123: My Gothic Valentine

The Mortified Podcast

Mortified Media and Radiotopia

Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 4 February 2018

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Celebrate Valentines season with the tale of a teen who searches for eternal love in the goth scene and discovers Vampires and Elves along the way. The Mortified Podcast is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX. Listen and binge @ getmortified.com.

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0:00.0	Radio Tapio.
0:04.0	From PRX.
0:10.0	Dear diary.
0:11.0	6th grade. February 14th.
0:13.0	1991.
0:14.0	I am really depressed.
0:15.0	How could she break up with me?
0:17.0	Mom, you can't read this.
0:25.0	I found those people and I related to them.
0:28.0	I felt crazy and sad and dark.
0:31.0	I was like 13 or 14.
0:33.0	Marilyn Manson was big.
0:35.0	I was really into smashing pumpkins.
0:37.0	Being goth then was something to identify with.
0:40.0	It was like just plugging yourself into a big group of friends and people.
0:44.0	Who like the same stuff as you.
0:46.0	Poetry and music.
0:47.0	And dressing up crazy.
0:49.0	And going to some of the teres.
0:51.0	When Crystal Marquez discovered the God scene,
0:54.0	she didn't just find her people.
0:56.0	She found a whole new persona.
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