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A new definition of hipster

April 2, 2012 Posted by Sophy Bot under Hipsterdom, Identity
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Hipster hate - save the whales

When was the last time you heard the word hipster being used? For most of us, not more than a few days pass in between encounters of the commonly used insult – and, for the most part, it is an insult. Yet despite its exceedingly common and widespread usage, publications continue to release articles declaring the hipster phenomenon over. Last week, Flavorwire published…

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Zombie hipsters

September 30, 2011 Posted by Sophy Bot under Hipsterdom
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Hipster Zombies

They were supposed to be dead. In 2004, a satirical article in New York magazine declared that the hipsters were leaving and New York City was in danger of being “over.” Some five years later, n+1 magazine held a panel asking “What was the Hipster?,” with obvious implications imparted therein. One year after that, an article of the same name hit New York…

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