Welcome to Goth Topic! The podcast where we'll be talking about  everything spooky, creepy, and gothic! This week, Sylvia and Allison break down how and why being goth can be really hard on the wallet. Spoiler alert: Capitalism. 

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Music by Creep-P (@ItsCreepP on Instagram and Twitter)

List of sources for this episode:

*NOTE: frightsummers unfortunately deleted her video, so we cannot link it here, and we have lost access to the Reddit thread Allison described.

https://www.businessinsider.com/average-american-millennial-net-worth-student-loan-debt-savings-habits-2019-6

https://classism.org/about-class/what-is-classism/

http://toreadormagazine.com/model/has-dolls-kill-decided-not-to-work-with-a-disabled-influencerhttps://fakegothcrowley.tumblr.com/post/188609807113/i-find-complaints-about-goth-elitism-so-ironic

https://fromxruin.tumblr.com/post/137780049705/todays-goth-rant

https://babydolldn.tumblr.com/post/162545505708/you-want-the-goth-subculture-to-continue-existing

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Kill Star: $59.61

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