ELSEWHERE: The Complete Guide To Identifying Hipsters

Trying to define how, exactly, to identify a hipster can be difficult. Fortunately, the folks at The Awl have posted this comprehensive list of hipster attributes culled straight from the pages of that most official guide to all that is hip, The New York Times. Potential hipster attributes include “bunchy blouses”, ”cardigans” (which should make our [...]

In Defense of Hipsters

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A few years ago, I needed a new pair of eyeglasses. I had heard about this company that makes designer lenses at an affordable price, and I decided to check them out. I loved what I found and ordered the Coltons. Customers at the coffeehouse where I work regularly ask me if my glasses are [...]

Hipster Bashing, Ironic Living, and Seeing the World Through the Eyes of A Child

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We fear that we’ve become monotonous, boring, and irrelevant, and so we respond to that fear with irony in an attempt to imply that we don’t care, that we’re not bothered, that we’re not tired.