I had NO IDEA what that word meant, so I urban dictionaried it. For those of you who are as clueless as I was, here are some pictures that aid the definition:
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| (messenger bag, Agnes Deyn and someone else with an edgy haircut, Geek necklace from love hearts and crosses Urban Outfitters ss11 lookbook, Vans deck shoes, The Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger, the Vice Magazine book, The XX logo) |
I kind of see the hipster thing. I'm totally obsessed with culture, and I do love vice magazine. (It's both free AND awesome!). And without realising it, I suppose I look kind of 'Hipster' esque.
Check the glasses and the headband, and oh yeah, sometimes I get leg infections because my jeans are too tight.
BUT WHAT I DONT GET is that hipster, for my understanding of the term, means someone so anti-mainstream that they are cool. Now yes, in some ways I'm pretty anti-mainstream, but I'm definitely not cool. And I'm pretty sure all the people I think are cool 'hipsters' that I formspring stalk (not going to lie, but lets face it, everyone does it) would hate to be labelled that term.
Like back in 2k4, when everyone was like "IM SO NOT EMO" but secretly they googled the term 'emo' to make themselves more emo so more people would call them emo so they could deny it etc....
So who invents these labels? These lifestyle tribes that are so import from when you're about 8 to about 20? Every young person I know uses them, but denies ferverently that they are part of a group. I think its because labelling makes you less individual, and humans are essentially egotistical, so it's okay to categorise other people but not okay to be categorised yourself. One is, of course, somewhat superior to everyone else because you're a 'hipster' who doesn't just enjoy mainstream music post-ironically, you actually appreciate Lady Gaga's lyrics. 'I want to take a ride on your disco stick'? Gosh, so poignant.
So yeah. That was a ramble which would have made more sense if I'd thought about it, but I was half watching crimewatch.
HAHA x
2 comments:
"means someone so anti-mainstream that they are cool."
They THINK they are cool simply by virtue of not being mainstream.
Haha sounds like someone has anti-hipster issues :)
Im guessing not ALL of them think they're cool.
Gotta be one depressed hipster out there right??
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