pausing all the queer hockey content to talk about some emo content, because holy hell i loved this book. this was the most fascinating, heartfelt look at the scene i’ve ever had the joy of reading. this thing reads like a conversation among some of your closest friends about the people whose music you screamed until your lungs gave out, sometimes BY those people. so many artists contributed to this and it’s honestly just amazing to see emo through their eyes. bands i spent countless hours listening to describe the rise (and sometimes fall) of their careers with such frank openness it was sometimes hard to read. they don’t hold back and it was amazing to see. this is the college textbook for Emo 101 and i loved every single minute of it. [id: a white woman sitting on the floor wearing a shirt that reads “i used to listen to hawthorne heights in high school” in front of a bookshelf organized by color. she’s holding a copy of chris payne’s “where are your boys tonight?” in front of h...