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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Oh jeez, as a high school teacher this is literally all I hear about right now. It’s just a label for a stereotypical style and set of behaviors right now. VSCO girls:

Have long hair
Wear big baggy T-shirts over Nike shorts you can’t see
Birks or crocs or vans slip ons
Tons of wrist scrunchies
Always carry a hydroflask (omg parents, I HATE THESE)
Use sksksksksksk when they type to mean they’re laughing
Now they’re actually saying it in real life along with and I oop
Use metal straws and say save the turtles

It’s essentially a girl who is “basic”

Why do you hate hydroflasks?

They rattle and the kids constantly drop them or knock them over and because they’re hollow heavy metal they sound like a freaking bomb going off. SO distracting and it happens minimum 4/5 times per class.

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Anonymous wrote:Hmm my dd sounds like she may be VSCO. However so are probably the majority of the other kids that I see at the high school or at the mall. I see a lot of baggy T-shirts and short shorts and hydro flasks. I don’t see the scrunchy thing though. That was a year ago

I am this P, I should add that we also use metal straws. But that may have been because of me, as I usually keep metal straws in my purse. I believe we only have one earth and as a family we’ve been using reusable flasks of any sort for a number of years and if my daughter currently wants a Hydro flask, I happily oblige.

Anonymous wrote:I thought it was an Instagram thing? Or is VSCO another app? My 6th grader fits all the criteria — Hydroflask etc — but doesn’t have a phone or any social media. She has been called a VSCO girl at school, but I’m still unclear whether it’s always negative? Seems like a good thing to me. I like her style and her friends’ style, and see nothing wrong with Hydroflasks and metal straws.

When I was a middle schooler, “prep” was a clique designation and it was either a compliment of an insult depending on who was using the term. VSCO seems like the same thing, maybe.

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Anonymous wrote:My 5th grader is a VSCO wanna be, to my amusement. She picked it up from a friend who has HS siblings. She doesn't own any Crocs or Nike shorts, so she has to make do with multiple scrunchies and an oversize T from camp.
No Hydroflask, either. Over my dead body.

...over your dead body will your child own a reusable water bottle? am I missing something?

Anonymous wrote:What makes someone basic?

Anonymous wrote:Hmm my dd sounds like she may be VSCO. However so are probably the majority of the other kids that I see at the high school or at the mall. I see a lot of baggy T-shirts and short shorts and hydro flasks. I don’t see the scrunchy thing though. That was a year ago

Anonymous wrote:My 5th grader is a VSCO wanna be, to my amusement. She picked it up from a friend who has HS siblings. She doesn't own any Crocs or Nike shorts, so she has to make do with multiple scrunchies and an oversize T from camp.
No Hydroflask, either. Over my dead body.