I don’t think it’s a stretch to say that as artists and art enjoyers, subcultures and their associated communities have played a huge part in forming who we are. Whether formed around a genre of music, a TV show, a movie or a shared aesthetic and romanticization of life, people have been rallying behind all kinds of shared causes since the beginning of media. These connections with each other have lasted across cities and countries and span time and space.
Subcultures have played a huge role in my own life. I put on eyeliner like an emo kid. At clubs, I dance like the punks I knew in high school (very unfortunate for those around me). I don’t know if the various gaming subcultures I’ve participated in have made me a better person, but they have brought me closer to people I never would have befriended otherwise.
Similarly, The Daily Arts writers present their thoughts on the subcultures they love, the ones they hate and the ones that just passed them like ships in the night.
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Daily Arts Writer Lin Yang can be reached at yanglinj@umich.edu.
