kibi is proposing that being soft and kind and gentle and caring is the new counterculture. i'm way past my bedtime so i'm gonna leave you all to contemplate how that contrasts with punk, rock, metal, etc.; but perhaps is accurate?? hmmmm
@shel @kibi Funny thing is, I have a couple of tags I use on Tumblr that kinda go along these lines: Kindcore and Nicewave.
Sources for where I got them: https://cwote.tumblr.com/post/140034456121/new-aesthetic-kindcore and the attached image (https://mastodon.social/media/YeZwBU59rfyarZSl28c).
I added Hopepunk not too long ago, to boot: https://stephentstone.tumblr.com/post/163717202823/reblog-hopepunk
@Stephen_Stone @shel @kibi I like "hopepunk" for the usage of "punk" in, like, ecopunk or solarpunk as opposed to the sense very closely related to, like, Sid Vicious or whatever. The sort of "we will make the thing (hope in this case) by whatever crappy means we can, despite systems that will try to undermine our attempts to do so."
I think there's at least a bit of a there there.
@kibi @shel @benhamill This is what I would consider to be a good example of kindcore: https://stephentstone.tumblr.com/post/170442462793/
@benhamill @shel @kibi I personally like “kindcore” because it implies the opposite of “hardcore”: Rather than being fueled by the aggression and pain associated with a word like “hardcore”, “kindcore” is fueled by compassion and love. Whereas “hardcore” would be a TV show like, say, “Game of Thrones”, “kindcore” would be “The Joy of Painting”.
That’s my take, anyway.