I think the place is growing worse by the week now. Barely any of the old sense of community or happiness to chat on there. I used to like the S&B section, some great talks about style and stuff, but now the entire section just oozes animosity and "wear what you want, who cares!".
I am not even amused by the desperate social climbing and peacock-feathering over money at this point. The entire site is like a bitter, angry carnival of crap.
Actually really sick of the race/trans/misandry stuff. It makes me embarrassed to be their cohort (middle aged, female, white British). I think a lot of people jump on the trans threads with venom, not because they care about women's rights, etc, but because the erosion of women's rights is a mask they can lie behind to spew out their hatred and intolerance. It's like a melting pot of tabloid induced bile these days all round.
Just saw a thread in S&B where someone said they never saw many goths about anymore, and perhaps they were all trans now
And tbh, if I started a thread moaning about Britishness I imagine there's be a pile on telling me I ought to bugger off and move abroad. So I don't think there's a stigma about being English exactly, I just get the impression they like to stir and agitate, regardless the subject matter. If they can tear it apart like a pack of hounds, they're happy. I strongly suspect most popular posts nowadays are planned.