Mever in history has it been more socially acceptable to be different. There are a plethora of different subcultures and at this point in time just about any person with enough effort will find like-minded people through the miracle that is the internet. Never in history have there been as many separate subcultures as there are right now. One particular contemporary subculture that has really blown up in the past few years is that of the “hipsters”. Hipsters can be labeled as “recently settled urban middle class adults and older teenagers with interests in non-mainstream fashion and culture, particularly indie rock, independent film, magazines such as Vice and Clash, and websites like Pitchfork Media.”.1 Prescott in particular has a large collaboration of these people, surprisingly so for a such a quaint city not immediate to a major metropolitan area, where they tend to congregate.
Society’s view on the hipster subculture is often very conflicting: there are those who hold a deep and perhaps unwarranted hatred, those who love them, and in the center those who are hipsters but will never, ever admit to it no matter how obvious it is to those around them. The staple of the hipster is the embrace, or rather clawing onto, ironic or passé fashion and fads. Cheesy, non-prescription eyeglasses, vintage fashion, superficial interest and pretension for art, and having a Tumblr.com account are a few of the many signs you may be dealing with one of these hipsters. The complete lack of individuality is the main problem those outside of the scene have. Hipsters borrow elements from what is around them, a common example being ugly clothing procured from thrift stores worn ironically. One publication referred to Hipsters as “the end product of all prior countercultures … stripped of its subversion and originality.” 1
1. 1. http://www.adbusters.org/magazine/79/hipster.html
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