Hipsters

Intellectualizing Hipsters is the New Hipster Intellectualism

By Foster Kamer Mon., Oct. 11 2010 at 4:55 PM
Categories: Featured, Foster Kamer, Hipsters, There Tao Lin There Is Your Village Voice Post Are You Happy Goddamnit, Things Bloggers Blog About, Things People Say, Things That Are Tired., Williamsburg Ridiculousness, n+1

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Does the idea of hipsters as a sociological group or hipsterism as a sociological trend really merit the studying of hipsters as if they were an anthropological goldmine waiting to be excavated for crucial insights into the contemporary human psyche?

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New York Observer

The Written-in-the-Style-of-Tao-Lin New York Observer Profile, Reviewed in the Style of Tao Lin

By Foster Kamer Wed., Aug. 18 2010 at 11:40 AM
Categories: "Never Again", Books, Existential Pain Sadly Doesn't Pay the Bills, Foster Kamer, Happiness Is a Warm Something, Hipsters, New York Observer, Sorry, Tony, There Tao Lin There Is Your Village Voice Post Are You Happy Goddamnit

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The blogger woke up on Wednesday morning around 9 a.m. and showered and put on clothes. He took the train into Manhattan. He once saw a young child eat a carrot alive on that train. He went to go buy the New York Observer from that newsstand on Astor Place and Third Avenue where they overcharge for everything but can't overcharge for the Observer or any other magazine really because of the cover price. He bought that week's New York Observer, which he does every week. He could also buy the Observer at the Starbucks at Astor Place and constantly thinks about doing so but doesn't. He wishes he could ascribe a political motive to this, but he can't. He is not a "political" person. He wishes he did better on his SATs. He opened the New York Observer and saw a profile of a "New York" "Literary" "It" "Boy" named "Tao Lin," that is written "in" the "style" of "Tao Lin."

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