I rediscovered this video a few years ago and everytime I watch it, it makes me feel quite sad. I couldn’t quite put a finger on it but now I think it brings me extreme dysphoria because I never got to experience the girl teenage years.
I really miss the pre-9/11 style of the early 2000s. It was so colorful and punk. Like, you just don’t see many of those hairstyles anymore, now it’s just muted or pastel colors and straight hair
Anyway, I do get a little dysphoric as well that I didn’t have a girls teenage experience, but oh man do I have dysphoria that I didn’t get to dress like them
Yeah… Geez the late 90s pre-9/11 had a whole different vibe. Tends to feel more positive or hopeful. I do wonder if the dark emo/goth stuff that seemed to get super popular in the mid 2000s would have happened the same without 9/11 or if that amped up the negative attitudes.
Well seeing as we’re going through another one of those eras right now after COVID, I’m going to say it probably had a pretty strong direct effect
Isn’t dressing like that part of the teenage girls experience, or am I misunderstanding?
I grew up a girl and I’m a bit younger than you (just exiting teenage years myself), and I don’t think so. In my experience, teenage girls wore crop tops and high-waisted jeans and lots of black without being emo. I wasn’t the most cognizant of fashion trends, but I do know we weren’t wearing 90s-style bright colors.
I’ve heard that called “existential dysphoria” and it sucks
