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- Nov 13, 2014
Lolita is basically a fashion sub-culture that enjoys Victoria-era clothing, but there are many different kinds like goth loli, classic loli, sweet loli, etc. Simple right? An innocent and sweet fandom dedicated to dressing beautifully.
Except it's created one of the biggest backstabbing, cut-throat cultures I have ever seen in my life, and the amount of lolcow material is incredible.
Anyone who's even slightly involved or knowledgeable about Lolita knows about a LiveJournal called "Behind the Bows". People submit images with text on them anonymously, which get posted anonymously - and then people comment on them (often anonymously) in the comments. What horrible content could fashion lovers possibly create?
Every single one of the currently #186 and counting Secret Posts that are posted weekly involve multiple callouts with blatantly recognisable features, very brutal and nasty comments - and a lot of the time it's very obvious whoever posted the photo was from that person's community or was a friend - creating a culture of paranoia.
Even some of the legitimately nicest girls in the Lolita community check this blog religiously, knowing that their picture could show up any time and they become a laughingstock. The Lolita community is big enough to have a huge following, but also small enough it's quite easy to figure out who someone is based on their photo and comments made on it.
Also, the trends are constantly changing - currently there's a huge backlash against Muslim lolita dressers, resulting in images like this being posted:
Lolita even has its own scandals - Mr Yan, owner of Bodyline, invites underage young models to Japan to model for his brand (basically the cheapest brand there is), while creeping on them and hinting at marriage. If you know Venus Angelic, she already has an ED page which briefly covers the saga.
https://encyclopediadramatica.se/index.php?title=Venusangelic&diff=prev&oldid=607933
Lolita culture is hard to describe to someone who hasn't really looked into it, like the hatred of "non-burando" (off-brand Lolita clothing), which brands rank higher than others, etc etc. What we could call "w-eens" or "cool guys", they call "itas" (from the last half of "lolita") to refer to try-hards, often weebs coming into the Lolita fandom with cheap cosplay shit, etc.
The reason why I LOVE THIS COMMUNITY is because due to the aesthetic of being pretty, classy, refined women, you will NEVER hear these girls say this shit or drag those bitches as hard as they do anonymously. So time and time again, the comments (with names attached) will be soothing, positive, nice, friendly etc - while the images and anonymous comments (which are most of them) each week are the most brutal shit ever.
And it's not always "I hate this girl, wah~!" or whatever, there are some legitimately great scandals like girls scamming Lolita forums, girls selling blatantly blood-stained dresses as brand new, hilarious stories about meet-ups that are social train wrecks, hostile take-overs of communities, the previously mentioned creepy Mr Yan, etc. Good value if you have the time.
Every image example above are selected samples from "Secrets Posts" #183, #184, #185 and #186. There are screeds and screeds. Enjoy.
http://behind-the-bows.livejournal.com/
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Except it's created one of the biggest backstabbing, cut-throat cultures I have ever seen in my life, and the amount of lolcow material is incredible.
Anyone who's even slightly involved or knowledgeable about Lolita knows about a LiveJournal called "Behind the Bows". People submit images with text on them anonymously, which get posted anonymously - and then people comment on them (often anonymously) in the comments. What horrible content could fashion lovers possibly create?
Every single one of the currently #186 and counting Secret Posts that are posted weekly involve multiple callouts with blatantly recognisable features, very brutal and nasty comments - and a lot of the time it's very obvious whoever posted the photo was from that person's community or was a friend - creating a culture of paranoia.
Even some of the legitimately nicest girls in the Lolita community check this blog religiously, knowing that their picture could show up any time and they become a laughingstock. The Lolita community is big enough to have a huge following, but also small enough it's quite easy to figure out who someone is based on their photo and comments made on it.
Also, the trends are constantly changing - currently there's a huge backlash against Muslim lolita dressers, resulting in images like this being posted:
Lolita even has its own scandals - Mr Yan, owner of Bodyline, invites underage young models to Japan to model for his brand (basically the cheapest brand there is), while creeping on them and hinting at marriage. If you know Venus Angelic, she already has an ED page which briefly covers the saga.
https://encyclopediadramatica.se/index.php?title=Venusangelic&diff=prev&oldid=607933
Lolita culture is hard to describe to someone who hasn't really looked into it, like the hatred of "non-burando" (off-brand Lolita clothing), which brands rank higher than others, etc etc. What we could call "w-eens" or "cool guys", they call "itas" (from the last half of "lolita") to refer to try-hards, often weebs coming into the Lolita fandom with cheap cosplay shit, etc.
The reason why I LOVE THIS COMMUNITY is because due to the aesthetic of being pretty, classy, refined women, you will NEVER hear these girls say this shit or drag those bitches as hard as they do anonymously. So time and time again, the comments (with names attached) will be soothing, positive, nice, friendly etc - while the images and anonymous comments (which are most of them) each week are the most brutal shit ever.
And it's not always "I hate this girl, wah~!" or whatever, there are some legitimately great scandals like girls scamming Lolita forums, girls selling blatantly blood-stained dresses as brand new, hilarious stories about meet-ups that are social train wrecks, hostile take-overs of communities, the previously mentioned creepy Mr Yan, etc. Good value if you have the time.
Every image example above are selected samples from "Secrets Posts" #183, #184, #185 and #186. There are screeds and screeds. Enjoy.
http://behind-the-bows.livejournal.com/
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