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Goths have successfully infiltrated more or less every walk of life now, and are even starting to make a significant dent in one of the harshest of industries: The stand-up comic circuit. While most of us have a pretty clear picture of hell being thrown on a stage with the instruction to make people laugh…

Yep, Valentine’s Day is bearing down on us like a runaway train, and just like the legendary Marmite (which has to be the most Goth foodstuff ever, no?) the chances are that you either love it or you hate it. If you love it, this blog post is not the place for you; but don’t…

February is, to my mind, the crappest month of the year, because it’s so nothing-y. Everyone is still paying off Christmas but the good cheer has well since passed, the weather is shit, the days are still dark, and it’s still ages til summer. However, much to my delight, this February is shaping up to…

I recently came to the conclusion that Marmite is the most Goth foodstuff ever, by a completely un-scientific method of discovery that was largely based on its colour, texture, and how half the world is highly suspicious of it. So naturally my imagination couldn’t leave it there, and with this in mind, I went a-hunting…

No really, what is your spirit animal? Ok, so online quizzes range from the ridiculous to the even more ridiculous, and if you don’t believe me, just head on over to Buzzfeed. Now that we’re all clear that online quizzes should not form the basis of any of your important life choices, it is worth…

Experimenting with one’s hair is most definitely a Goth rite of passage, and one of the best ways to get yourself a new ‘do that doesn’t have to be permanent is to work your hair into a big, bolshy Goth-fro or giant, scary Mary look. Everyone who manages to do Big Hair successfully has their…

I know that a fair proportion of Goths are into the comics (like, comic books, not comedians) but until I started chatting to an enthusiastic mate about them, I didn’t realise quite how many offerings were out there! There are, in fact, a buttload of web comics with a Goth theme or that are highly…

Experience tells me that many folk of the Goth persuasion are deeply into their comics and superhero culture, and as that’s not really my bag in any big way, I’m not going to try to speak with authority on all of the various Goth-styled villains and heroes within the comic-con world. If I did, I’d…

Make one of your New Year’s resolutions for 2015 be to support a good cause or a charity whose work you admire by actually getting out there and doing something positive, and you might just find yourself with a whole new group of mates. Goth culture can of course be very inventive, and if you…

If the New Year is making you turn your mind to potential activities and hobbies to take up as a little extra entertainment, you’re certainly spoilt for choice in terms of suggestions. But we Goth folk aren’t like other people, and generally, the new, novel and slightly different is more likely to appeal to us…

January is, to my mind, the second-shittiest month of the year, with only February scoring higher in the naff stakes. So with this in mind, I have searched around to find some cool stuff to do to cheer me up in January, and present to you the best of early 2015 in Goth. Terror and…

So we all know that being Goth doesn’t mean you totally disengage yourself from mainstream society, and that we Goths need to do all of the usual person shit too, such as eating, working, shopping and keeping fit. One thing I never saw happening, however, would be the latter, ie., gymming, becoming a big thing…

Christmas is over for another year now, and life is fortunately beginning to get back to normal. However, few of us manage to escape one annual tradition that gets everyone going towards the end of December/beginning of January: New Year’s resolutions. These always seem like a sterling idea; vowing to give up smoking or drinking…

Like most Goths, I do love me some funky make-up, and experimenting with new weird and wonderful looks. Goth makeup doesn’t have to be your basic white face and black eyes and lips, and many mainstream fashion and make-up trends can also be customised to work with Goth looks of all types, if you’re feeling…

January is always a good time to start planning your must-see things and the events that you want to attend for the coming year, so I’ve trawled the web to find four of the most important dates to add to your Goth diary for your 2015 entertainment. Whitby Goth weekend (spring) April 23-26

One hobby that many Goths like to indulge in is visiting Gothic, historical or otherwise interesting cemeteries, and I am sure there are as many reasons for wanting to do so as there are Goths doing the rounds. Stripy Tights and Dark Delights looks into this in more detail here.

I firmly and solemnly promise that this will be my last Christmas-themed blog, so you can all relax after you’ve waded through this one, honest. So we’ve done gifts, decorations and surviving the inevitable quality family time, and now I’m going to treat you to some of my suggestions of things for Goths to do…

Now before we begin, minions, I need to come clean about something and when I have done so, I am perfectly ok with you all forming a mob to beat me to death with claw hammers. I recently found out that there is an actual Goth football team, and I found out this delicious little…

Have yourself a very Gothy Christmas… Gothing around the Christmas tree… Jingle Goth… Ok, I’ll stop now. Anyway, we’re well on the downhill towards Christmas, which is nice because the majority of shoppers in your town centre will be stomping around, looking fraught and miserable and generally feeling uncomfortable, which is as close to Gothing…

Barbie et al. might be an affront to nature and young girls’ body image on a world scale, but despite Mattel’s best efforts, she’s not the only plastic bitch on the block, y’all. Yep, we’re talking dolls. When I was a sprog, I was all about the Jem dolls (and you will need to fall…