![]() ![]() At that point, I had zero experience with drugs or alcohol. The soft grunge theme, at least for me, was pretty performative. In my archives, I found: a photo of a wide-eyed Cassie from Skins looking at a recreational pill, a GIF of the caterpillar from Alice in Wonderland smoking a hookah and a photo of someone holding up a handle of Jack Daniel’s whiskey. It served as a form of virtual dress-up.Ī lot of soft grunge can be categorized as “edgy” - which makes the many screenshots from the provocative British show, Skins, on my page make sense. I couldn’t justify a new wardrobe or lifestyle, but I could certainly express it through my Tumblr page. Going through a drastic makeover as a teenager can be hard when you’re normally supervised by a parent. Although I may have had a superiority complex when first listening to Arctic Monkeys, I’m glad I discovered the band’s work. Through it, I discovered music, television and movies. ![]() This theme was about more than just the aesthetic. In just nine photos paired with an Arctic Monkeys song, I was fully transported back.Īs I rifled through my Tumblr’s archives, I started to understand why this was such an influential time in my life. Almost every photo looked like it had been run through VSCO with the pale, faded T1 filter.įor a couple of years, I’ve seen the occasional reference to soft grunge Tumblr. My Tumblr archives for the later months of 2013 suddenly saw an influx in angsty quotes from TV shows like Freaks and Geeks and Skins. Maybe it coincided with the time I finally got sick of wearing chestnut Ugg boots and yoga pants to school. It’s hard to tell exactly where my tropical theme ended and my rosy aesthetic began. ![]() Then, there was the “rosy blog,” which featured anything pink or luxurious - think smoothies, designer watches, flowers. First I had a “tropical” theme, which was basically variations of the phrase “good vibes,” pictures of cut-up exotic fruits and girls in bikinis with mermaid-like hair. I didn’t start out as a soft grunge blogger. ![]()
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