I personally have quite a few experiences I've had to deal with...
I have this live streaming app called "Live Me". Basically you follow people and people follow you and you go live whenever you want doing whatever you want and people can comment and talk to you while you are streaming. I like it personally because I think its fun. You cannot control what people say unfortunately though... Last week I was live streaming and a few minutes into it (at this point I had about 120 viewers or something) someone comments on my stream, "I could wipe off 90% of your beauty with a wet Kleenex". Now personally, this made me laugh. To avoid further conflict I blocked this person. The reason this amuses me is because I love how I do my makeup and how much self love I have for myself. Freshman me on the other hand, would've been bawling her eyes out all day. Then, I didn't love myself because I was confused about who I was. I am a senior now, I have found who I really am and I am absolutely not afraid to be myself. I love the person I am. I love my style, I love how I do my makeup and I love my makeup skills, I love my personality. I encourage everyone to try and find themselves and love who they are. I love who I am. I have come such a long way to get to this point in my life but I finally made it when I was 17 and a half, and I am 18 now. Basically, insults don't really phase me at all because I am happy with the person I am.
That is just one of many moments of hate I have gotten in my life.
I have my medusa/cupids bow pierced as shown below.
I also have other piercings (clearly) and size 00g gauges. My mom is very against gauges. There was one day in public where she embarrassed me by saying they looked ugly and gross. Of course being the person I am I was rude right back. Luckily now she's come to accept them and my body choices.
Enough about me for now, because I am definitely not the only one who has gotten hate and severe discrimination for my style and makeup.....
In Manchester, England, 2007, a 20 year old girl by the name of Sophie Lancaster was murdered. She was beaten to death by a group of teenagers because of her dreadlocks and piercings. Her mother set up the Sophie Lancaster Foundation which better protects alternative subcultures.
This disgusts me. Killing someone over their style? WTF is wrong with people!!!! You don't have to agree with someone's style but keep to yourself!!! Don't inflict any abuse of someone for their style or anything for that matter!
The same year British police for the first time started treating hate on alternative subcultures the same as hate on gays, people with disabilities, and people of color (YAY!!!).
This is just one of so very many instances in England that I read about. People have been physically and mentally abused because of their tattoos, piercings, hair color, clothing choices, and makeup.
The alternative community has come a long way with being accepted, but we still have a long way to go sadly.