Editing Emo (section)

==Controversy and impact==
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| source = Chris Payne, author of ''Where Are Your Boys Tonight?: The Oral History of Emo's Mainstream Explosion'', as quoted by Amelia Eqbal of ''[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]]'' (Jun 19, 2023)  [https://www.cbc.ca/arts/commotion/5-things-we-learned-about-the-legacy-of-emo-music-from-author-chris-payne-1.6881146]
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In 2008, emo music was blamed for the [[suicide by hanging]] of British teenager Hannah Bond by the [[coroner]] at her inquest and her mother, Heather Bond, who suggested that the music and fandom glamorised [[suicide]]. They suggested Hannah's apparent obsession with [[My Chemical Romance]] was linked to her death. It was said at the inquest that she was part of an Internet "emo cult", and an image of an emo girl with bloody wrists was on her [[Bebo]] page.<ref name="nme" /> Hannah reportedly told her parents that her self-harm was an "emo initiation ceremony".<ref name="nme">{{Cite web |date=May 8, 2008 |title=Emo music attacked over teen suicide |url=https://www.nme.com/news/various-artists/36468 |website=NME |access-date=April 21, 2020 |archive-date=April 11, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411080230/http://www.nme.com/news/various-artists/36468 |url-status=live }}</ref> Heather Bond criticised emo culture: "There are 'emo' websites that show pink teddies hanging themselves."<ref name="nme" /> The coroner's statements were featured in a series of articles in the ''[[Daily Mail]],'' one of which featured the headline, "Why no child is safe from the sinister cult of emo."<ref name=":0" /> After they were reported in ''[[NME]]'', fans of emo music contacted the magazine to deny that it promoted self-harm and suicide. Hundreds of teenagers protested and marched to the offices of ''Daily Mail'' to voice their opposition''. "''The kids stood up to it. The kids won,"<ref>https://www.cbc.ca/arts/commotion/5-things-we-learned-about-the-legacy-of-emo-music-from-author-chris-payne-1.6881146</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=May 8, 2008 |title=Emo fans defend their music against suicide claims |url=https://www.nme.com/news/my-chemical-romance/36480 |website=NME |access-date=April 21, 2020 |archive-date=April 11, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160411080233/http://www.nme.com/news/my-chemical-romance/36480 |url-status=live }}</ref> My Chemical Romance reacted online: "We have recently learned of the suicide and tragic loss of Hannah Bond. We'd like to send our condolences to her family during this time of mourning. Our hearts and thoughts are with them".<ref name="nme2" /> The band also posted that they "are and always have been vocally anti-violence and anti-suicide".<ref name="nme2">{{Cite web |date=May 25, 2008 |title=My Chemical Romance speak about 'emo' suicide |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/my-chemical-romance-110-1321591 |website=[[NME]] |access-date=April 21, 2020 |archive-date=July 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730235032/https://www.nme.com/news/music/my-chemical-romance-110-1321591 |url-status=live }}</ref>

''[[The Guardian]]'' later described the purported link and subsequent backlash against emo in the 2000s as a "[[moral panic]]",<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 10, 2022 |title=My Chemical Romance: how the vilified band turned antipathy into triumph |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/may/10/my-chemical-romance-how-the-vilified-band-turned-antipathy-into-triumph |access-date=May 26, 2022 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref> while ''[[Kerrang!]]'' compared it to historic controversies involving [[Judas Priest]] and [[Ozzy Osbourne]], unduly demonising the subculture, and poorly examining [[mental health issues]] of young people.<ref name=":0" />

[[File:Fuck Emo graffiti.jpg|thumb|100px|alt=See caption|"Fuck emo" graffiti in Mexico]] [[Warped Tour]] founder [[Kevin Lyman]] said that there was a "real backlash" by bands on the tour against emo groups, but he dismissed the hostility as "juvenile".{{sfn|Diehl|2013|p=83}} The backlash intensified, with anti-emo groups attacking teenagers in [[Mexico City]], [[Santiago de Querétaro|Querétaro]], and [[Tijuana]] in 2008.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Grillo |first=Ioan |date=March 27, 2008 |title=Mexico's Emo-Bashing Problem |url=http://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1725839,00.html |access-date=May 12, 2009 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |archive-date=April 11, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140411125006/http://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1725839,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=March 27, 2008 |title=Emo kids attacked in Mexico and Chile |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/various-artists-4970-1327241 |access-date=August 2, 2018 |website=[[NME]] |archive-date=August 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180803045812/https://www.nme.com/news/music/various-artists-4970-1327241 |url-status=live }}</ref> Legislation was proposed in Russia's [[Duma]] regulating emo websites and banning emo attire in schools and government buildings, with the subculture perceived as a "dangerous teen trend" promoting anti-social behaviour, depression, social withdrawal and suicide.<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 23, 2008 |title=Emo to be made illegal in Russia? New laws planned to stop 'dangerous teen trends' |url=https://www.nme.com/news/my-chemical-romance/38392 |access-date=September 29, 2008 |website=NME |archive-date=August 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806063340/http://www.nme.com/news/my-chemical-romance/38392 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Sean Michaels |date=July 21, 2008 |title=Russia wages war on emo kids |work=[[The Guardian]] |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/jul/22/russian.emo |access-date=September 29, 2008 |archive-date=March 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305010502/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2008/jul/22/russian.emo |url-status=live }}</ref> The BBC reported that in March 2012, [[Shia Islam|Shia]] militias in [[Iraq]] [[Emo killings in Iraq|shot or beat to death]] as many as 58 young Iraqi emos.<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 11, 2012 |title=Iraqi 'emo' youths reportedly killed by conservative militias |publisher=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17333275 |access-date=March 12, 2012 |archive-date=March 12, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312001136/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17333275 |url-status=live }}</ref> Some [[Heavy metal subculture|metalheads]] and [[punk subculture|punks]] often were known for disliking emos and criticizing the emo subculture.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wells |first=Steven |date=April 1, 2008 |title=The Mexican emocalypse |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2008/apr/01/themexicanemocalypse |access-date=December 21, 2019 |website=[[The Guardian]] |archive-date=December 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191222002915/https://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2008/apr/01/themexicanemocalypse |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2025, a mollusk fossil was named after the genre as ''Emo vorticaudum''. The name was chosen to reflect the distinct characteristics of the mollusk. According to Sanjana Gajbhiye of Earth.com, "[Emo] was named for its elongated, folded posture, which suggested unusual and unconventional ways of moving. Its name reflects individuality and adaptability, much like the cultural association with the emo style."<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fossils called Punk and Emo rewrite the story of mollusk evolution |url=https://www.earth.com/news/fossils-called-punk-and-emo-rewrite-the-story-of-mollusk-evolution/ |access-date=February 11, 2025 |website=Earth.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Discovery of 'Punk' and 'Emo' fossils challenges our understanding of ancient mollusks |url=https://phys.org/news/2025-01-discovery-punk-emo-fossils-ancient.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Magazine |first1=Smithsonian |last2=Bassi |first2=Margherita |title=Meet Punk and Emo, Two Angsty-Looking Fossils From 430 Million Years Ago That Shed Light on Early Mollusk Evolution |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/meet-punk-and-emo-two-angsty-looking-fossils-from-430-million-years-ago-that-shed-light-on-early-mollusk-evolution-180985795/ |access-date=February 11, 2025 |website=Smithsonian Magazine |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Simms |first=Chris |title=Punk and Emo fossils rock our ideas of how ancient molluscs looked |url=https://www.newscientist.com/article/2463193-punk-and-emo-fossils-rock-our-ideas-of-how-ancient-molluscs-looked/ |access-date=February 11, 2025 |website=New Scientist |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Sutton |first1=Mark D. |last2=Sigwart |first2=Julia D. |last3=Briggs |first3=Derek E. G. |last4=Gueriau |first4=Pierre |last5=King |first5=Andrew |last6=Siveter |first6=David J. |last7=Siveter |first7=Derek J. |date=January 8, 2025 |title=New Silurian aculiferan fossils reveal complex early history of Mollusca |journal=Nature |language=en |volume=637 |issue=8046 |pages=631–636 |doi=10.1038/s41586-024-08312-0 |pmid=39779843 |issn=1476-4687 |pmc=11735398|bibcode=2025Natur.637..631S }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=January 10, 2025 |title=Scientists discover 430 million-year-old mollusc fossils |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg3gvq42r4o |access-date=February 11, 2025 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en-GB}}</ref>