Emo

Alright, I know many and many of you are like, "What's emo?" or "Is it really a celebration of self-harm?"
Well, in reality, no! Emo is not a celebration of cutting. Honestly, I don't even know how the whole stereotype thing happened. It just dead. Depending what you've heard, and who you are, depends on what you believe emo is. Some believe it's just a genre in music, some believe it is a group of cutters who complain about life. And others, like me, take it on as a sub-culture.
In my opinion, emo is a genre in music, originally, but it's developed more. It's developed into an actual way of life for some teens.
Now, some people do take it too far. Many....I don't want to sound like a stereotype myself, so I'll just say.....People who don't understand us, say that all of us cut ourselves, which is completely untrue. Grant it, there are some of us who cut ourselves, like me, for example. But there's always a cutter in every group. Jocks, no doubt, have their own depressed boy, hidden under a mask of w-----ishness (i know, not a word!).Emos are just more in-tuned with their facade. They don't care what people say about them, just as long as they're themselves.
Being emo isn't really a bad thing, yet there are "anti-emo" groups out there. So many people hate us, and it's only because we're different. Many people are afraid of what they don't understand, so they alienate us, and make it seem as if we're the enemy. Which we are not. All we are is just our own category, like goth or punk. Yet you don't see many people picking on them, but that's because they've grown use to them. Now, here comes us, the "emos". With an entirely different background and scene (don't get us confused with scene kids). A lot of us, I will admit, have problems, therefore we form our little "group".
I know I'm probably explaining this......well, it's confusing, I know. But this is the way I see. It took me forever to figure out what emo is.
I'll use me as an example. Back in seventh grade, I had worn more black then anyone at my school, towards the middle of it, that is. Before, I wore whatever colors. Even pink! (I've always hated that color!) But anyway, I started getting into different bands, and basing my style off of theirs in a way. After I had started wearing more black, painting my nails black, let my voice go monotone most of the time, and showed how I really felt, instead of hiding it under a mask, I was accused of being "emo". I didn't know what that label was at the time, so I just still considered myself goth, something that many thought was like emo.
Then, eighth grade came around, and my life changed dramatically. You see, my school was an entirely polo school. We had to wear them. Only on certain Fridays we didn't have to, and when those days happened, I was completely drabbed in black. I also started wearing a jacket, everyday. Which had people suspecting I cut myself, which I did start doing later on....Maybe in....I believe I first started cutting myself sometime before Christmas. But anyway, people suspected even more of my cutting. Considering that whenever I didn't wear my jacket, I had something covering up my wrist. And I guess I made it pretty obvious, but at my school, it's kind of hard. I did get confronted a few times, two times by my principle, but my excuse was always my cat. Which was plausible, you should have seen my brother's arms; our cat is torturous. But anyway, I hid it better, cutting my legs instead of my wrists, and even on my upper-arms. I wasn't really trying to kill myself, more like trying to release stress and feel pain. Honestly, I don't think cutting is all that bad, but depending on why, and how far you want to go. For me, like I said, is just pain and releasing stress; I'm not really aiming to kill myself. I actually make sure to not get too close to my veins, which is why I started on my legs.
I only ever told my best friends, and one of them made fun of me for it, but not meaning to be a b---- , I know her. A friend of mine, one day, came up to me with another one of our friends, one that I just barely started talking to. Apparently, she cut as well, and blamed her cuts on her gerbil. Someone I guess saw, and they were asking me how to hide them. I had, just that night, cut my wrist, since the level on me had been dieing down. So, being the nice person I am (lol), lent her my jacket. She was all, "Are you sure?" 'cuase she knew I had just cut myself the night before. But I let her have it, she's more important than me anyway. She was only a seventh grader after all.
Anyway, away from my tremendously boring story. Sorry I got sidetracked. So, if anyone has any questions about this type of thing, don't hesitate to ask. I'll answer as best I can.

Now, I know lots of people are also confused with the emo boys kissing. You see, for us emo girls, it's like how guys love watching chicks make out. Lots of them get turned on by it; I personally think it's adorable. But anyway, not all of the guys who do this are gay. Some are just doing it to get us girl's attention, and it works very well. Now, I have actually researched this and speculated it. So, you may take my word for it, but please do not flame me for this. Apparently, there are more gay emo boys than straight, but there are more bisexual emo boys then gay.  
But with this subject, just know that if you see to emo boys kissing, don't automatically call them gay, they might just be doing it to get attention from girls. Or they could be bisexual (my favorite).

Also, some people have asked me if "emos" hate any type of group besides "anti-emos". Well, the answer is depending on which emo you're asking. About half of us hate a new group called "scene". They seem to have copied our style, as most have said. I, personally, don't care. I mean, we pretty much copied off the style of punk. We branch off from punk, so maybe they branch off from us. If anyone has any questions about "scene" ask someone else, because I'm not a big expert on them. If anyone is scene, please tell me what it is, because I want to know why a lot of us hate you. I understand their dress of style, and everything else seems almost "emo" to me. So please, if anyone knows about "scene" tell me, because I am very curious about that stereotype.