November 07, 2005
What is a hipster?
The midterm writing assignment was a three-page paper exploring a subject of my choosing. I started out thinking about what makes a hipster a hipster, and ended up exploring the ideas of how we know things that have no analog in the real world and how we resolve the tension between things that objectively versus subjectively exist.
There is no definition of a hipster. To suppose there is a definitive criteria for hipsterdom would likely offend one of these postmodern aesthetes. Instead, hipsterdom is an exclusive club for the self-initiated, entrance made all the more impenetrable for its nebulous boundaries. The central idea seems to be that you either are or are not a hipster, and while transcendent ascension into the fold is possible, no amount of conscious effort will get you there.
Posted November 7, 2005 02:40 PM. Categories: Week 8 | Permalink