emos are actually nice, friendly people.

~A lot of lies/rumors have been started about emos such as they cut, they're always depressed, they're very b*tchy and moody. This is NOT true. As I've already stated, self harm/cutting and depression have nothing to do with ANY stereotype. And you wanna know why some emos might be b*thcy? Because they're sick of the f*cktards who act like they know everything about emo, when in reality they don't know sh*t because they're the idiots that believe they lies! That's very wrong indeed.

~You DON'T HAVE to have piercings to be emo, or be shy. Some emo kids are actually very out-going. Piercings are a form of self expression and body art. It doesn't make you emo just because you choose to have them. They have nothing to do with stereotypes/labels. And as for being shy - just because your shy doesn't make you emo. Some people are just naturally very shy-natured around new people.

~Wearing shoes like Converse, Vans, and skate shoes don't make you emo. Being emo has nothing to do with your shoes.

~Wearing blue, or other funky colored pants... not emo. Sorry, they wear whatever they want. Not ALL are skin tight either. Some are just nromal skinny jeans or even a little loose-fitting.

~Band T's are NOT a must. They wear any shirt they want to.

~If a guy is wearing tight clothes *such a skinny jeans or slim fit t-shirts* and makeup/nail polish... that DOESN'T make him emo or gay. They make skinny jeans for guys AND girls. Makeup/nail polish has become a unisex thing, meaning it's alright for GUYS AND GIRLS to wear it. People have the right to wear whatever the hell they please without being judged.

~If a guy crys, it doesn't make him emo. Guys are humans too, therefore they have feelings/emotions. It's 100% completely normal for a guy to cry/show emotion. We all have to sometimes.

~Listening to heavy metal and screamo music doesn't make you emo. A lot of people who are hardcore metal fans are called metal heads. There's a HUGE difference between metal heads and emos.

~Painting your nails black doesn't make you emo. Nail polish has nothing to do with ANY stereotype.

mr_handsome - that's not what goth is all about either...

*sigh*
don't get me started on Goth, it's no ust a style, it's an actual SUBCULTURE and has been for at least 30 YEARS now
Emo is NOT a stereotype
it is a sub genre that people DO stereotype, but in itself is not
same with Goth, Metal heads, ect, people generalize them by the stereotype, but usually the stereotype has little to nothing to do with what they actually are
and no, emo is not just a labile(anymore), though people do tend to use the term as one