Tag Archives: politics

In Response: Black Lives Matter

Posted on June 15, 2020 by The Blogging Goth

If it suddenly turns into exclusion based on somebody’s race, creed, sexuality or other basic human right – it goes beyond petty goth politics and into the realm of crime and cruelty. That is not permissable under any circumstances. Continue reading →

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World Goth Day: In the Shadow of CORVID-2020

Posted on May 22, 2020 by The Blogging Goth

You’d think being forced to stay indoors, hiding from the sun and shunning close contact with other humans would be pretty easy work for goths. In reality of course, we’re just as hungry for interaction as everyone else – so it’s a joy to concentrate on celebrating World Goth Day 2020 even if we’re restricted to only what we can experience through our screens. Continue reading →

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General Dejection 2019: Black and Blue UK

Posted on December 13, 2019 by The Blogging Goth

In a parallel universe however, there was a rare display of Goth unity and the black clad put their vote in the red box en masse. Continue reading →

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General Dejection 2019: The Velvet Vote

Posted on December 9, 2019 by The Blogging Goth

As the United Kingdom hobbles towards another General Election, I’m polling UK goths on how they’ll be voting… Continue reading →

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Whitby Ghosts: goth festival season

Posted on April 3, 2019 by The Blogging Goth

As Spring, and Easter, and all those sickeningly sweet signs of renewal come rolling round, it also heralds the arrival of ‘Whitby’, the generic term for a horde of Goths heading to the seaside for drinks, dancing and drama.  Continue reading →

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