tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813558999702207048.post1182226277610693453..comments2022-10-25T07:42:56.381-04:00Comments on Post-: Authenticity, hipsters, copycatsCiana Pullenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12332331424368617986noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813558999702207048.post-3437585609404835222011-10-14T17:49:39.820-04:002011-10-14T17:49:39.820-04:00Hi Anon.
The gentrification thing is a good poin...Hi Anon. <br /><br />The gentrification thing is a good point: literally appropriating a community so that the original people living there can no longer use it, that's pretty harmful. Hipsters, like the yuppies, artists, retirees, immigrants and cool kids who also move in and change things, seem to me to have arrived on the scene way after the system of gentrification began, though. And I would also point out that because of their economic class those who are being pushed out aren't exactly the dominant culture I wrote about (but sure, there's some overlap).<br /><br />As far as appropriating social/political movements, I simply disagree; vacuous kids have always been a part, a *large* part, of any big movement. I think hipster kids who appropriate movements only deserve our mild annoyance while our real anger should be reserved for the political/economic establishment who are the real threat and who are delighted that our real anger is directed at hipsters and not them. Also, *if* hipsters are honestly participating in a movement that is intended for the general public, and plenty are, I don't think that would count as "appropriation."<br /><br />But hipsters cannot hijack a movement or take over a neighborhood alone. They absolutely require an exploitative media that tries to make the movement invisible in the first place, a banking industry that places an unfair onus on homeowners, slumlords who deny renter's rights, and a government that allows it all to go unchecked. I will hold the PORTION of hipsters accountable for their attitude that it's ok to appropriate this stuff (and all the racism, classism, ageism, etc. that goes with it) but that is all that I hold them accountable for.Ciana Pullenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12332331424368617986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5813558999702207048.post-49467836342828625612011-10-10T17:17:12.910-04:002011-10-10T17:17:12.910-04:00Hipsters are hurting the cultures they appropriate...Hipsters are hurting the cultures they appropriate. They have made cheap clothing and affordable housing ridiculously unaffordable. The cultures/subcultures that once lived a certain lifestyle based on ideals and/or convenience are being bought out by people with no identity of there own. What's worse is they are appropriating our social/political movements, stripping them of all meaning in order to use the symbolism and irony which in effect renders them useless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com