Emo vs. The Mail: Let Battle Commence

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Ladies and gentlemen, forget that Hatton/Mayweather rematch or any pitiful Tyson comeback, The Skinny is proud to present THE fight of the millennium.

Way out there on our right, draped in Princess Diana memorabilia and spurting out poison-penned diatribes about the dangers of homosexuality and 'lax' immigration laws, we give you The Daily Mail. And to our left, dressed head to toe in black and looking decidedly sour-faced, is the much maligned cultural phenomenon that is Emo.

After publishing what has become widely regarded as an ill-informed article on the youth subculture, declaring My Chemical Romance as leaders of a “sinister cult” that has spawned a rash of suicides, The Mail has suddenly found itself facing the wrath of make-up doused teenagers across the UK.

Organised by pro-Emo campaign group What The Frank, emo fans will make their way to the paper’s London HQ this Saturday [31 May] to peacefully vent their disgust at The Mail’s fact-bereft attack on what is, undoubtedly, just another harmless music-born social scene.

Says What The Frank’s website: “Enough is enough, [My Chemical Romance] have worked so hard to keep us out of harm and away from suicide, it's time we bounced back. We need to stand up and let the world know MCR’s positive message."

The website continues: “We hope to show that My Chemical Romance is not a “suicide cult” - as the Daily Mail has called them in a recent article - but simply a rock band that wants to save people’s lives…My Chemical Romance have always tried to ward their fans away from depression and aid them in seeking help, even going as far as to call suicide hotline numbers from the stage. Whereas, badly researched journalism is in danger of promoting irresponsible stereotyping and taking away from depression as a serious medical illness.”

Hear, hear.

But it’s not just Doc-Martin wearing teens who are up in arms over the feature – no, no – seems tune-churning indie princess Kate Nash is pretty hacked off with them too: “"It's not just one factor, it's a lot of things,” she says, seemingly having considered the subject for a whole five seconds. “You can't blame suicide on one thing. I would not blame suicide on one factor ever because it's someone's life; it's really complicated."

So there you have it. The Mail talking pish, Emo kids enraged and Kate Nash sticking her oar in. Let battle commence.

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