[lbo-talk] Hipsterville

Mr. WD mister.wd at gmail.com
Wed Jul 4 10:07:30 PDT 2007


On 7/4/07, Michael Smith <mjs at smithbowen.net> wrote:


> Can somebody indulge an old coot, dwelling in an un-hip part
> of town, and list for me a few of the markers of hipsterism?
> I'm not sure who's a hipster and who isn't. What do they wear?
> How do they cut their hair? What's the preferred body type?
> Are there diagnostic expressions or turns of phrase?

A few years ago a Mormon friend of mine asked me the same question. I pointed him to the following:

http://www.viceland.com/ ("cynicism," but probably not "well-informed") http://americanapparel.net/ http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/

-WD

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