Everyone in the world has felt judged for a fashion choice, and that might be particularly true for those of us who choose to dabble (or fully indulge) in any sort of alternative fashion. How people ...

The genre witch house started almost accidentally in 2009, when Travis Egedy of Pictureplane and Jonathan Coward of Shams came up with a tongue-in-cheek name to describe the dark dance music with ...

The Lovecraft Bar (421 SE Grand Ave.) might seem intimidating at first. It is, after all, a "Dark Goth" bar with a horror theme. And on Black Mass Dance Party night -- trans queer bi goth night -- ...

Seven years ago, I took an introduction to sociology course at my town's community college. We spent most of our time sitting around in a circle with our professor, talking about cultural stigmas and ...

At the event in Brooklyn, hundreds of attendees dressed up, danced and reflected on the resurgence of the pop culture phenomenon. About 800 partygoers danced to music from bands such as My Chemical ...

GOTH is the subculture that never died — or more precisely, perhaps, remains undead. The persistence of the subculture’s style is due to the remarkable richness of the cultural tradition on which it ...

Reporting from Baghdad — In the sacred Shiite city of Najaf, where women hide themselves behind dark robes and head scarves, 15-year-old Ban wears the wrong kind of black. She likes dark, ripped ...

Drake says he’s trying to get into his emo bag. In an interview with Bobbi Althoff, Drake veered into unexpected territory when the podcast host asked him about marriage plans. “I really feel like my ...