Goth is much more than descending into the void of Hot Topic or a proclivity for all things bleak and black—it’s a counterculture that has spawned its own coterie of music, literature, film, and art.

Goth girls have a certain je ne sais quoi about them. They bring a touch of mystery and darkness to the bedroom that, although it is not for everyone, is very sexy to people who are into a bit of ...

This essay does not wish to disqualify the important work done on the Female Gothic. The themes this work has identified (women’s domestic incarceration, sexual violence, economic disenfranchisement ...

Last month Transformed explored my least-favorite trope in makeover shows: the “goth to normal” look. Or, as they call it this time, Goth to Gorgeous. Pardon me while I throw up a bit. Nicole ...

Three short stories by female Victorian writers. Ghost stories are not about the dead – but the fears of the living. Our mistresses of the macabre, female writers from the 19th and early 20th century, ...

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Gothic and technology appear, on the surface, to evoke contradictory connotations. As David Punter and Glennis Byron highlight, the Gothic came to be a term associated with the “ornate and convoluted” ...

Sometimes in the middle of the night, after a few hours of heavy swirling at our favorite goth club, Björk commanded, “Shh!” We stood still, fingers quietly pressed against MAC-stained lips, face ...