[lbo-talk] what are hipsters?

[Andy]

On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 7:24 PM, Mike Beggs <mikejbeggs at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 8:53 AM, shag carpet bomb <shag at cleandraws.com> wrote:
>> inspired by jim straub's comments on facebook, to which i didn't get a
>> satisfactory response: what are hipsters? why were they invented or "big" in
>> 2004 - if they were? why is being a hipster a bad thing?
>
> There was apparently an n+1 forum on 'What was the hipster?' last year
> - but it doesn't seem like any of the talks are online. I would have
> liked to read Jace Clayton's piece as he's always good value. There is
> a write-up here, implying that the main idea was that the hipster is
> always someone else:
>
> http://www.popmatters.com/pm/post/the-death-of-the-hipster-panel/

This nails it.

-- 
Andy