Gothic Charm School

I was browsing Powell's Books this morning and discovered I missed a book event last night that would have been quite entertaining--author Jillian Venters, otherwise known as "Lady of the Manners," read from her book Gothic Charm School: An Essential Guide for Goths and Those Who Love Them. According to the book's cover, "the Lady of the Manners has spent a not-inconsiderable amount of time trying to gently persuade others in her chosen subculture that being a goth and being polite is much, much more subversive than just wearing black t-shirts with 'edgy' sayings on them."

Venters runs the website gothic-charm-school.com, where you can learn more about the book, the author, and related products, such as Gothic Charm School Body Butter. Most importantly, you can receive Gothic Charm School advice in a variety of topics, from "Talking to parents about their disapproval of your gothy ways" and "Too old to be a Goth?".

For more info on Venters and an elegant and educational look at Goth culture (vampires included), see her video below.