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Whatever the feelings toward a cultural trend noteworthy because of its appropriation of other cultural outputs may be, the Hipster needs to be legitimized in mainstream discourse, if for no other reason than for a better understanding of where we are as a society.
The cultural output and its form of expression, though, are key. The contemporary Hipster is acutely self-conscious, and this is why Lady Gaga and what blogger Douglas Haddow has termed Gaga-ism are connected. The Hipster is a product of post-modernity unwinding in general culture to the point...
Bringing us to Gaga’s “Telephone,” which in its first week up had more than 20 million views on YouTube. The relevance of Gaga doesn’t need to be restated here. The “Telephone” video, like...
While “Mrs. Adams in Winter” does not fully deliver on its promise of this nuanced portrait, it succeeds admirably in reconstructing the quotidian details—cultural, financial, geographical—of overland travel in the early-19th century. We learn of the staple food...
The concerns voiced by Nantucket residents looking to preserve the cultural history of the area, and Native American tribes with ties to the land, are certainly real to those concerned. However, Nantucket itself has arguably already felt the effects of climate change. The historic Sankaty Head Lighthouse was moved in...