Snippets from      
Outside:  
Their distorted view of  
Us and Ours.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

I've only seen bits and pieces of the show and not at all the episode in question so I don't know who the hell this Meghan character is or whether she actually looks like one of Us. 
 

From Time Magazine (May 3, 1999)  
"DEAD WRONG: G---s like Alejandro, shown in his L.A. coffin, resent being linked with the killings." 

This is the caption under an unfortunate choice of a picture used to illustrate an otherwise fair article. I have three problems with it: first of all a coffin-shaped hole in the floor is not a "coffin"; second, a majority of Us would agree that a "vampire" does not best represent who we are; third, the picture itself is really just cheesy. 
 

From The Los Angeles Times (May 2, 1999)  
"The bedroom of one of the suspended Balboa teens is covered with [that metal guy] posters and various G--- style images." 

This is another caption. It's from an article in the newspaper's Ventura County section/Sunday edition about the local tribe in the aftermath of Columbine. A girl wearing a white tshirt ("only a flesh wound") is sitting on her bed, her face artificially underexposed to conceal her identity. It's a much better picture than Time Magazine's and the article is pretty decent. It's the caption that's problematic. It heavily implies and helps perpetuate the misconception that the metal guy is Ours. All mention of him ought to be followed by a disclaimer: the metal guy is Not; his music is Not; being a fan/worshipper does not make you One. Do we need to take out an ad to get this across? 
 

From Time Magazine (May 31, 1999)  
"He was... a pleasant 15-year-old kid who went to church and didn't care for G--- life or [that metal guy] or Duke Nukem or any of the other cultural markers we have come to expect from our kid killers." 

They say crap like this and still they wonder why we've subcultured ourselves. 
 

From Entertainment Weekly (October 15, 1999)  
"... a sadistic love triangle involving Bonham Carter as a suicidal G--- goddess named Marla (who's wearing what looks like [that metal guy]'s eye shadow)... " 

She's a G--- because of her eye shadow!? Give me a break. I saw Fight Club a couple of days ago and I never thought for one second that the character in question was One. She may have looked like it sometimes, and only very vaguely, but she definitely was not. That's like saying Vader and Maul were because they wore all black. It's stupid. 
 

From Entertainment Weekly (#540/ Spring 2000)  
"THE CRAFT, 1996... Hands down, the best thing to happen to G---s since the Cure." 

Probably a typo. I'm sure they meant to say 'one of the worst things.'