[PaperGirl]

Here is a cute little article I read a while back...

Philly Obviously A Part Of Embarrassing New Wave Of Five-Years-Too-Late Hipster Hatred
Here we go again. We thought we’d sorted this out before, but apparently not, so listen up, as we’d really like to never have to speak on this subject again: In 2009, there is no such thing as a hipster. “Hipsters” as we know them today are a psychological construct created by breeders and cubicle jockeys with a laundry list of things in the real world that make them uncomfortable, ranging from body images to sexuality to their own miserable life decisions. And when you hear somebody complaining about hipster this or hipster that, more often than not, that person is simply tipping their hands that there are myriad things that bum them out about their own lives; the whole hipster construct is just a way to project whatever negative feelings that reside in that person’s sense of self onto any of the various and sundry cringeworthy things that young people do. (And as it turns out, hipsters in their original Norman Mailer form are probably something we could stand to have around again.) We bring it all up because it would seem that the wages of the so-called Hipster Grifter are presently being paid in the form of a whole new wave of hipster hatred. It’s heating up on Craigslist Rants & Raves again, there’s all the accompanying Kari Farrell gear, and any number of bull**** Tumblr blogs, from lookatthis****inghipster.tumblr.com to Philly’s own homegrown version of that, ****ing Hipsters In Philadelphia. Mother****ing yaaaaaaawn. We’re really still talking about this? Actually, do go on: This is a perfect way to do that spring sweep of “friends” we’ve been meaning to do.

This entry was posted on Thursday, April 23rd, 2009 at 10:34 am.