In a deep, dark corner of the Internet that, if it were a tangible location, might look somewhat like a Hobbit hole, people write stories about musicians fondling each other. Musicians like Gerard Way, Patrick Stump, and Pete Wentz, who might typically be called emo, but since I've had it up to here with that word, will henceforth be known as Those Dudes. In November this community—known as Bandom (or Bandslash)—announced its first-annual awards to honor the best Bandom writing of '07. The awards, which were determined through a month of nominating, voting, and gushing praise in the comments sections, were organized on a LiveJournal group that will not be linked to here because Idolator has
crossed this clan before, and it wasn't pretty. But trust me, it exists. And it is chock full of sexually explicit YA lit featuring all your favorite Dudes doing unmentionable deeds.
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Over in Russia, there's concern about the future of the country, thanks to the kids who are doing crazy things like growing their bangs long and piercing their eyebrows and listening to the Used. The adults are alarmed: Who will rule the country in 2020 if the adolescents of today are too busy rebelling through their teenage years? These tendencies are, after all, so abnormal—especially when they involve black nail polish and studded belts. The only way to fix this problem, some Russian politicians are saying, is to legislate against it! Which is why there's a bill that's trying to outlaw the "negative ideology" of emo, a term that apparently has one of those "I know it when I see it" definitions among the brainiacs who drafted the bill.
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MTV has a pretty thorough (and thoroughly depressing) look at the 
