in other words, this is not your culture.
what did you expect?
i live in a wonderfully bohemian culture. i wasn't privileged with a childhood of nonconformity, with all the hummus pitas and alternative folk music. i wasn't always listening to jewish rock music, 70s classics, and 'angry girl' rock. in what might be your words, i used to be normal.
i don't just mean normal. yeah, i mean scary normal as in latest-fashion seeking, backstreet boy fan screaming, grade achieving, "full house"-loving, low-esteeming catty girl normal. that age is known as "nicole's dark ages." like all past eras, they're dead.
but i'm not going to gripe some more about pop culture. i'm pretty sure that you can infer that i don't like it.
i don't like the idea of a "culture". it's collective, and mass majorities have never really been my thing. so instead i live on my own terms with homemade red glitter boots and 60s vintage re-make shirts. i'm pissed that a yellow marker leaked on my off-white satin shoes. my jewelry is beaded or handmade. my walls are covered in posters and magazine cut-outs, i've made plans to make an 8 ft. high mosaic of pieces of magazines and mod podge, and my art easel is decorated with scarves. faeries, glass-blown witch balls, swizzle sticks, and purple flower garlands hang around my bed. the music i listen to has been forgotten by most teenagers. one day i'll get out of this sheltered life and live a really wonderfully bohemian lifestyle and forget society existed.
the rest of the world will still have the revolutionary, tight black t-shirt fashion trend and a soapbox to hold its cds in.
and i apologize, i don't mean to stereotype. the 'you' i refer to is general, as in mass majority. and if you're not part of this majority, then you can understand why i don't speak directly to you. you've already got the idea. it's the rest of the world that needs some direction.