Word: hipsterism
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...first video, "Family Reunion," Brown and Harvard talk about a "family reunion" amongst all of the Ivy League schools. In typical Harvard manner, Harvard complains about Yale and is overly competitive. The Brown student is, of course, the relaxed, hipster stereotype, sporting a beanie and a flannel shirt. One of FlyBy's favorite lines: "Listen Harvard, you gotta calm down. We're all brothers here. And then there's Cornell...
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...
...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 of constant self-awareness. The Beat-Hipsters were certainly self-obsessed, but they bore an earnestness and sincerity that is impossible if one’s mental energy is overly devoted to fretting over anticipated acceptance of an ironic costume bobble. Life and public existence as a creative endeavor rather than...
...popular treatment of Hipsters involves disdain and pejorative connotations that distort any honest examination. The aforementioned Haddow wrote what is the finest portrayal of the Hipster for an AdBusters article in 2008, but the title alone, “Hipster: The Dead End of Western Civilization,” leaves no doubts about the decided standpoint of the examiner. Too much is lost, however, by relegating Hipsterdom to bitter derision and resignation. It is also, I would argue, impossible to engage modern culture, popular and ‘counter,’ without recognizing prominent ideological and descriptive features marking...
...reference to rumors of Gaga’s male genitalia are post-modernity’s most glamorous public manifestation in their use of the discourse around the text being part of the end product. And like the prevalence of Urban Outfitters and American Apparel as purveyors of the Hipster v-neck t-shirt, the video and celebrity are the beneficiaries of corporate acceptance. The pan-sexuality of Gaga is ‘counter-cultural’ to the extent that her work maintains corporate sponsorship, the same way that grungy-looking Hipster flannel is the outcome of either time...