An “emo” is a member of a subculture that now refers almost exclusively (and derisively) to people perceived to shop at Hot Topic, wear outlandish dark clothing, listen to a particular style of music and who are overly emotional.

A cutter can be any sort of person, including one who does not outwardly seem histrionic. An emo can be a cutter, but most emos are likely just young, impressionable kids who seek some way to fit in to a group.

Emo was originally a underground music genre from the 90’s but the media twisted it to have a totally different meaning because alot of alternative rock bands started calling themselves emo,and people associated the way they look,how they compose they’re music to fit with emo which by far isnt true.

btw, Emo stands for Emotional Hardcore, and the posers who cut for attention give Emo and Cutters a bad name leading to the assumption that they go hand in hand, which is bullshit.