Stuff Hipsters Hate
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Authors: Brenna Ehrlich,Andrea Bartz
Table of Contents
This book is dedicated to:
EP, Chopper, Jason Schwartzman, Hearst, BT, Ralph Macchio,
PhD, I Hate Everything Hipster, Photog, Leather Jacket,
Tats and all the other cruel, dumb or otherwise misguided
men we’ve encountered in Brooklyn.
We couldn’t have done it without you.
EP, Chopper, Jason Schwartzman, Hearst, BT, Ralph Macchio,
PhD, I Hate Everything Hipster, Photog, Leather Jacket,
Tats and all the other cruel, dumb or otherwise misguided
men we’ve encountered in Brooklyn.
We couldn’t have done it without you.
THE BEGINNING
[ABSTRACT]The following study investigates the pressing and urgent question: What is a hipster? Through careful consideration of and immersion in the ethos of the subculture known as “hipsterdom,” the authors have gathered a collection of both observations and found documents demonstrating the disposition and character of the modern-day hipster (circa 2010). Results revealed that hipsters are largely negative creatures who gain power and authority by putting things (e.g., music, living situations, apparel, you) down. The authors subsequently conclude that the hipster is more accurately defined by what he or she hates than by what he or she likes.
Keywords:
Subculture
Hipster
Negative
Hate
You
“I know it’s not your thing to care/I know it’s cool to be so bored.”
—Benjamin Scott Folds, “The Battle of Who Could Care Less”
What is a hipster? The word itself has enjoyed a renaissance of late (early ’00s to the present), although it has been in the lexicon for more than 60 years. Merriam-Webster defines the word thusly:
Main Entry: hip-ster
Pronunciation: \‘hip-star\
Function:
noun
Date: 1940
: a person who is unusually aware
of and interested in new and
unconventional patterns (as in
jazz or fashion)
Pronunciation: \‘hip-star\
Function:
noun
Date: 1940
: a person who is unusually aware
of and interested in new and
unconventional patterns (as in
jazz or fashion)
We, the authors, agree with the above definition. The essence of the hipster is novelty and “unconventional” avenues of thought. Still, the urge to veer off the beaten, primrose-lined path is rooted in one constant, undying urge: to be counter to the culture at large (hence the term “counterculture”).
Such an abhorrence of society brewed within the rumbling stomachs of the Lost Generation of the ’20s, who took off to Europe to escape the rank atmosphere of American banality (Hemingway didn’t call his autobiographical literary odyssey
A Moveable Feast
because he was predicting the advent of fast food). Then came the hipsters of the ’50s, best explicated in Norman Mailer’s controversial yet frighteningly timeless essay, “The White Negro: Superficial Reflections on the Hipster,” in which the journalist describes a group of shiftless elitists uprooted and disillusioned by war and turmoil turning to the fringes of society, embracing utter nihilism and becoming, as Mailer puts it, “philosophical psychopaths.” In short: The 1950s hipster consciously shucked off the bounds of society. Sound familiar?
A Moveable Feast
because he was predicting the advent of fast food). Then came the hipsters of the ’50s, best explicated in Norman Mailer’s controversial yet frighteningly timeless essay, “The White Negro: Superficial Reflections on the Hipster,” in which the journalist describes a group of shiftless elitists uprooted and disillusioned by war and turmoil turning to the fringes of society, embracing utter nihilism and becoming, as Mailer puts it, “philosophical psychopaths.” In short: The 1950s hipster consciously shucked off the bounds of society. Sound familiar?
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