[lbo-talk] in defense of hipsters

[Alan Rudy]

Bingo:
"It isn't really self-loathing at all. People don't hate hipsters, and
hipsters don't hate themselves. What people hate so much is the
faux-hipsters: they hate poseurs. And because it's such an irritating thing
to be having to tell the real from the fake (exactly as in the matter of
overpriced European handbags), the easiest way out is simply to deny any
involvement in the whole business. That is why nobody, not even someone who
fervently embraces hipster culture, wants to call himself a hipster."

Esp. late-arriving poseurs... and, no, not all late-arrivers are poseurs.

On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 9:29 AM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:


> I really like this:
>
>
> http://www.theawl.com/2010/10/being-a-hipster-is-an-excellent-and-wonderful-thing
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