Emo or not?

Am I emo or am I just another girl who lieks to listen to Marilyn Manson, wear eyeliner, wear black and red skirts, black tops...?

I am SOOO sick of hearing about the labeling crap.. be YOURSELF! Wear what you love to wear, listen to the music you want to listen to, act how you want to act and don't worry about what category you fit in.

Well I LOVE the emo culture and I respect it. People call me emo. Mymom and dad say it too overrated because they cut themselves. And I wanna know if Im emo or not

If you have to ask, you don't need to know.

Emo = Emotional, do you sit in corners and cry while cutting yourself?
If not, then no your not emo.

The emo style is called scene, but you are not emo unless your constantly depressed and refuse to like anything, thats the best way I can put it.

...-__- akumo emo has nothing to do with cutting yerself..I'm so tired of hearing that stupid friggin stereo type. Emo is a STYLE, a type of MUSIC, and is short for emotional. THATS IT.

to the person above me..emo on a more serious level IS what akumo is talking about. your talkn about the commercial emo.. :/.

Exactly, the Emo-Subculture started years ago, its not new.
It turned into a fashion statement when the music genre Emo popped up, aka Emotional, meaning as wikipedia says 'Emo is a style of rock music typically characterized by melodic musicianship and expressive, often confessional lyrics.' before that it was the loner kids that everybody expected to one day snap and bring a gun to school, and no matter what scene kids are bringing into fashion at the moment, it will always stay that way. Scene on the other hand is as - 'Scene is a culture made mostly of teenagers and is relatable to emo. It is a culture derived to reject the norm. Scene kids might often be quoted as saying I hate people that arn't themselves or I dress this way because this is who I am!. Ironically, there has become a set mold which scene kids seemingly strive to fit, and they all look/act the same.'

Summary.
History of Emo: Self-loathing, loner
History of Scene: To be within the 'incrowd' or scene.

Just because at some point someone put black eye liner on, dyed their hair black, and said they where Emotional does not mean its a fashion statement.

The 'Emo Fashion' came from scene kids trying to be gothic.

End.

I say yhu not

Emo is a label, many people think it means many different things.
Some say it's just a type of music.
Some say it's when you're quite emotional.
Some say it's if you cut you're wrists.
So, you can't ask if you're emo.
You have to know yourself!
Do you consider yourself emo for
any specific reason?
Because you can't really know
if someone's emo from their point of view just
by knowing you wear those colours and listen to
Marilyn Manson.

personally I dont think that rather emo, punk, geek, goth, nerd, jock, slut, gangsta, prep, cheerleader matters your just you, dont try to live up to who they are just be you im sure people will like you

P.S Marilyn Manson is awesome, and I think red and black is pretty smexy

Brittany..I seem to have a different view I guess because I think self harm is totally different then a style. because thats alll emo isss. EVERYONE these days is calling themselves emo. They don't even No what it means anymore. Then they say they hate being labeled yet they label themselves! It's all a dumb style! Everyones always saying you haveta cut to be emo which ticks me off because I don't think self harm is something that has to do with a a style. Akumo the things yer saying are correct but yer comment about cutting to be emo was just totally wrong. Thats my opinion on the entire thing. I don't care how much shiz you post about emos and scenes blah blah blah thats just what I think.

I heard they were blending emo and scene to scenemo. Maybe you're a scenemo?

I dont think you are I say that its just the way you like to dress
I watched his sweet dreams video kinda scary but like the song and I play it on the guitar but I dress I black but im not emo

Akumo that SO isnt true. Emos ARE SOMETIMES emotional, but they dont always sit in corners cutting themselves!

no it's just a label dont listen be who you want to be

Emo is not a style.
Take college psychology then come back and reply to this, you'll know exactly what I mean.

Listening to Marilyn Manson, wearing eyeliner, wearing black and red skirts, and wearing black tops DOESN'T make you emo. I think your a little confused as to what Emo really means so I'll try and clear things up for you -

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.

I agree with moe214 so many questions about this crap

I dunno... maybe you're goth? Or maybe you're just you?

emo = emotional. are you highly emotional ? then yes, your emo it's a dumb label though.

justagirl18 = totally wrong. Listen to their advice and be confused as to what emo really means

people make me mad with this GOD damn bull shit of having to cut yourself to be emo!!!
Emo= Emotional
Emo= A way you dress a style
Emo= Being who you are you can be depressed to be emo many people have definitions of Emo some cutting yourself crying in corners (wich I do) and some people are just in it for the style...
Im emo because im A depressed child I try to be happy but I just cant in my mind im always depressed my happieness is a lie my way of life is that your born go to school for half of your life learn some usless political bull shit the only thing in life you enjoy fukking and sucking, then you die!!! also m parents are never home and when they are there always yelling at me for no reason!!!...umm anyways ummm I dont think your emo but dress how you feel and what your comfterbul with dont try to lable yourself too much as being emo people will definitly call you a poser... Um but like I said yr not emo...