EDIT 30/04: She has apparently been told the names of the people who fought her and her boyfriend and is going to call the cops. You know that phrase ‘snitches get stitches’? I quite honestly don’t think she is going to be welcome in most places after this which can only be a good thing. If I still lived in California I would make the drive to LA to verbally harangue the hell out of her. I’m kind of known for being good at it.
EDIT: Just found out from some online friends whom I trust that she has been accused of raping a guy in the past. She sucked off a dude who was passed out drunk apparently. I knew she was kind of horrible but I had no idea that it ran this deep. Fucking hell. I have now changed my mind about her. Rapists should never be tolerated no matter who the hell they are, and especially if they are using the punk subculture to gain status and money. FUCK YOU ERIN!!!!
Erin Micklow is an ‘influencer’ who uses the punk subculture to make cash. That is who she is and that is what she does. It is also the reason why she is pretty infamous in the punk scene; using a subculture that isn’t about material gain to gain a lot of money. She has been denied entry into Punk Rock Bowling in the past because of her refusing to follow the rules when it came to getting access backstage. So, her being attacked by another chick at a show didn’t come out of nowhere; she has a long track record of treating some other people horribly.
So, what exactly happened? That is kind of up for debate right now because she is telling one story while others are saying something different. She claims she got ‘jumped’ in a bathroom by a group of women, but others are saying it was just one chick who attacked her. Her boyfriend then wails on the other chick. Other chick’s boyfriend enters the combat and proceeds to beat the shit out of Micklow’s boyfriend.
Do I think all of this is a bit shit? Yes, because nobody deserves to beat up at a show like that. Personally, as many of you know, I can’t stand influencers period because it is all about material gain in subcultures that weren’t meant to go down that neoliberal capitalist road. I think what we are beginning to see right now in society is a backlash against influencers because people are broke as hell right now and don’t want to watch people brag about everything they own constantly. I think what happened to her was bound to happen at some point because of her long history of using the punk subculture to make money. Like I said earlier she is not completely innocent; she has a documented pattern of some shitty behaviour.
People are telling her to go to the cops, but right or wrong there will be even more backlash against her if she does this because the police have never been liked by the punk community for obvious reasons. She is between a rock and a hard place. She chose the punk subculture to be an influencer and that subculture is now physically fighting back. Do I find her annoying as hell? Yes. Do I think she should have been beat up for it? No. I think it is totally fine to verbally berate somebody when they are being an idiot but punching somebody takes that to another level.
I will give updates as more information surfaces.
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