Tuesday, September 20 2011
Five Ways to Kill a Hipster? A Critique of Anti-Hipsterism
When men and/or white people, with gender and racial power over their counterparts, ridicule these cultural acts with disregard for what they mean to the originators, then an anti-hipster response has the capacity to be racist and sexist.
Friday, October 2 2009
Slanted and Enchanted: The Evolution of Indie Culture by Kaya Oakes
"What does it mean to be indie?" Is it an ongoing artistic aesthetic, a lifestyle choice or a fashion statement? Indie publisher, poet and journalist, Kaya Oakes, explores these questions.
Monday, September 28 2009
Hipster Straw Men
While hipsters make an easy scapegoat for the trivialization of our culture, they are merely a symptom of a fractured, niched, and disjointed culture.
Tuesday, June 23 2009
The Book of Cool by Marianne Taylor
In general, Taylor's writing is unflaggingly good-natured, but that doesn't seem to suit the subject matter, which trades in stereotypes and casual cruelty.
