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user-inactivated · 3441 days ago · link · · parent · post: Simply Acknowledging Trans People Isn’t Enough. The Media Needs to Change Its Language, Too.

Yeah, there are plenty of old punks out there too. I guess the subcultures that don't endure also don't get remembered well enough to serve as examples like that. "New Romantics grow out of it" just doesn't work.

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user-inactivated · 3441 days ago · link ·

Somewhere out there is a man in his fifties rocking a Flock of Seagulls haircut. He has my respect.

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