http://www.observer.com/pages/frontpage5.asp
Originally referring to a floppy-limbed, "sincere" indie-rock movement, emo gathered speed during the Clinton feel-your-pain era. Now it has landed squarely in the laps of disgusted Manhattan women like Ms. Hackemann.
"If he can?t handle me being late, how would he be able to handle something bigger?" she asked of her now-dumped date. "If he broke down emotionally from that, then you assume that this person is very weak."