hipsters

"Hipster Sexism": Just as Bad as Regular Old Sexism, or Worse?

Social Commentary post by Kelsey Wallace on November 1, 2012 - 8:38pm; tagged hipster racism, hipster sexism, hipsters, sexism.

hipster with text that reads sexism is okay if it's ironic

As the saying goes, “If you hate hipsters, you probably are one.” This is because, while many of us are familiar with the term (especially if describes us), it is obnoxious and has been used to identify numerous non-trends, from mustaches to homesteading to beer to bellies caused by beer. These things exist whether hipsters claim them or not, and drowning them in irony does nothing to change their nature. More usefully though, hipsterism has also been called out in conjunction with other isms like racism and, in a New York magazine piece from earlier this week, sexism.

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The Young and The Feckless: Millennials and the Morality of Money

Social Commentary post by J Maureen Henderson on April 26, 2010 - 12:33pm; tagged budgeting, debt, finance, generation y, hipsters, jobs, millennials, student loans, The Young and The Feckless, unemployment, USA Today.

Although dour, USA Today's stats-heavy piece on Gen Y's financial woes isn't anything we haven't heard before. We're the first generation in a century likely to end up monetarily worse off than our parents. Student debt load has increased 24% since 2004. 37% of 18-29 year-olds are underemployed or unemployed. And the beat goes on and on.