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all right
all right
i know
i understand
Hot Topic
isn't
exactly
Goth
but
i'm getting
tired
of people
insulting it
i have never
ever
worked
at a better store
a store
that makes me feel
accepted
for
EXACTLY
who i am
not partially
but completely
closer
to family
than
family
is
a store
that never judged me
for my problems
when i was going through
the withdrawal
of cutting
who was it
that pulled my aside
and helped me through?
not my parents
not my friends
my managers
they took
a bit of time
aside
when i was bawling
in the dressing room
considering
going back
to mutilation
and they make sure
i keep eating
they help me
stay safe
and they try
to make me feel comfortable
to give me
room to grow
they helped me
become
the person i am
today
and that's just
as a worker
when i
was young
i shopped at Hot Topic
know why?
clearance
was as cheap
as a thrift store
and certainly
a good way
to accessorize
the clothes
i had to make do with
i didn't have time
or energy
to make a studded belt
or make a choker
most of my clothes
are from Hot Topic
and i have
a little bit
of fondness
for the little
black
nail polished
hair dyed
freaks
that traipse in
they will grow
to accept
the extraordinary
and
the odd
who cares where they buy
their individuality
or even if
they are
individual?
they're opening their minds
to something different
when i was
a little mall rat Gothy girl
i always liked
knowing
that while every other store
would look at me
like i was a shoplifter
too poor
to afford their
rhinestone tiaras
and khaki shorts
Hot Topic
would make me feel
safe
comforted
in my black cape
and my Docs
even now
i can go
to most stores
and be ignored
because of my black eyeliner
and my plaid
and then
there's my Hot Topic
a little
oasis
of
diversity
in a whirl of consumerism
i know
when i greet people
i welcome them all
equally
preps
Goths
punks
mothers
fathers
children
acceptance
is a luxury
hard to come by
in a retail store
and
i wonder
how many people
would whine
about there being
nowhere
to shop
if Hot Topic
wasn't
around
frankly
i can't be bothered
to buy my spikes
online
i love my store
so go ahead
and insult
Hot Topic
and the poppy little "punks"
that make their way within
i know
this Goth
is thankful
it's been there
for
me
(I love my store. I understand if people think others are losers for buying
all their clothes there. Guess that makes me a loser too. But fuck it.
I'm proud of my loser status, lol... and I adore working there. This won't
be up long- but I just wanted to restate my opinion.)