Cultural Vampirism, aka Hipsters Are Vampires
Series: The Optimist
From: Tom Pappalardo
Length: 00:01:50
The nebulously-named Hipster is defined and ridiculed.
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originally aired on a podcast, April, 2011
Transcript
White culture’s reappropriation of black culture has been well-documented, but less discussed is the white mainstream’s tendency to swipe from within its own counterculture. These mainstream vampiric whiteys, known as Hipsters, will absorb any subcultural artifact that can be fashionably consumed.
Hipsters disguise themselves as nonconformist outsiders, using their external appearance as a means to express their perceived individuality. Hipsters play dress-up, and their costume is “Unique Individual.”
They accessorize and co-opt by feeding on subcultures like ‘white trash’ rednecks (belt buckles, The Great Trucker Hat Debacle of Aught-Three), the geeks and dorks (awkward eyeglasses, bad haircuts), and the ever-popular class-slumming trend of pretending you’re poor (ripped clothing, Salvation Army scavenging). A studded bracelet from the headbangers, sneakers from the skaters, fixed gea...
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INTRO:A 'spoken word essay thing' from writer/cartoonist Tom Pappalardo on the despicable hipster...
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