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NEWS ABOUT: hipster

hipster stories: 4 news summaries
OPINION

 Hipsters, Please: 
 Stop With the 
 Rattails 

Ugly 'do could lead to the downfall of America

Sep 25, 09 9:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - There’s a new generation of hipsters “and, if you can believe it, they're sporting something even more disgusting than von Dutch fashions: a rattail,” writes Andrew Belonsky for Gawker. Think it’s no more than an ill-informed fashion decision, “the hairstyle of choice for rednecks and... More »

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trend • hairstyle • hipster • rattail

(Newser) - Josh Skolnick was looking for a way to sum up what a hipster is for the Stimulist, and stumbled upon the perfect tool: Stuff Hipsters Hate, a website that "gives the world its most coherent vision yet of what defines these folks.” A sampling:
  • Other hipsters: "
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Internet • New York City • youth • definition • hipster • Williamsburg • dislikes • counterculture

 Latest Hipster Fad: A Potbelly 

Have men given up? Or is the president somehow to blame?

Aug 13, 09 12:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new trend is emerging among hipster males. No, not the Hanes V-neck or the straw fedora—the potbelly. The protruding guts are too prominent to write off, so what accounts for the fad? Well, hipsters love nonconformism, so some blame President Obama, a magazine editor tells Guy Trebay of... More »

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fat • public health • belly fat • trend • President Obama • Jay-ZTV • hipster

OPINION

 Hipsters 101: 
 Their History, 
 Bleak Future 

Their main enclave is threatened, but no one seems to care

Jul 29, 09 11:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hipsters. They “sneer when you cop to liking Coldplay”; they “sport cowboy hats and berets”; they’re “the only ones in America who still think Pabst Blue Ribbon is a good beer.” But they’re certainly not a new phenomenon, writes Dan Fletcher for Time.... More »

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Bob Dylan • Brooklyn • hippies • Norman Mailer • Coldplay • trend • Pabst Blue Ribbon • Jay-ZTV • Converse • hipster

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