Watch This Hipster Daily Affirmation
Remember young Jessica and her adorable “affirmations” video that went viral earlier this year? She of the blond ringlets and empowered fist pumps stood on a bathroom vanity, stared herself in the...
View ArticleHipsters, Beware: Your Leader Has Abandoned You
American Apparel CEO Dov Charney is done with hipsters, but it has nothing to do with his company going down the toilet and nearing bankruptcy. Rather, Charney explains, hipsters are over,...
View ArticleRIP: Hipsters?
If you live in Brooklyn, ride a bike, wear skinny jeans, or listen to bands with the words “wolf” or “deer” in their names, you’ve probably been called a hipster at one point or another. And each time...
View ArticleSmooth Move: Camel Targets Hipsters With “Williamsburg” Cigarettes
Smooth move, Camel. You may think you’re being smart by touting Williamsburg, the Brooklyn hipster enclave, on your new cigarette packaging. You think you’re appealing to youngsters who feed on...
View ArticleAlia Shawkat Is A Self-Loathing Hipster
“[Ellen Page and I] created a pretty stupid hipster versions of ourselves [on her HBO show "Stitch 'n Bitch" with Ellen]. … We both want to become artists of any type or form. She’s the more earthy...
View ArticleYelp Helps Hungry Hipsters Find Places To Dine
I’m glad that Yelp has finally recognized the hipsters as a category of people that need to eat. Now you can find out if a restaurant or bar is known for its “hipster” ambience. But you’d better act...
View ArticleWas Your Dad An Original Hipster?
A few weeks ago, my brother and I were looking at old family pictures and we came across a photo of my dad in the ’70s. He was wearing giant Terry Richardson-style glasses, short shorts, some kind of...
View ArticleAwesome Affordable Etsy Find: I’m Not A Hipster, I Swear!
Are you wrongly accused of being a hipster just because you wear vintage dresses and men’s cardigans and have perfectly coiffed bangs? If so, whip out your thick-rimmed glasses and read the words on...
View ArticleHome Is Where The Artillery Weapons Are
Hey, hipsters aren’t like me and you. Regular housing is just so confining and restrictive. And that’s why some particularly ambitious members of the hipster class have taken to finding alternative...
View ArticleHipsters & Hippies: Know The Warning Signs!
Print this out and keep it in your wallet. You can never be too prepared! (Click here to see larger image.) [The Bold Italic]
View ArticleThe Hipster Hunger Games Are Happening
Participating in the Hipster Hunger Games might be no big deal if you’ve, like, already been a raw vegan or whatever. But for the rest of us who are off in our overly expensive apartments downing PBRs...
View ArticleJoseph Gordon-Levitt’s A Total Hipster Dude In His New Movie
For the record, the upcoming movie “Premium Rush” — about what appears to be parody of a bike messenger — looks kind of terrible. But it stars My Fantasy Dream Boyfriend Joseph Gordon-Levitt, so I’ll...
View ArticleThe Dumbest Things Hipster Parents Do
OK, hipster parents, I get that you’re all WAY TOO ABOVE IT ALL to actually acknowledge being a dorky bunch of Moms and Dads, but I’m about to let you in on a little secret: you’re all a bunch of dorky...
View Article15 Accidental Hipsters In Movies
The hipster formula is as follows: If exclusivity is cool and hideous fashion is undesirable, then adopting hideous fashions because they are undesirable makes one exclusive. And this exclusivity, in...
View ArticleQuiz: Do You Live In A Hipster Neighborhood?
Forbes just released a list of “America’s Hippest Hipster Neighborhoods,” which includes all the usual suspects: Silver Lake, Los Angeles comes in at number 1, with enclaves of San Francisco, Brooklyn,...
View ArticleStart Saving Up, Hipsters: This Bike Costs $70,000
Classic Schwinn not doing it for you anymore? Yearning for a ride that will really get you noticed? How about this one-of-a-kind beech wood bike? Inspired by a famous 19th century chair designed by...
View ArticleHalloween Costume Inspiration: Twee Hollywood Starlet
Looking for a Halloween costume that’s sure to win the Most Adorkable award? Dress up as a twee Hollywood starlet! All you have to do is clip on some bangs, adorn yourself in bows and polka dots, and...
View ArticleThe Soapbox: Please, Can “Hipster Sexism” Not Be A Thing?
I have very mixed feelings about a piece on NYMag.com’s blog about “hipster sexism.” The authors Alissa Quart and Lauren Sandler author Alissa Quart described “hipster sexism” as: Hipster Sexism...
View ArticleBrian Williams Does Not Suffer Hipster Soup Fools
Is there anything better than snarky Brian Williams? On last night’s episode of “Rock Center,” Williams reported on the new “super hip” line of soups out from Campbells. They involve unpronounceable...
View ArticleWilliamsburg, Brooklyn, Is Not In On The Guy Fieri Joke
This video from Brooklyn’s Late Night Basement happens to be situated right at the intersection of my two favorite things: making fun of batter-dipped fried cheese nugget Guy Fieri and ridiculing the...
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