We’re not talking about my favorite part of the VSCO girl trend. The news starting to pick up on it and make “meaning” out of the scrunchies.
Ya’ll in the late 90’s early 2000’s remember wearing those thin sort of jelly bracelets? Man, I had a zillion of them and we would swap with each other because they usually came in packs of 6 or 10 of the same color. Then some Righteous ParentTM came up with a theory that the colors, the order that you wore them, who you gave them to, even what day of the week you wore them - had meaning.
Suddenly there was outrage and scrutiny and old people saying shit like ”YOUNG LADY I SAW YOU’RE WEARING SOME OF THOSE BLACK AND GREEN BANDS DOES THAT MEAN YOU’RE A LESBIAN SHOPLIFTER??” No Barbara, it means I’m matching my outfits for the week.
Anyyyyyhow trip down memory lane for me, but I saw my first piece of media fear-mongering on it recently and asked my kid who was like “what? Of course I’m not a cowtipping communist because of my red and patterned scrunchies”.
roycastle on October 8th, 2019 at 03:43 UTC »
My 11 year old daughter keeps running around making this sksksk sound and obsessing over water bottles I’m so lost.
mcbarron on October 8th, 2019 at 04:53 UTC »
Name comes from a photo app (called VSCO) but was popularized on TikTok. Typically girls who are associated with any number of the following:
Birkenstock sandals Hydroflask water bottles (hence the "ssk ssk ssk" saying) Scrunchies Seeking to go viralEDIT:
Oversize shirts Short shorts Metal straw to "save the turtles" Hydroflask covered with stickers from RedBubbleSecretFamilyRecipes on October 8th, 2019 at 10:37 UTC »
We’re not talking about my favorite part of the VSCO girl trend. The news starting to pick up on it and make “meaning” out of the scrunchies.
Ya’ll in the late 90’s early 2000’s remember wearing those thin sort of jelly bracelets? Man, I had a zillion of them and we would swap with each other because they usually came in packs of 6 or 10 of the same color. Then some Righteous ParentTM came up with a theory that the colors, the order that you wore them, who you gave them to, even what day of the week you wore them - had meaning.
Suddenly there was outrage and scrutiny and old people saying shit like ”YOUNG LADY I SAW YOU’RE WEARING SOME OF THOSE BLACK AND GREEN BANDS DOES THAT MEAN YOU’RE A LESBIAN SHOPLIFTER??” No Barbara, it means I’m matching my outfits for the week.
Anyyyyyhow trip down memory lane for me, but I saw my first piece of media fear-mongering on it recently and asked my kid who was like “what? Of course I’m not a cowtipping communist because of my red and patterned scrunchies”.
Mmhmm. Ok *Comrade*.