By Tim Mcgowan
Straight edge is everywhere today. If you Google search “Kristen Stewart and Minor Threat,” you'll find a picture of her with an "Out of Step" t-shirt on that she wore to a press conference. In the search results you can find links to where you can buy your very own "Out of Step" t-shirt. The irony of this would make many-a-person growing up in the early 1980s either giggle or become really pissed off. For me, seeing Kristen Stewart with a straight edge themed t-shirt is just confusing. I mean, everyone knows that she smokes marijuana, right? However I find myself wondering if maybe this isn’t actually bad for straight edge. A young boy or girl can be like "Oh hey, Bella is wearing that cool t-shirt, what is a Minor Threat?", thus allowing the straight edge community to grow. Or more likely, they could just wear it for a week to make a fashion statement, which is actually a pretty good metaphor for the straight edge craze that went on in my teen years.
Straight edge is everywhere today. If you Google search “Kristen Stewart and Minor Threat,” you'll find a picture of her with an "Out of Step" t-shirt on that she wore to a press conference. In the search results you can find links to where you can buy your very own "Out of Step" t-shirt. The irony of this would make many-a-person growing up in the early 1980s either giggle or become really pissed off. For me, seeing Kristen Stewart with a straight edge themed t-shirt is just confusing. I mean, everyone knows that she smokes marijuana, right? However I find myself wondering if maybe this isn’t actually bad for straight edge. A young boy or girl can be like "Oh hey, Bella is wearing that cool t-shirt, what is a Minor Threat?", thus allowing the straight edge community to grow. Or more likely, they could just wear it for a week to make a fashion statement, which is actually a pretty good metaphor for the straight edge craze that went on in my teen years.
